Celebrities not exempt from new Botox prescription rule
Celebrities seeking a Botox jab aren’t exempt from a new rule that requires patients to get a doctor’s prescription before getting the wrinkle-relaxing treatment.
Though many patients do seek Botox prescriptions from doctors working with cosmetic surgery clinics, there has been an increase in the number of complaints following surgeries gone wrong by uncertified medics.
Now, British medical chiefs have made examinations compulsory for patients who want the age-defying procedure.
In the past, some consumer groups have complained that doctors were prescribing Botox without seeing the patient, and were then letting beauticians or nurses administer the treatment. Many of the jab treatments were going wrong without the proper doctor supervision. Reputable and well established UK clinics always ensure that a doctor administers the treatment.
But now, doctors won’t be able to cash in on the stars’ favourite treatment because the General Medical Council has ruled that even celebrities have to be reviewed by a doctor.
For celebrities, Botox became a cosmetic surgery craze after model Kate Price filmed herself having the injection on a television show.
Other actresses who had the treatment include Amanda Holden, Alicia Douvall and American actress Jocelyn Wildenstein who is rumoured to have spent a whopping £2 million on cosmetic surgery treatments.
Botox injections cost around £250 each and are a non-surgical method used to soften frown lines and wrinkles.
“This means that patients will be treated by appropriately trained doctors,” said Sally Tabor of the Independent Healthcare Advisory Service in an article earlier this week.
The new regulations are set to increase the safety of the procedure. Wrongly injected Botox can often cause problems like unwanted facial expressions.
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