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» Irish beauty industry standards are slammed after RTE investigation » Top doctors call for greater regulation over use of injectable toxins
You cannot consent to Botox if under the influence of alcohol
MS MARR COLLINS ON BOTOX PARTY CULTURE
DUBLIN Wives star Danielle Marr Collins has called for tougher regulations after a TV probe exposed the ugly side to the Irish beauty industry.
RTE Investigates exposed the lack of regulation and how anyone can buy the product without prescription.
Footage last night showed how Botox is illegally moved through hair salons and how easy it is to buy prescriptiononly medications.
People are being advised to change the labels to avoid detection and how prescription medications are coming across the border from Northern Ireland.
Ms Marr Collins, dubbed Ireland’s Dr Botox, said she has been complaining about “Botox parties” for years.
She said: “It’s now out of control and there is a huge problem. The dentists and doctors are bound by protocols.
“Also, the fact that the UK allowed beauticians to start injecting lips started all this. Non-clinicians should not be breaking the skin.”
The doctor said she is “blue in the face” telling people not to get Botox at parties.
She added: “You cannot consent to Botox if under the influence of alcohol. “Quality treatments cost money. “You’re not just paying for the product, you’re paying for the years of experience the clinician has.”
As part of the RTE investigation, reporter Pamela Fraher set up a fake aesthetic clinic by creating a page on social media for her clients.
She attended an online academy, where she learned a 20-minute video instruction on how to administer the compound.
Dr Eithne Brenner, of the Irish Faculty of the British College of Aesthetic Medicine, told the programme Botox is a “prescription only medicine”.
RTE Investigates also exposed how an unlicensed and untrained person is operating a beauty shop out of her bedroom and promoting it online.
The business owner said: “You don’t need to sterilise, with Botox, I’m using a very small insulin needle.”
Dr Sana Askary of the Aesthetics Complications Expert group, warned: “That’s just opening you up for so many risks. Infection, abscess. Of course, you have to sterilise before an injection.”
The Irish Association of Plastic Surgeons, President Professor Jack Kelly, said: “This is actually more urgent than many people realise and more and more patients are being put at risk.
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar said: “I’ve had correspondence from doctors and other people who are involved in providing aesthetic medicine and cosmetic medicine.
“They’re seeking that there should be better regulation of the area.
“I think that they’re right in that regard. It is something the Health Minister is looking at at the moment.”