The madness of lip fillers for children

HEALTH inspectors are calling for stricter regulations governing beauty salons that offer semiinvasive procedures — lip- fillers, microblading eyebrows or tattoos, for example — because too few beauty therapists have any ‘ understanding of infection control’.

The Chartered Institute of Environmental Health and Institute of Licensing report highlights unsafe practises, such as reusing needles or treatments carried out by untrained staff. What really shocked me, however, were claims that children were able to get intimate piercings and semi-permanent make-up — and it is legal. Reality TV shows such as Love Island have been blamed for fuelling demand for cosmetic treatments in teenagers and women — but now it seems that even younger groups view these kinds of ‘enhancements’ as increasingly normal. What are their parents thinking?