1. This industry is almost completely unregulated. And this should frighten you. There is little consumer protection.
2. Potential consequences of incorrectly done procedures such as fillers and lasering including blindness, permanent scarring/disfigurement, and sepsis.
3. The name “clinic” does not necessarily mean anyone in that facility is actually medically trained. Even in fancy scrub tops.
4. The advertising in this industry is completely unregulated in practice, and is often extremely misleading.
5. The Irish Medical Council does not recognise the specialties of Aesthetic Surgeon or Cosmetic Surgeons. These doctors may have general registration on IMC, but these titles do not indicate any further recognised training. There is, unfortunately, no law against a doctor with no specialist training advertising himself or herself with these titles.
6. The safest and smartest choice for fillers, botox, dermabrasion, laser, etc. is always a Consultant Dermatologist or Consultant Plastic Surgeon, registered on the IMC on the specialist register.
Want to read more? I HIGHLY recommend: https://www.plasticsurgery.ie/patient-safety-requires-regulation-of-plastic-surgery-sector
Breaking down some of the more commonly offered treatments that are in that grey area between beauty and wellness:
Tooth whitening at a salon?
It is a much better option to go to your dentist, not a beautician. Only dentists are qualified and allowed to use peroxide. Find out more at: https://www.dentist.ie/_fileupload/Tooth%20whitening%20-%20final.pdf
Anti-wrinkle injections
Fillers of all sorts should ideally be done by a qualified dermatologist or plastic surgeon. These are consultant doctors who are on the IMC specialist register. This is due to the real risk of permanent scarring and disfigurement with these procedures.
Colonic Irrigation
It doesn’t. https://www.asai.ie/asai-code/health-and-beauty/ technically regulates this sort of advertising or promoting false treatments, but it just doesn’t seem to be enforced, really. If you choose to have it, you should ask alot of questions about hygiene and all equipment should be disposable. They should inform you that you could have complications of abdominal pain, cramping, bloating, diarrhoea, dizziness, nausea/vomiting, anal irritation and soreness. More severe side effects include: dehydration, serious electrolyte imbalances, infection, hole in your bowel. Some herbal additives to the irrigation fluid can damage the kidney, liver, or bone marrow. Any place offering colonic irrigation should also advise you when you should definitely NOT have colonic irrigation: Anyone who has severe anaemia (“low blood”), uncontrolled high blood pressure, any disease that causes bowel inflammation, such as diverticulitis, Crohn’s disease or ulcerative colitis, anyone who has bowel or rectal cancer, anyone with anal fissures, painful haemorrhoids, or any cause of rectal bleeding, anyone with heart problems, kidney disease, liver disease, or who is pregnant.
As for fat massage? Doesn’t really work, but aside from discomfort, no serious risks.
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