Overview

• High-risk procedures such as liquid Brazilian butt lifts must be performed only by suitably qualified professionals in Care Quality Commission-registered clinics.
• Lower-risk treatments including Botox and dermal fillers will require new licences issued by local authorities.
• Patients under 18 will be barred from high-risk cosmetic interventions without approval from a healthcare professional.
• The Department of Health and Social Care says the reforms will curb unsafe ‘cowboy’ practitioners and ease the financial burden on the NHS of fixing botched procedures.
• A public consultation early next year will refine the regulations, and bodies such as the Royal College of Surgeons are pressing to limit certain high-risk treatments to board-certified cosmetic surgeons.