Trust Me, Although I'm Not A Doctor, UK
With nearly 1 in 5 UK adults saying they would consider having cosmetic surgery**, more needs to be done to protect consumers and put an end to the current 'sales before safety' cosmetic treatment climate.
Which? undercover researchers visited 19 clinics in England and Wales posing as prospective patients for breast surgery, liposuction and Botox®*** to test whether the clinics were giving patients sound advice. Transcripts of the consultations were analysed by independent experts**** and provided an unimpressive snapshot of the cosmetic treatments industry.
Experts were concerned to discover some clinic staff describing invasive surgery as 'scarless' or a 'minor procedure', with one sales assistant showing her breasts to a Which? researcher in order to make a sale. Even more worrying was literature which offered liposuction in an 'office setting' to avoid hospital costs.
Which? has identified three major areas of concern from the research:
- Use of aggressive marketing puts undue pressure on consumers.
- Poor information makes it hard for consumers to make informed decisions about their treatment or where to have it.
- Rule breaking is going unchecked because of weak and patchy regulation*****.
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