Responsible prescribing for cosmetic procedures

In line with several professional statutory regulators—the GMC, the GDC and (in accordance with guidance set down by) the RPS—the JCCP and the CPSA have set down their decision not to endorse or...

The role of body image in appearance-related cosmetic procedures

Body image may be best understood as a multidimensional mental process focused on one's physical appearance (Cash and Henry, 1995). Body dissatisfaction—a discrepancy between one's appearance ‘ideal’...

The role of liraglutide in the management of obesity

‘Obesity is a chronic disease, prevalent in both developed and developing countries and affecting children as well as adults’. .

Intense pulsed light (IPL) and laser hair reduction

Hair in the anagen, or ‘growing’, phase is considered to be ideal for light-based hair-reduction treatment when the maximum potential exists for absorption by melanin and blood in the hair shaft and...

NMC issues new guidance on remote prescribing for aesthetic nursing

‘This applies to all forms of prescribing, including remote prescribing; and to all medicinal products, including non-surgical medicinal products being used for cosmetic and aesthetic purposes, such...

Research roundup

Melasma is a pigmentary disorder that is challenging to treat and especially common in people of Asian descent. Recently, oral tranexamic acid (TA) has shown potential for treating this condition..

Aesthetics in Ireland: the publication of IS EN 16844

Practice standard for the management of dermal filler complications

To be competent to administer dermal fillers, professionals must ensure that they are able to:.

Aesthetic academies

» With the number of academies providing substandard and negligent courses on the rise, the question is: how do we divert prospective students and existing practitioners to one of the few officially...

The forum for aesthetics education

BACN's history goes back 1998, when a small group of nurses came together to create first-class standards in aesthetic sector. In 2000, they approached the Royal College of Nurses (RCN) for support,...

Changes in employment law mean new rights for workers and new responsibilities for management

In July 2017, the Government published the independent review Good work: the Taylor review of modern working practices, which looked into issues in the UK labour market, such as the implications of...

Tactic matters: focus your marketing on client needs

A few years ago, author Seth Godin went with a VisionSpring team to a small town in India to understand the challenge it faces as a healthcare organisation. VisionSpring is a social enterprise that...