You can run into trouble in so many ways in this unregulated world of aesthetics. I imagine it's how it would have been in the Wild West, but with needles instead of guns. Even some trainers offering toxin injection courses may have no experience or might never have picked up a needle, yet can legally train others how to do it! It's the stuff of nightmares. However, with a few facts about toxins, treatment, safety and standards and why they are (or should [...]

There are a rapidly growing number of dermal filler injectors with little knowledge and experience, and who aren’t Doctors, Nurses or Dentists. So it's no surprise that we are seeing a sharp rise in the number of people coming to us for dermal filler correction, after treatment performed elsewhere by non-medically trained individuals. We see ladies and men with too much dermal filler, lumpy and uneven texture, or even a blueish tinge where the filler is (Tyndall effect). Some have had fillers for the first [...]