The Women and Equalities Committee (WEC) will hear from the President of the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons and the Director of Save Face during an evidence session to follow up WEC’s inquiry and report on Cosmetic procedures.
","secondaryDescription":"MPs on the cross-party committee will examine the ongoing risks associated with non-surgical cosmetic procedures and cosmetic surgery, more than a year after the Government announced plans to strengthen regulation.
\r\nThe session follows delays both in publishing the consultation on the restriction of the highest risk cosmetic procedures and the Government’s response to the Committee's report which was due in April this year.
\r\nDiscussion is likely to focus on the impact of this, concerns around high-risk procedures such as liquid BBLs, and the growing evidence of harm and NHS costs arising from cosmetic tourism.
\r\nWEC’s February 18 report recommended ‘high harm’ procedures such as the liquid Brazilian butt lift (BBL) should be banned immediately without further consultation. MPs said the Government is ‘not moving quickly enough’ in introducing a licensing system for non-surgical cosmetic procedures and ‘should accelerate regulatory action’, cautioning ‘this lack of timely action is fostering complacency in self-regulation’ within the industry.
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