Unsafe Injectables Are Costing Lives - The Law Must Change
An Open Letter to The Rt Hon Wes Streeting MP, Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
Alice Webb was 33 years old, a mother of five, and full of life. She died after undergoing a non-surgical cosmetic procedure carried out by individuals with no medical qualifications - as reported by the BBC. Sadly, her story is not unique. Across the UK, people are being left disfigured, hospitalised, and even killed by unsafe injectables administered in back rooms and beauty salons.
Injectables like Botox and dermal fillers are prescription-only drugs for good reason. They can cause blindness, necrosis, sepsis, and systemic illness. When injected by a trained doctor, these risks are managed. When injected by someone with no medical training, they are catastrophic. A doctor studies anatomy for years. A beautician can take a weekend course and start injecting the public.
This absurdity must end.
The government has acted before. Unsafe tattoo ink is banned. Sunbeds are regulated. Even paracetamol sales are restricted. Yet today anyone, regardless of training, can inject powerful drugs into your face. When it goes wrong, the NHS foots the bill, and the patient potentially pays with their life.
We at The Harley Street Skin Clinic are calling on the UK Government to ban non-medics from administering injectables. We urge every reader to sign and share our petition. If you care about your safety, your children's safety, and the safety of loved ones, you must act now.
We cannot keep treating victims after the damage - we must stop the harm before it starts.
Please, sign the petition today.
Sophie Cooper
Managing Director
