A consultant dermatologist has described Ireland’s lack of regulation of cosmetic medical lasers as “madness” that is putting people at risk of severe scarring.

Young people have died after having moles “treated” by clinics and beauty salons, a medical expert told the Oireachtas Health Committee.

WE’VE waited all year for summer to come and want to make the most of it. But what about our children and their sensitive skin which needs particular care when the sun shines or even when the skies are clouded over?

A PATIENT with a skin condition remains on a waiting list more than eight years after a GP referral for specialist treatment to the Mid-Western Regional Hospital in Limerick.