Beautician knew she was on ‘sticky wicket’ giving botox-like injections

A skin surgeon specialist said he reported the Anne Rossi clinic to the HPRA after a patient came to him with “one brow lower than the other”.

A beauty clinic owner told inspectors she knew she was on a “sticky wicket” when she administered anti-wrinkle botox like treatments, a trial has heard.

Anne Rossi, who runs the Anne Rossi Clinic, at Vernon Avenue, Clontarf, Dublin 3, is being prosecuted by the Health Products Regulatory Authority (HPRA) on 18 counts under the Irish Medicines Board Act. The HPRA is the regulatory body for prescription medicines in Ireland.