Regulator: Some Botox-type treatments 'operating outside law'

Regulator: Some Botox-type treatments 'operating outside law'

'RTÉ Investigates' reporter Pamela Fraher went undercover examining regulation of the Irish beauty industry, with illegal botox and the sale of prescription medicine widely available.

Some people offering Botox-type treatments may be “operating outside the law” and putting profit ahead of patient safety, the Irish medicines regulator has warned.

This follows an RTÉ Investigates programme on Monday night which found people selling and offering botox-type products illegally during a six-month investigation.

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