Lack of legislation around injectable aesthetics 'glaring public safety failure'

Dermal fillers are currently not regulated in Ireland. File picture

A medical doctor and aesthetics practitioner says the lack of legislation around injectable aesthetics is “a glaring public safety failure”.

Cork man Stephen Creedon and his sister Niamh, who holds a PhD in chemistry, have come together to develop an online directory of registered aesthetic practitioners, following an RTÉ Investigates probe into the sale and offering of Botox-type products illegally in Ireland.