The changing face of injectable cosmetics

For many people, having access to cosmetic procedures is empowering and “a comfort”, giving them more control over how they look and feel.

The ‘Zoom boom’ has meant a surge in demand but lack of regulation means untrained non-medics are providing treatments with potentially ‘catastrophic’ results, including blindness, writes Liz Dunphy

People with no medical training are injecting dermal filler into clients’ faces at the back of nail bars throughout the country with potentially “catastrophic” results including blindness, a doctor has warned.