Botched Botox - What You Need to Know

Don’t be a victim of botched Botox. Here at Austin Brewer Facial Aesthetics, we have been saying this for a very long time. For all potential aesthetic clients, please do your research.

Please be careful.

Please only use a medically qualified professional with suitable training and experience. 

But unfortunately, people are still persuaded by cheap deals and the social media lure of free or heavily discounted treatments for sharing and liking pages and posts.

Interesting fact… Did you know that anyone can call themselves a nurse in the UK? 

Yes, your read that correctly, and yes, that is a very worrying thought. 

There are many social media-based beauty and aesthetics clinics that claim they have a nurse injector. We advise you to ask for their registration number (all medical professionals Drs, Nurses, etc, all have a registration number). It is worth checking.

You can also search without their registration number... Simply go to the NMC website for nurses or GMC website for Drs and search using their name. Check to see if they are who they are saying they are.

Anyone willing to mislead someone by saying they are something they are not should immediately raise a red flag. A person calling themselves a nurse when they are not is using dishonesty to obtain a potential client. They are then going to proceed to inject into your face, this is completely shocking and shameful.

Did you know that unless the injector is a medical professional they will not be able to access the correct and legitimate aesthetics training?

Did you know that unless a medically trained injector administers your facial aesthetic treatment, you could be at serious risk of any number of complications, reactions, and infections?

Did you know that all injectable toxins – used for wrinkle relaxation can legally only be purchased via a reputable Uk pharmacy on prescription?

Are you aware of the reason why unqualified non-medical injectors do not purchase via a recognised Uk pharmacy?

The answer is simple, they are not allowed to. The reputable UK pharmacies do not recognize them as being suitable for carrying out such treatments, and therefore will not allow them to purchase the product. 

Did you know that a prescription should be used to purchase toxins and fillers?

Unfortunately, there are plenty of pharmacies popping up online and via social channels. All of which are offering cheap products and are willing to sell to whoever.

The industry has recently been flooded with unreputable and untrustworthy practitioners. Who is injecting their clients with products that come via unrecognised sources, only interested in one objective – to take your money? 

Such practitioners do not care about you. They certainly do not have adequate training, should any complications arise or if you need immediate medical assistance.