09 Jul 2007
PA News
They warned shoppers not to buy any of the treatments on offer in the Grattan mail-order catalogue.
Grattan enables shoppers to buy the treatments, pay over a number of weeks, and have their procedure at a clinic run by Transform, a cosmetic surgery firm.
Experts from the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (BAAPS) warned people off buying the non-surgical treatments, which include Botox, lip fillers, skin microdermabrasion and facial peels.
Douglas McGeorge, BAAPS president, said: "I'm surprised that any cosmetic surgery company claiming to provide quality of care would choose to market through a clothing catalogue.
"It is essential the public understands that aesthetic procedures, even if they are non-surgical, are not commodities to buy off-the-shelf and cannot later be exchanged for a different style or size.
"Side effects from injectables may be rare but they do happen, and the latest warnings from manufacturers serve to highlight the need for proper consultation and thorough informed consent by the patient."
Adam Searle, consultant plastic surgeon and former BAAPS president, said: "Aesthetic procedures seem to have been reduced to the status of socks and pants selection."
Pat Dunion, operations director for Transform, said: "Transform Cosmetic Surgery is proud to be the UK's number one surgical and non-surgical provider - we have over 30 years of experience and 175,000 satisfied patients.
"Transform is regulated and audited by the Healthcare Commission and all our skilled and experienced non-surgical practitioners across our 22 clinics are either a qualified doctor, surgeon or a registered general nurse. The partnership with Grattan is an effective means of widening the non-surgical market."
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