DOZENS of Glasgow clinics offering cosmetic treatments such as anti-wrinkle injections have registered with a new regulatory body set up to help improve the safety of cosmetic procedures.

Private clinics have been required by law to register their service with Healthcare Improvement Scotland since April 2017.

More than 400 across Scotland including 100 in Glasgow have now registered which means they are subject to regular inspections and strict requirements about the administering of treatments including botox and fillers.

Research suggests around 217,000 people (4% of the Scottish adult population) have undergone a private cosmetic procedure in their lifetime. 

Practitioners have raised concerns about a lack of regulation within the cosmetic treatment industry for salons offering aesthetic treatments including fillers and Botox, which can only be administered by a nurse, doctor or dentist.

NHS dentists who provide aesthetic treatments are not required to register with the new government body as they are already subject to stringent inspections but private dentists are required to.

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Kevin Freeman-Ferguson, Head of Service Review at Healthcare Improvement Scotland, said: “We are delighted with the number of independent clinics registered across Scotland.

“Although registration is not a guarantee of quality of service, it is crucial that we can provide assurances for the public that registered clinics carry out procedures in a safe and regulated environment.

"People who are unhappy with their treatments can also lodge a complaint with Healthcare Improvement Scotland.” 

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Dr Kathleen Long, of the British College of Aesthetic Medicine, said: “The knowledge that a clinic is regulated and inspected is reassuring for the public as it means they can make informed choices about which clinic to use.

"As a representative of the British College of Aesthetic Medicine I’ve seen how distressing it can be for people to receive poor or unsafe treatments from unregulated providers.”

List of registered clinics in Glasgow area 

123 Medical Services

3 Step Smiles

ABC4D Glasgow

ADHD Direct Ltd

Age Refined

Allure Aesthetics

Altruderm

Angel Face Aesthetics

Archangel Home Detox

Aspyre Aesthetics

Beautox Clinic Aesthetics

Bella Derma

Bellissimo Clinic

Blythswood Health & Wellbeing

Botanics Dental Care Ltd

Bupa Health Centre

Butterfly Medispa

CG Aesthetics

Clifton Dental Clinic

Clinetix (Glasgow)

Clinic 13

Clinic 45

Clinica Medica Ltd

Cloud Nine Clinic

CM Aesthetics

Dentistry Plus

Dermal Essence

DHI Medical Group

Dr Darren McKeown Aesthetic Medicine Institute

Dr Kathleen Long

Dr Roz Aesthetics

Elanic

Elanic West Regent Street Clinic

Elixir Cosmetic Medical

Emcare Travel Clinic

Essence Medical Cosmetic Clinic

Etre Beau Facial Aesthetics

Evolution Skin and Beauty Clinic (Glasgow)

Face Inc (Berkeley Clinic)

Fergus & Glover

Freedom from Torture

Glasgow Circumcision Clinic

Glasgow Medical Rooms

Glasgow Memory Clinic

GP Matters

Hampden Sports Clinic

IQARUS Ltd

JH Skin Solutions

Jolie Esthetique

KSkin

La Belle Forme (Glasgow)

Laura Wylie Aesthetics

Lift Medical Aesthetics

Lucy MacArthur Aesthetics

Luxe Skin by Doctor Q

MacEndo

Masta Travel Clinic

Medical Weight Loss Ltd

Medigold Health

MERAS Children's Healthcare

Nuffield Health Glasgow Fitness and Wellbeing Centre

One Private Healthcare

Optical Express (Glasgow)

Optimax Clinics Ltd

Parkside Private Clinic

Roodlane Medical

RPA Clinic

Sally Cullen Aesthetics

Samantha Campbell Aesthetics

Signature Clinic

Simple Online Pharmacy

SK:N Clinic (Glasgow)

Skin Aesthetics Glagow

Skin-Fresh Facial Aesthetics

Smile Central Ltd

Southside Aesthetics

Strathearn Health & Beauty

Superdrug Stores PLC

Superdrug Stores PLC

The Aesthetic Training Academy

The Beauty Doctor

The Clinic Newton Place

The Ever Clinic

The Glasgow Clinic

The Hospital Group

The Medical Suite (Consultants) Ltd

The Medical Suite Scotland

The Private Clinic of Harley Street - Glasgow

The Skin and Face Place

The Slimming Clinic

The Women's Clinic

Therapie Clinic (Glasgow)

TLC-CLINIC

Transcend Consulting Rooms

Transform Clinic Glasgow

Unico Clinics (Glasgow)

Veincentre Ltd

Visage Health

Williamwood Private Clinic

Youthful You Aesthetics