Ahpra: New cosmetic guidelines to ‘futureproof’ system
With Ahpra announcing that it is putting the ‘booming billion-dollar cosmetic industry on notice’ with new cosmetic procedures guidelines coming into effect on 2...
QLD mandates sexual harassment prevention plans
In an era of intensified compliance expectations for aesthetic medicine providers, staying ahead of new legal obligations is imperative. As national regulators tighten their...
New insights on laser treatments & the skin microbiome
Lasers renew the skin – but what do they do to the microbiome? A new expert commentary urges aesthetic practitioners to consider how laser...
2025: new cosmetic trends and the big aesthetic reset
This year is set to usher in a new era of hyper-personalised, natural-looking transformations. Welcome to the era of ‘very demure, very mindful’ cosmetic...
Menopause Refresher: Current treatments available in Australia
In our ongoing series on menopause awareness, we look at the current evidence-based best practice guidelines on the management of menopause symptoms.
Menopause is being...
10 tips for complying with TGA Advertising Rules
The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has recently released a helpful resource titled "10 Tips for Complying with the TGA Advertising Rules", designed to support...
Unregulated UK Cosmetic Surgery is like the ‘Wild West’
Ongoing delays in UK government plans to regulate non-surgical cosmetic procedures have triggered a spate of alarming headlines describing a ‘crisis waiting to happen’...
Revisiting the anatomy of the glabellar muscles
The glabellar region is the region between the eyebrows located at the transitional zone between the forehead and the nose. The term ‘glabella’ originates...
Senate inquiry highlights urgent need for menopause action
Findings and recommendations from the senate inquiry into issues related to menopause and perimenopause.
On 6 November 2023, the Senate referred an inquiry into the...
S4 Cosmetic Injectables confusion re buying and storage
Many nurse-led clinics in Queensland have been alarmed to learn they are potentially operating illegally, following publication of a factsheet from the state’s Medicines...
