July 2015: clinics advertising botulinum toxin products
Published 14 August 2015
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Twelve companies amended their advertising following MHRA’s action on complaints to ensure that prescription-only medicines (POMs) are not promoted to the public. These companies are:
- Cardiff Aesthetics, Cardiff
- Faces2go, Chafford Hundred Dental Care, Essex
- Forever Young Clinic, Buckinghamshire
- Hornchurch Healthcare, Essex
- Lehane Marie Ryland, Merthyr
- Lexie’s Clinic, Essex
- Little Miss Cosmetic Clinic, Swansea
- Natural Aesthetics, Essex
- Real You Clinic, Goldalming
- Surface Clinic, West Yorkshire
- The Skin Works, Stratford upon Avon
- Timeless Treatments, Kent
The list relates to specific advertising action taken on a particular date and is no endorsement of the ongoing practices of the clinic.
You can see details of MHRA guidance for providers that offer medicinal treatment services in appendix 6 of the MHRA Blue Guide.