Botox and cosmetic injectables industry booming but safety feared to be the cost
ABCSo-called anti-wrinkle injections such as botox were once thought to be something women sought out to defy the aging process, but increasingly that is no longer the case. The increased consumer demand, and guidelines that allow registered and enrolled nurses to use telehealth doctors to get scripts for the prescription-only drugs, have fuelled massive growth in the cosmetic injectables industry. Market analyst Jun Bei Liu, from Tribeca Investment Partners, said the cosmetic injectables industry was still strong despite a drop-off in consumer spending as inflation and interest rates bit. AHPRA is expected to tighten rules for the industry in the next few months, after updating guidelines in September last year confirming registered and enrolled nurses can use telehealth scripting services to prescribe the drugs used in non-surgical cosmetic procedures to patients. Some in the cosmetic injectables industry are concerned about the rise of scripting businesses, particularly when the prescribing doctor is not locally based.
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