APSAN CALLS FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF AESTHETIC MEDICINE REGULATORY
Medical Aestheticians in Nigeria have tasked the Federal Government to establish a board that will regulate the practice of aesthetic medicine in the country.
The aestheticians noted that a regulatory body for the profession would ensure standards in that field of healthcare and control quacks whose activities are inimical to the growth of the health sector.
The professionals, under the aegis of the Association of Practitioners of Spa and Medical Aesthetics of Nigeria, APSMAN, explained that regulation was critical in guaranteeing clients’ safety, considering increasing demand for aesthetic medicine in the country.
President of the association, Dr. Felix Avajah, explained that laws and regulations would not only guide the industry but sanitize the system, promote client safety, and support the growth of medical aesthetics professionals.
He stressed the need to tackle quackery in the industry, saying that many quacks parading as professionals had destroyed the lives of many clients.
Avajah noted that aesthetic medicine has become popular because everybody wants to look beautiful which he said would make people look beautiful and happy and live long.
Commenting on the recent rise in aesthetic medicine in Nigeria, the Provost of Lagos State College of Health Technology, Yaba, Prof. Raheem Akewushola, noted that quality assurance was the only way to attain excellence in the industry.
