Toulouse: without having the diploma, a beautician offered Botox injections on social networks
A beautician in her thirties was taken into custody on Thursday. The young woman is being prosecuted for illegally practicing medicine. The interested party offers his Botox injections services on social networks without having a diploma.
Between 250 and 400 euros the injection of Botox or hyaluronic acid. Here is what a young woman in her thirties offered on social networks including Snapchat and Instagram.
Two clients who therefore paid for the services of this young woman reported the practices of this beautician, in particular the quality of the products analyzed. Alerted the Order of Physicians therefore seized the Toulouse public prosecutor’s office, which then asked the police to conduct the investigation. During investigations, investigators from the right bank urban security fraud unit will find the ads posted by this woman on social networks. She therefore offered injections of Botox or hyaluronic acid, a substance allowing to plump the skin in exchange for a price ranging between 200 and 400 euros.
Products purchased abroad
Only downside, to perform this type of injection, a medical degree is necessary. At the head of an aesthetic institute in Toulouse, this thirty-something did not have this diploma but phony “certifications”. The beautician was arrested this Thursday and taken into custody for illegal practice of medicine. At the hearing, the young woman explained that she was unaware that a diploma was necessary to perform this type of injection. She believed that her aesthetic training was sufficient to perform such acts. The Toulouse beautician confided that she had obtained the products abroad via the internet. She left the police station with a summons to court next February.
The offense of illegal practice of medicine is punished by the Public Health Code and punishable by two years’ imprisonment and a fine of 30,000 euros.