Pay attention to your faces!.. The chaos of “Botox and fillers” in barber and beauty salons threatens the health of Moroccan women, and there are demands that health be put on the line!

صحافة بلادي — Medical and human rights activists have sounded the alarm over the alarming spread of thephenomenon Practicing cosmetic injections (Botox, fillers, and mesotherapy) inside barbershops and beauty centers that are not medically licensedIn a number of Moroccan cities, especially Fez, Casablanca, Rabat, and Marrakesh, where customers are attracted through tempting advertisements and fake discounts on social media platforms.

Smuggled materials and non-medical hands tampering with the health of citizens

Professional sources revealed that these delicate operations, which the law classifies exclusively within the medical, surgical and dermatological specialty, are now being performed in the back rooms of beauty salons that lack the most basic conditions of sterilization and health safety, and using preparations and fillers of unknown or smuggled origin, causing many victims to suffer severe infections, partial paralysis of the facial muscles, and permanent disfigurements.

Demands for joint inspection committees and the criminalization of impersonating a doctor

Doctors’ organizations and consumer protection associations called on the Ministry of Health and Social Protection, local authorities, and the Public Prosecution to intensify surprise field surveillance campaigns, seize smuggled materials, and activate strict judicial prosecutions on charges ofIllegal practice of medicine and endangering the lives of citizens ..