Rulings (9)

  • Menar Jimmy Georgiou

    • Upheld
    • Social media (own site)
    • 21 June 2023

    A post on a beauty clinic’s Facebook page promoted prescription-only medicines to the general public.

  • Glowery Ltd t/a Glowday

    • Upheld
    • Internet (website content)
    • 12 April 2023

    A website for Botox treatments advertised prescription-only medicine, in breach of the rules, and was irresponsible in exploiting women’s insecurities around ageing.

  • Egemed Hastaneleri

    • Upheld
    • Social media (paid ad)
    • 10 May 2023

    A paid-for Facebook ad promoting cosmetic surgery in Turkey irresponsibly trivialised the decision to have cosmetic surgery, omitted material information regarding cosmetic surgery procedures abroad and the need for a pre-consultation, and advertised prescription-only medicines to the general public.

  • TJC & BLC Aesthetics Clinic & Training Academy

    • Upheld
    • Social media (own site)
    • 08 November 2023

    A Facebook post misleadingly did not make clear the nature, requirements, qualifications and possible registration details of a course, and contained the claims that the course was “Fully Accredited”, which could not be substantiated.

  • Secret Surgery Ltd

    • Upheld
    • Social media (own site)
    • 13 July 2022

    Ads on Instagram and Facebook promoted a prescription-only medicine and irresponsibly put pressure on consumers to have Botox procedures.

  • LIFT Aesthetics t/a lift.aesthetics

    • Upheld
    • Social media (influencer or affiliate ad)
    • 17 May 2023

    Six ads on Carl Woods’ and the advertiser’s Instagram accounts advertised prescription-only medicine to the public, used a celebrity to endorse a medicine, and were not obviously identifiable as ads.  

  • Valterous Ltd t/a Therapie Clinic

    • Upheld
    • Social media (paid ad)
    • 18 December 2024

    A paid-for Facebook ad indirectly advertised a prescription only medicine to the public.

  • Dr Bunny Aesthetics

    • Upheld
    • Internet (website content)
    • 24 April 2024

    An online listing for a cosmetic surgery practitioner advertised prescription-only medicines and misleadingly implied a doctor or someone with a general medical qualification ran the service.

  • My Perfect Cosmetics Company Ltd

    • Not upheld
    • Television
    • 09 March 2022

    A TV ad for a home-use skin treatment product was not misleading.

Informally resolved (7)

  • BodyLaser Ltd t/a The BodyLaser Clinics

    • 26 February 2020
    • Number of complaints: 1

  • Esthetician Space

    • 23 November 2022
    • Number of complaints: 1

  • HLB Aesthetics Academy

    • 07 October 2020
    • Number of complaints: 1

  • Dr Sheila

    • 22 March 2023
    • Number of complaints: 1

  • Kingswood Aesthetics

    • 09 October 2024
    • Number of complaints: 1

  • Filled With Love Aesthetics

    • 29 June 2022
    • Number of complaints: 1

  • Sovereign Clinics Ltd

    • 22 December 2021
    • Number of complaints: 1

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Database cases (0)