ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) has banned health professionals with “simple” MBBS or BDS degrees from practicing aesthetic medicine, saying that only health professionals who have “relevant degrees or diplomas” can practice the branch of modern medicine.
Aesthetic medicine is a field of medicine that focuses on improving a person's appearance through non-surgical, minimally invasive procedures using various techniques, including fillers, Botox, and other injected substances to address wrinkles, lines, and volume loss, as well as such as laser treatments. , chemical peels, phototherapy and body contouring.
Referring to a PMDC notification, a PMDC official said that healthcare professionals with simple MBBS and BDS degrees, as well as nurses and technicians, practice aesthetic medicine across the country without having any specialized degree or diploma in the field. correspondent.
“Many people are even performing cosmetic procedures, including Liposuction to remove excess fat deposits from specific areas of the body, Rhinoplasty to reshape the nose, Blepharoplasty to improve the appearance of the eyelids, and Abdominoplasty to tighten and reshape the abdominal wall without having specialization in these fields,” he stated.
Citing the decisions of the PMDC Council, the official said that the PMDC council has decided that only professionals who have a diploma or degree in the relevant field can practice aesthetic medicine and that the healthcare commissions of all the provinces to inspect all those hospitals and clinics.
“Furthermore, it has been decided that all aesthetic courses and workshops will be taught by registered teachers of PMDC. No diploma will be made until it is recognized by the PMDC. The invasive procedures will be carried out by specialists recognized by the PMDC,” the official said.
Originally published in The News
