Hong Kong government unveils plan to regulate use of medical devices in beauty clinics
Beauticians will be banned from operating high-risk devices while they can use other machines either on their own or under supervision of a doctor
Beauticians will be banned from operating common beauty devices such as skin lasers without the supervision of a doctor under a new government proposal.
The Food and Health Bureau said in a paper submitted to lawmakers that they wanted to eliminate unscrupulous practices in the beauty sector by classifying medical devices into four categories according to risk.
Devices defined as high-risk can only be operated by a doctor or under a doctor’s supervision.They include devices providing popular beauty treatments such as skin lasers, robotic hair restoration and high-intensity focused ultrasound.
Representatives of the beauty industry said the proposal was unfair to them and warned it would affect their business.
“I am very disappointed with the proposal,” Federation of Beauty Industry chairman Nelson Yip Sai-hung said.