Beauty Treatments

5 Feb 2013

As the debate over how to regulate the beauty industry rages on in Hong Kong, a top plastic surgeon from South Korea was recently invited by Chinese University's faculty of medicine to share his...

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Learning Curve: Beauty is still in the eye of the beholder

30 Dec 2012

Often some of my students ask why I don't dye my greying hair. I would look so much younger, they say. And when I ask who I would look younger to, their somewhat bewildered reply is, well,...

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'Cosmetic corruption' the latest pattern uncovered in graft-fighting campaign

20 Dec 2012

A dozen women cadres have expanded the envelope for official corruption on the mainland, becoming entangled in a scandal that involved accepting prepaid cards for spa treatments and hairdressing...

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Doctors urge regulation of laser skin treatment at beauty parlours

3 Dec 2012

Beauty parlours that offer laser skin treatment will continue to pose a danger until they are forced to use only licensed medical professionals to operate equipment, a panel of doctors told a...

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Revealed: Five potential killer beauty treatments

20 Nov 2012

Glutathione, platelet-rich plasma and phosphatidylcholine are hardly household names. But they are all being promoted by Hong Kong beauty salons for their alleged whitening, slimming or...

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Complaints rise over cosmetic treatments

15 Nov 2012

The number of consumer complaints in Hong Kong about cosmetic procedures that went wrong increased 37 per cent in the first 10 months of this year, compared with the same period last year, the...

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Opinion

Michael Cox

The last straw for Terry Wong?

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Jake Van Der Kamp

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Talking Points

Legco plea for new rules on beauty treatments

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Dead women's husband accuses beauty chain of treating her badly

A man whose wife died after undergoing a high-risk beauty procedure said he had no idea she had received the treatment and accused the salon operator of treating her like a guinea pig.

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Briefs, October 21, 2012

Committee on private medical care to meet

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Beauty industry can't self-regulate; new laws needed

Having been heavily criticised for dragging its feet, the government has finally launched a review of the need to regulate high-risk medical procedures performed by beauty parlours. This came...

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Government must step in to ensure safety of beauty treatments

A lack of regulation has allowed the lines between medical, health and beauty treatments to be blurred in Hong Kong. That has created a dangerous situation, as four women given an experimental...

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