WHY CAN WE GET COSMETIC BOTOX BUT NOT A HAIRCUT?

Regulators at Worksafe and the Ministry of Health have ruled that doctors can now perform some Botox treatments but hairdressers must stay closed.  
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Botox is not a beauty treatment. It’s a regulated medical procedure.  
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Whether you get Botox injections to improve your migraines or smooth your wrinkles, it’s the exact same medicine, and requires a doctor’s prescription.  
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Trained cosmetic doctors can inject Botox, or they can authorise cosmetic nurses to do so.  
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NZSCM’s doctors have developed cautious, highly protective guidelines for administering Botox safely, now that the Covid strategy has switched from elimination to suppression. 
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These updated guidelines have been approved by the Ministry of Health.  
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They authorise NZSCM doctors and their staff to administer Botox from NZSCM accredited clinics, wearing medical grade PPE.  
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It’s our years of medical training that allow us to do this.  
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We hope hairdressers can return to work soon too. We miss them as much as you do.  
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Link to TV One news item 03.11.21 https://www.1news.co.nz/.../ministry-of-health.../...

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