Following our Facebook announcement on Monday about a new machine that is coming to Cosmetica on 14th November, we have been inundated with emails and phone calls from our loyal models asking for more information about the Lynton Promax Lipo and to book the limited special offer appointments available between 14th-23rd November.

The Promax Lipo, or K9 as we have affectionately called it (see pictures below!) is designed to maximise your body treatments providing:

• instant inch loss
• dramatic cellulite reduction
• body & facial skin tightening

Spot the Difference

Has K9 been resurrected?

Special Offer

We are currently offering appointments for just £38 (usually £100) and an exclusive four-treatment bundle for an amazing £140!

To book an appointment or to speak to one of our team about the treatments available please call 0151 722 6070 and choose option 2.

Social media can be a fantastic way to a successful branding of your business, but also serves to continuously connect you with your clients. Cosmetica interact with our clients using facebook to highlight what botox training courses in Liverpool we have coming up.

We also use facebook as a way to produce offers and special gifts. This week we had the pleasure in offering a free treatment to one of our facebook likers and due to the rules of facebook we are not allowed to name prize winners on our page.

It gives me great pleasure to announce that the winner of our FREE treatment, after reaching 400 likes, is Nina M, from Buckley (we have not published her full name but will do when the prize is claimed).

Nina has 24 hours to claim her prize, if for any reason this is not claimed, we will pick another of our facebook likers as a winner who will also have 24 hours to claim their prize.

Professional guidance to Doctors, Dentists and Nurses has changed several times in recent months. Here at Cosmetica we try to keep up to date to give our customers the very latest news. We also provide a prescribing service to help nurses locate a suitably qualified prescriber to conduct consultations for their clients.

For the latest information on prescribing, including details of our prescriber service please click this link:  Prescribing information

In a time when the professional bodies are clarifying and amending their guidance on how their registrants should conduct consultations for patients receiving cosmetic treatments, the pharmacies are also now clarifying legislation.

A major pharmacy has released a statement to all of their customers highlighting the importance of only prescribing items suitable and appropriate for that one patient. They brought attention to off label prescribing suggesting that Botox 50 would be more appropriate considering its licensed indication.

Another large pharmacy is now only accepting scripts for cosmetic medicine that stipulates that a face to face consultation has taken place. If they receive a script that does not specify this, they will not dispense against it.

The industry is under strict scrutiny at present according to the pharmacy and as always, if a HCP works against legislation or their professional guidance, their insurance will be invalidated.

Following the BBC report of July 9^th in which he was secretly filmed admitting to the remote prescribing of Botox, Harley Street doctor Mark Harrison has been suspended by the GMC, it was announced yesterday. Dr Harrison is awaiting the news as to whether he will face a fitness to practice panel and remains unable to practice as a doctor for up to 18 months in the meantime.

This news serves to reinforce the message that GMC are serious about enforcing their latest guidelines for the prescription of Botox: doctors must only prescribe following a face-to-face consultation with the patient.

While the NMC guidance to nurses has not changed, it is a timely reminder to nurses to comply with appropriate guidelines – Botox may only be administered after a nurse prescriber, dentist or doctor has issued a prescription following a face-to-face consultation.

Here at Cosmetica we will continue to monitor developments for the benefit of all the medical professionals who are our customers. Our training courses will include the latest advice on compliance with professional guidance, and our Prescribing Service is available to help nurses continue to administer Botox while protecting their NMC registration.

We have received a number of enquiries from nurses concerned by the expected changes to GMC guidelines.

Please note that changes to GMC guidelines DO NOT affect nurses in their ability to administer Botox.

All the GMC have done is brought their standards in line with the other professional bodies; NMC and GDC.

All patients wishing to undergo a Botox treatment have to be assessed by one of the following:

•  Doctor
• Dentist
• Nurse prescriber

The guidelines for all professionals now mirror each other in that:

Botox cannot be remotely prescribed

There appears to be some confusion as to what a remote prescription is and I would like to take the opportunity to clarify this.  A remote prescription is one that is written in another location to that of the patient, typically without an assessment.   Some doctors, such as Dr Harrison in the BBC undercover report, have allegedly been using the telephone to prescribe for nurses’ patients.  This has not been allowed by the NMC for some time and now the GMC have stated telephones should not be used to prescribe Botox for patients.  This is because the patient needs to be seen face-to-face by the prescriber who is working with the nurse.

What does this mean for nurses who are not prescribers?

There is absolutely no difference to nurses. This is because the NMC have stated nurses can only administer Botox once a face-to-face consultation has taken place with the prescriber

I don’t have a prescriber who can undertake face-to-face consultations. Can I still administer Botox?

Yes you can: Cosmetica Training offers face-to-face consultations for nurses. We have a database of prescribers throughout the UK and we continue to recruit new prescribers each month.

I am due to take a training course. Will I be able to administer Botox after training?

Yes you will. We will provide detailed advice during the courses including an analysis of different scenarios that you may encounter and how they can be integrated into your practice in compliance with professional guidelines.   Please rest assured that you will be able to administer Botox following successful completion of your course and this will pose no difficulty for you.

It was inevitable: an undercover reporter attending a training course based in London to expose the “illegal and unethical” side of Botox administration.  The nurse secretly filmed Dr Harrison undertaking Botox training to a group of other nurses and revealed, what Sally Taber described as “wrong and unacceptable” practice.

This case highlighted the GMC’s need to clamp down on how doctors prescribe Botox, now mirroring the guidance by the NMC and GDC.  In short it means that before a doctor prescribes Botox or any other cosmetic medicine they need to physically see the patient, this cannot be done via Skype or 3G telephone calls.  So what does this mean for medical professionals who administer Botox?

Doctors – are now unable to prescribe Botox remotely, even for their own patients.  To be able to inject patients the first time they see them is now impossible unless they order wholesale Botox from Allergan direct, as the prescription will then be written from the wholesale stock.  If a pharmacy has dispensed the product against a prescription this is NOT wholesale and can legally only be used on the patient for whom it has been dispensed.  If they prescribe for nurses they need to undertake a face-to-face consultation before they write the prescription.

Dentists – the GDC stated last year that their registrants should not remote-prescribe Botox.  They should follow the same recommendations for how doctors prescribe as dentists can also purchase wholesale Botox.

Nurses –  can only administer botox once a face-to-face consultation has taken place.  Their prescriber can be either a doctor, dentist or independent nurse prescriber (who has completed a Botox training course).  Nurses cannot hold stock of toxins and they can only receive wholesale Botox if they are employed by or employ a doctor in their Botox practice/business.  If the nurse is not in the same physical legal entity as the doctor he/she cannot obtain such stock.    All nurses must ensure their patient has a face-to-face consultation with the prescriber and once they receive the product they can administer it as per the direction to administer.  Botox is like any other POM and needs to be prescribed before it is administered.

Paramedics – the HPC has not as yet stipulated any guidance for paramedics who inject Botox, however, they will have to in future ensure their patients have a face-to-face consultation as their prescriber can no longer issue a prescription for Botox remotely.

How does this change Botox training courses?  With reference to how we work at Cosmetica Training, it doesn’t really change a thing.  We have, since the NMC clarified their guidance, ensured we advise all doctors who work with nurses to comply with their regulations as we have with GDC registrants.  Whilst previously, it has been acceptable for doctors to remotely prescribe Botox, this has not been advisable when prescribing for nurses and this is our advice for their own clients.  Our guidance to doctors now will mirror the stance for nurses and dentists.

What does this mean for Botox administration?    Patients may have an initial delay in receiving treatment, however, nurses are still able to administer Botox, nurse prescribers, doctors and dentists can continue to prescribe and administer Botox as long as the prescription is not written remotely.

The news report below shows undercover footage from the BBC.

The latest online development of the Cosmetica website is our new Members’ Area.  The Members’ Area provides additional theoretical content in the form of video demonstrations for delegates who have booked to train with us in botox and dermal fillers as well as access to our online store and our pioneering UK wide consultation service.  This enables all non-prescribing nurses to practice within the NMC’s guidelines pertaining to the administration of all botulinum toxin type A products.

Hello, I’m Corina and I am the new admin addition and will be introducing myself.

I first had a group interview which I was so nervous about as it was the first interview I’ve ever had so I didn’t know what to expect apart from the regular things you read on interviews  over the internet so I was relieved to hear that Tracy wasn’t looking for the “ideal candidate” (so all my carefully planned speeches went out the window!).

The group of 12 or so applicants (including myself) was given a presentation on the company and we were given some exams to do that tested the skills of literacy and mathematics.

Next was the fun part, we were separated in to two groups to create a paper animal within a time limit, firstly. my group made a small cat until there was only 5 mins left on the clock and one of our team mates spotted we needed a 25cm one and with much panicking and discussion that we could fit into 5 mins we mustered up a taller model, Jerry the Giraffe.

I was called back for another interview which I was completely excited/nervous about getting.

I was interviewed by Tracy, Neil and Gareth . Well, the interview went very well and I’m sitting in the office right now writing this blog for our lovely readers.

We are pleased to tell our customers that all Cosmetica training courses and treatments can now be paid for via Direct Debit. This means that you can book a training course with us, pay a deposit and then spread the cost of training over three, six or nine months – whichever is most convenient for you. Apart from a small (£5) set-up fee – THERE IS NO ADDITIONAL CHARGE FOR THIS SERVICE.

Our Botox courses and other cosmetic training courses are already the best value available and this new facility makes payment even easier.

Our models are also able to spread the cost of treatments: just select a treatment plan – pick two, three or four treatments of your choice per year – then spread the cost over monthly payments to make it easier on your pocket. Direct debit customers are GUARANTEED an appointment.We offer the best value anywhere for cosmetic treatments and our new direct debit service makes our prices unbeatable.

For further information on direct debit for all Cosmetic courses and treatments please click the link on this page or contact us via phone or email.