Public consultation to be held on European non-surgical aesthetic standard

A public consultation will be held in early 2015 on a new draft European standard dealing with non-surgical aesthetic treatments. "Aesthetic Medicine Services – Non-Surgical Medical Procedures" has been in development for the past four years by CEN, the European Committee on Standardisation.

The scope of the standard includes treatments such as injectables (botulinum toxin and fillers), chemical peels, laser skin resurfacing, skin rejuvenation/hair reduction and so on. The public consultation will be carried out throughout Europe, including in the UK where it will be managed by the British Standards Institution (BSI).

Comments will be invited from interested professional organisations as well as from the general public. This will be the third public consultation that has been held by CEN on aesthetic treatments over the past few years, the previous two having requested comments on aesthetic surgery as well as non-surgical treatments. However the decision was made about a year ago that two separate standards should be developed for surgical and non-surgical services.

The surgical standard has now been approved and will be published throughout Europe including in the UK as European Standard BS EN 16372 in the next few months.