West Midlands doctor warns against 'Botox parties'
It follows reports of parties where Botox is administered by unregulated providers
Last updated 14th Mar 2025
We're being warned of the dangers of 'botox parties' and undergoing cosmetic treatment by non-healthcare professionals.
It follows reports of parties organised by unregulated providers where alcohol is consumed.
Dr Dan Dhunna runs a cosmetic clinic in Birmingham.
"Anyone can go on the internet and buy these items for as little as £20. Often these items are not licensed and may well be fake medicines.
"There is huge potential for things to go wrong. I always take a patients full medical history before doing any procedure. This simply does not happen at a Botox party," he said.
Rishi Sunak's government proposed a new licensing scheme in 2023 to make it a criminal offence for anyone to carry out non-surgical cosmetic treatments without a licence.
The current Labour government have not announced plans to introduce a similar scheme.
In Scotland, the regulator of private health clinics has issued a specific warning about the dangers of Botox parties.
The regulator is also advising that cosmetic treatments such as Botox, dermal fillers and slimming jabs should only be administered by recognised healthcare professionals.
Eddie Docherty, director of quality assurance and regulation at Healthcare Improvement Scotland, said: "Having a cosmetic treatment is a serious undertaking that should only be entered into with due consideration of the very real risks to an individual's health and safety.
"Bringing together the injecting of Botox, alcohol and a party atmosphere reduces people's judgement, and their ability to properly provide consent and consider the real risks.
"No clinic regulated by us, and run by a healthcare professional, would be permitted to run Botox parties as an appropriate environment to provide such a treatment."
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