There is the guideline for the Beauty Industry. For your information.
Basically please do not have your Inject able treatments, Laser treatments or any surgical procedures done in a non-medical equipped premise or center. It is mean for safety reason. Your health and safety.
1. OBJECTIVES
1.1 The objectives of this guidelines are as follows :
i. To increase professionalism and to prevent the occurrence of
unwanted incident within the beauty services; ii. To encourage the practitioners to adhere to good practices
when providing services or when administering treatments; and
iii. To enhance consumer protection against improper practices
in the beauty industry.
2. DEFINITION OF BEAUTY INDUSTRY
2.1 This guidelines is applicable to the beauty industry. The beauty
industry refers to trades which provide services as follows :
Any procedure which is intended to maintain, or
enhance a person’s external physical appearance or to
produce a greater feeling of well-being including facial
or body treatments, application of cosmetics, manicure
or pedicure, application, or mending, of artificial nails,
epilation including electrolysis, hot or cold wax.
2.2 The practitioners in this industry include beauticians, aestheticians,
beauty consultants, aesthetic therapists, spa therapists, complementary
therapists, masseurs, make-up artists and nail technicians.
3. GENERAL PROHIBITION FOR BEAUTY
PRACTITIONERS
3.1 A beauty therapist should confine his/her practices to the services
set out in Paragraph 2.1. In addition, the practitioner shall not:
i. Operate or give manipulative treatment for any condition
requiring the use of a general or local anesthetic by injection
even within the fields mentioned in paragraph 2.1;
ii. Treat any person who to his/her knowledge is at the time
under the care of a medical practitioner for a condition likely
to be affected by his/her treatment without the knowledge and
consent of that practitioner;
iii. Make misleading or deceptive claims about their services,
advertise products or services with false endorsements, claim
benefits that they do not have, make false representations about
the standard, quality or value of the service offered;
iv. Engage the services of medical practitioners to carry out
prohibited services as mentioned in 4.1 in their beauty premises;
and
v. Allow or rent out their beauty premises to carry out any of
the mentioned
4. SERVICES TO BE PROVIDED WITH
CAUTION AT BEAUTY PREMISES
4.1 Practitioners in the beauty industry to exercise caution when
providing the following services:
i. Intense Pulsed Light ( IPL )
The use of any IPL machine is not encouraged unless the practitioners
have received adequate training to use such machines
correctly and in a safe manner.
ii. Laser treatment
Laser Treatment machines should only be used by practitioners
who have received adequate training and are able to use such
machines correctly and in a safe manner.
iii. Acupuncture
Acupuncture treatment shall be administered in accordance
to the relevant legislation.
iv. Piercing
Beauty Therapist should refrain from providing such services
in the beauty salon premise.
v. Slimming treatment
Slimming treatment involving the use of sonography, cavitation,
hot and cold treatment and coolant (chemical) machine should
be administered with care and by practitioners who have
received adequate training.
vi. Ultra-sonic devices
The use of ultra-sonic devices must be used with caution and
the practitioners should have received adequate training to use
such devices correctly and in a safe manner.
5. PROHIBITED SERVICES AT BEAUTY
PREMISES
5.1 The following services are prohibited at beauty premises :
i. Removal of moles and warts - No practitioners remove moles
or warts by using chemical or by using diathermy or other
electrical or mechanical means;
ii. Chemical peels exceeding 15% , and lower than pH 2*
iii. All types of injection
All types of injectable treatments that works by relaxing the
facial muscle to get rid of lines and wrinkles, the use of fillers for
volume enhancement and chelating therapy using intravenous
Vitamin C or other chelating agent for skin whitening.
iv. Implantation to the body
The implantation of a device placed under the human skin for
decorative or modification purposes. The treatments may be
sub-dermal or trans-dermal.
v. Derma-roller
The use of derma-roller for deep acne scar treatment and skin
rejuvenation which penetrates the skin and create lots of tiny
wounds.
vi. Liposuction
The treatment that involves the removal of fat deposits from
the body using a cannula.
vii. Injection/Fat Graft
A medical procedure using the technique of moving fat from
one area of the body to another to improve contour, correct
defects or enhance features.
viii. Eyelid surgery (Blepharoplasty)
A surgical modification of the eyelid. Excess skin and fat are
removed or repositioned, and surrounding tissue may be
reinforced.
ix. Hair transplant
A surgical technique that involves harvesting hair follicles from
one part of the body (the donor site) and transplanted to bald
or balding parts (the recipient site).
x. Incision and suturing of skin - Making a cut to the skin and
joining the tissue using needle and thread.
xi. Sinus treatment which involves penetration into the nose using
product or instrument.
xii. Any form of blood-letting or blood-withdrawal treatment -
for cosmetic or any other purposes.
xiii. Cosmetic Dentistry - Any dental work that improves the
appearance of a person’s teeth, gums and/or bite.
xiv. All treatments that induces abrasion causing damage to
the skin.
xv. Slimming treatment involving the consumption of prescribed
drugs.
6. BEAUTY THERAPIST
6.1 All beauty therapists are encouraged to acquire the necessary
trainings and qualifications which commensurate with the services
they provide.
6.2 All beauty therapists shall maintain good personal hygiene and stay
healthy at all time.
6.3 All beauty therapists should have good interpersonal skills.
7. CODE OF ETHICS
7.1 All beauty therapists shall abide by the Code of Ethics and good
practices as follows:
i. Uphold the high professional standards of the industry;
ii. Conduct themselves in conformity with good character and
professional decorum;
iii. Obtain consent from clients prior to treatment;
iv. Obtain consent from clients before taking pre and post
photography as evidence of effectiveness of treatments. No
picture of clients may be used for advertising or publicity
purposes unless the prior consent of clients is obtained;
v. Respect the right and privacy of customers and safeguard
customers’ information within the limit of the law;
vi. Shall not engage in activities which are illegal or immoral. They
must not work in, or be associated with establishments which
offer services which are illegal or immoral;
vii. Refrain from condemning,
viii. Be knowledgeable and be able to give right and sufficient
information, advice and recommendations about the products
and the services that are offered to the clients consistent
with good industry practices. This includes furnishing any
information on the possible side effects of the products or
treatments, if any;
ix. Shall not undertake treatments which are beyond the scope of
their professional education, training and experience;
x. All beauty therapists should, as far as possible, enquire any
medical history before treating a client for the first time to ensure
the client is under the care of a medical practitioner or not;
xi. In the event of unwanted incident occured, beauty therapists
must be able to identify quickly and refer such cases that need
medical attention;
xii. Act honorably towards their clients by informing and publishing
a transparent pricing or charges list prior to the treatment and
avoid any false claim that can mislead the clients; and
xiii. Refrain from participating in aggressive or pressured products
or services promotion which will lead to disturbance and
harassment to the clients.
8. BEAUTY PREMISES
8.1 Each beauty therapists has the responsibility for maintaining a safe,
clean, well maintained and healthy premise at all time by following
environmental, safety, and health rules and practices.
8.2 All beauty premises should have adequate and suitable structural
items and facilities for services offered.
8.3 All beauty premises shall obtain the necessary licenses required by
any respective regulatory bodies.
8.4 All relevant licenses shall be displayed and be visible to the public.
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