WEBVTT - The new Botox rules for young people 0:00:00.520 --> 0:00:05.120 Already and this is the Daily This is the Daily OS. 0:00:05.120 --> 0:00:06.840 Oh, now it makes sense. 0:00:14.720 --> 0:00:17.759 Good morning and welcome to the Daily OS. It's Wednesday, 0:00:17.800 --> 0:00:20.000 the fourth of June. I'm Emma Gillespie. 0:00:20.040 --> 0:00:20.960 I'm Sam Kazlowski. 0:00:21.320 --> 0:00:25.880 The growing popularity of cosmetic procedures like injectables and fillers 0:00:26.040 --> 0:00:30.600 has sparked growing concerns about patient safety, regulation and. 0:00:30.560 --> 0:00:32.720 The responsibilities of practitioners. 0:00:33.280 --> 0:00:36.800 This week, health regulators have actually released a sweeping set 0:00:36.880 --> 0:00:40.320 of reforms aimed at tightening the rules around these procedures. 0:00:40.680 --> 0:00:43.239 So in today's deep dive, we're going to explore what 0:00:43.280 --> 0:00:46.279 these new guidelines say, who they'll affect, and what they 0:00:46.360 --> 0:00:49.760 mean for anyone considering a cosmetic procedure as well as 0:00:49.800 --> 0:00:52.320 anyone administering one. 0:00:54.760 --> 0:00:58.240 M Cosmetic procedures are huge business in Australia right now, 0:00:58.240 --> 0:01:00.560 It's nothing new. I feel like they've been around for 0:01:00.720 --> 0:01:03.600 decades in its current form. But give me a sense 0:01:03.840 --> 0:01:06.240 of the backdrop that we're talking about today. 0:01:06.480 --> 0:01:09.720 Yeah, you're right that these kinds of procedures have existed 0:01:09.720 --> 0:01:13.319 for decades, but the industry as a whole has really 0:01:13.440 --> 0:01:16.959 grown quite rapidly in popularity over recent years, to the 0:01:17.000 --> 0:01:21.080 point that we are now talking about a billion dollar industry. 0:01:21.160 --> 0:01:24.759 Now that's according to estimates by the Australian Health Practitioner 0:01:24.800 --> 0:01:28.720 Regulation Agency APRA, So they put the dollar value of 0:01:28.760 --> 0:01:31.360 this industry at a billion dollars. 0:01:31.560 --> 0:01:33.680 And let's be really clear on what exactly we're talking 0:01:33.720 --> 0:01:36.520 about when we're talking about cosmetic procedures. We're not talking 0:01:36.560 --> 0:01:39.680 about getting your nails done right exactly. Sorry, I know, 0:01:39.880 --> 0:01:43.920 I know that's silly, but question here, question, I'm kind 0:01:43.920 --> 0:01:45.640 of new to this industry, so I'm kin to understand 0:01:45.720 --> 0:01:47.560 exactly what you mean here exactly. Well. 0:01:47.600 --> 0:01:52.520 APRA's definition of cosmetic procedures is pretty broad. It defines 0:01:52.600 --> 0:01:57.000 cosmetic procedures as ones that quote revise or change the appearance, color, 0:01:57.120 --> 0:02:00.880 textra structure, or position of normal bodily features to achieve 0:02:00.880 --> 0:02:04.320 what a patient perceives to be a more desirable appearance. 0:02:04.800 --> 0:02:07.480 But narrowing down on that a little bit, this broad 0:02:07.520 --> 0:02:11.440 term can include everything from surgical to non surgical options. 0:02:11.840 --> 0:02:14.520 But specifically today we're going to talk more about non 0:02:14.680 --> 0:02:20.320 surgical procedures, so things like filler anti wrinkle injections Botox. 0:02:20.360 --> 0:02:24.040 Botox is a brand of anti renkal injections, some laser 0:02:24.120 --> 0:02:28.079 skin treatments anything that falls under that umbrella. 0:02:28.360 --> 0:02:33.200 It's interesting how that definition incorporates the why behind the treatment. 0:02:33.480 --> 0:02:37.200 So somebody trying to achieve a more desirable appearance, because 0:02:37.240 --> 0:02:40.080 I know people who get botox for injuries that they've 0:02:40.080 --> 0:02:43.160 had or post surgical stuff for disability. 0:02:43.520 --> 0:02:47.160 There are some medical reasons why people will access botox 0:02:47.200 --> 0:02:50.680 for non esthetic purposes, I suppose, And those procedures are 0:02:50.720 --> 0:02:52.760 subject to different regulations. 0:02:52.919 --> 0:02:55.520 And this space, though, is cosmetic, So who's responsible then 0:02:55.560 --> 0:02:56.200 for that space? 0:02:56.560 --> 0:02:59.760 So this is regulated this space by. 0:02:59.600 --> 0:03:03.360 That regulation agency OPRA I mentioned and the National Boards 0:03:03.760 --> 0:03:07.960 APRA is tasked with ensuring registered health practitioners basically have 0:03:08.120 --> 0:03:12.919 appropriate training, that they have the qualifications to practice, and 0:03:12.960 --> 0:03:16.360 that all of that aligns with prioritizing patient safety. And 0:03:16.639 --> 0:03:19.960 that is the body that's just released new national guidelines 0:03:20.000 --> 0:03:23.919 that will apply to all registered health practitioners performing as 0:03:23.960 --> 0:03:28.120 well as advertising these non surgical cosmetic procedures. 0:03:28.240 --> 0:03:30.160 And do you think there's been a trigger for these 0:03:30.200 --> 0:03:32.800 new guidelines to be released or is it more of 0:03:32.800 --> 0:03:35.880 an accumulation of bad behavior in the industry. 0:03:36.080 --> 0:03:36.840 Yeah, it's been. 0:03:36.920 --> 0:03:39.280 A movement that's been kind of a few years in 0:03:39.360 --> 0:03:41.800 the making. There was an independent review a couple of 0:03:41.880 --> 0:03:46.560 years ago which brought some concerning practices to light, and 0:03:46.640 --> 0:03:50.360 I think there is concern overall from the regulator that 0:03:50.720 --> 0:03:55.440 non surgical cosmetic procedures are still risky procedures, but that 0:03:55.560 --> 0:03:59.400 maybe they're being minimized or downplayed by some providers. 0:04:00.000 --> 0:04:01.800 Over the past few years, more. 0:04:01.600 --> 0:04:06.280 Complaints have been lodged with concerns around unqualified or undertrained 0:04:06.320 --> 0:04:11.120 people offering these services. And until now, some professions have 0:04:11.200 --> 0:04:15.200 had more specific rules than others, like doctors under the 0:04:15.200 --> 0:04:19.279 Medical Board are subject to different frameworks and regulations than 0:04:19.600 --> 0:04:23.200 nurse practitioners, for example, But now APRA is saying that 0:04:23.320 --> 0:04:27.160 it wants to standardize these processes to avoid confusion, so 0:04:27.320 --> 0:04:29.800 the same rules apply right across the board when we're 0:04:29.839 --> 0:04:32.680 talking about non surgical cosmetic procedures. 0:04:32.160 --> 0:04:34.680 And as with any industry, I think it's probably important 0:04:34.720 --> 0:04:36.680 to say that most people who would work in this 0:04:36.760 --> 0:04:40.200 space are well meaning people who follow the rules and 0:04:40.279 --> 0:04:43.239 have patient care at the heart of their practice. But also, 0:04:43.320 --> 0:04:45.880 as with most industries, there's people who don't do that. 0:04:46.160 --> 0:04:48.640 Do we have a sense of the scale of the 0:04:48.680 --> 0:04:50.680 complaints that are being issued from that sector or the 0:04:50.720 --> 0:04:51.919 damage that's being done. 0:04:52.120 --> 0:04:55.839 So between late twenty twenty two and early twenty twenty five, 0:04:56.080 --> 0:04:59.680 APRA looked into about three hundred and sixty complaints related 0:04:59.760 --> 0:05:03.480 to these types of cosmetic procedures. Most of those complaints 0:05:03.520 --> 0:05:07.600 are now closed, but the concerns raised ranged from a 0:05:07.720 --> 0:05:12.680 lack of training from providers to poor patient outcomes. And 0:05:12.800 --> 0:05:19.720 these complaints didn't discriminate across professions. We had complaints about doctors, nurses, dentists, 0:05:19.800 --> 0:05:25.520 even psychologists, Chinese medicine practitioners. So the narrative from those 0:05:25.520 --> 0:05:29.799 complaints speaks to broader gaps in care across the board. 0:05:30.040 --> 0:05:32.880 So there's this gap and care in the non surgical 0:05:33.080 --> 0:05:36.640 cosmetic industry. Some new guidelines come into play. What exactly 0:05:36.720 --> 0:05:39.560 are those guidelines aiming to change. 0:05:39.160 --> 0:05:42.000 Well, there are a few new rules that are really 0:05:42.080 --> 0:05:44.520 interesting that I wanted to talk through today. But one 0:05:44.560 --> 0:05:47.839 of the first ones that stands out is changes around 0:05:47.920 --> 0:05:52.200 the training of staff and minimum requirements so approcalls this 0:05:52.480 --> 0:05:56.520 practitioner's scope of practice and basically in the past or 0:05:56.640 --> 0:06:00.400 up until now, just because someone has a general health qualification, 0:06:00.760 --> 0:06:03.240 so for example, as a nurse or as a dentist, 0:06:03.920 --> 0:06:08.279 that can no longer automatically mean that they are qualified 0:06:08.320 --> 0:06:12.200 to perform cosmetic procedures. So from the second of September, 0:06:12.520 --> 0:06:16.520 in just under three months time, practitioners will need additional 0:06:16.560 --> 0:06:20.200 training or education if they want to safely expand into 0:06:20.240 --> 0:06:22.800 the cosmetic procedure space. So it can no longer just 0:06:22.880 --> 0:06:26.599 be that you are a qualified nurse who decides you 0:06:26.640 --> 0:06:29.440 want to expand your business and dabble in injectibles. You 0:06:29.440 --> 0:06:33.040 will have to undertake more training. On that example of nurses, 0:06:33.080 --> 0:06:37.040 there'll be a certain period of clinical experience required before 0:06:37.040 --> 0:06:41.159 they can begin offering non surgical cosmetic procedures. The regulator 0:06:41.200 --> 0:06:44.960 says this reform is also about future proofing the industry, 0:06:45.080 --> 0:06:48.520 so it warns that maybe some practitioners have been drawn 0:06:48.760 --> 0:06:53.359 to non cosmetic procedures because it's a very lucrative industry. Interesting, 0:06:53.560 --> 0:06:57.200 so these new protections, it said, highlight that many practitioners 0:06:57.400 --> 0:07:00.440 need more than just the foundational qualifications in included in 0:07:00.480 --> 0:07:04.279 their initial training before they can safely perform these procedures 0:07:04.400 --> 0:07:08.119 like cosmetic injections, and trying to get people away from 0:07:08.200 --> 0:07:10.760 that financial motivation to work in this space. 0:07:11.200 --> 0:07:13.800 We'll be right back after a quick message from our sponsor. 0:07:16.880 --> 0:07:19.040 Now one thing that really stood out to me in 0:07:19.080 --> 0:07:23.880 these guidelines was how specific the protections were for young people. 0:07:24.320 --> 0:07:25.160 What's changing there? 0:07:25.360 --> 0:07:27.040 Yeah, this is really interesting. 0:07:27.080 --> 0:07:30.960 There are two big things to talk about. Firstly, any 0:07:31.080 --> 0:07:34.360 advertising of these procedures aimed at under eighteen year olds 0:07:34.400 --> 0:07:36.120 will be completely banned. 0:07:36.200 --> 0:07:40.080 So right now you can advertise cosmetic procedures to under eighteens. 0:07:40.160 --> 0:07:43.440 Well, it's a gray area I suppose about who an 0:07:43.480 --> 0:07:46.960 AD is targeted towards, but there are stronger protections that 0:07:47.040 --> 0:07:50.800 say a vague AD could be seen by under eighteen 0:07:50.880 --> 0:07:54.640 year olds and that that's therefore inappropriate, so clamping down 0:07:54.680 --> 0:07:58.040 on that. And secondly, if a child or teen does 0:07:58.200 --> 0:08:01.920 want an underage cosmetic procedure, there'll now be a mandatory 0:08:02.000 --> 0:08:05.680 seven day cooling off period between their first consultation and 0:08:05.840 --> 0:08:09.200 actually getting the treatment, and so this is aimed at 0:08:09.280 --> 0:08:13.480 preventing impulsive decision making. Regulators say they want to reduce 0:08:13.560 --> 0:08:17.400 pressure on young people to rush into cosmetic work, particularly 0:08:17.480 --> 0:08:19.520 considering the added pressures of social media. 0:08:19.560 --> 0:08:22.040 But just to clarify there, we're still saying that under 0:08:22.080 --> 0:08:24.720 eighteens can access cosmetic procedures. 0:08:25.280 --> 0:08:27.920 Well, the jury is kind of out on that one, 0:08:27.920 --> 0:08:30.040 because I took a closer look at the copy of 0:08:30.080 --> 0:08:34.000 these new guidelines for registered health practitioners. They come into 0:08:34.000 --> 0:08:38.000 effect in September, and there's a dedicated section to additional 0:08:38.040 --> 0:08:43.800 responsibilities around providing these nonsurgical procedures for under eighteen year olds, 0:08:43.800 --> 0:08:47.559 which says practitioners have a responsibility to assess a patient's 0:08:47.600 --> 0:08:51.520 capacity to consent to a procedure, so there has to 0:08:51.520 --> 0:08:55.760 be an evaluation there. It also says registered health practitioners 0:08:55.800 --> 0:08:58.040 should have regard for the views of a parent or 0:08:58.120 --> 0:09:01.360 guardian of a person under eighteen, including whether or not 0:09:01.559 --> 0:09:05.520 they support the procedure being performed. But the regulator does 0:09:05.559 --> 0:09:10.680 not endorse prescribing botox or similar injections, dermal fillers things 0:09:10.720 --> 0:09:14.360 like that for cosmetic purposes for any under eighteen year olds, 0:09:14.679 --> 0:09:18.920 and eligibility can only be assessed by registered nurses or 0:09:19.000 --> 0:09:22.600 nurse practitioners. Now they must quote, know and comply with 0:09:22.760 --> 0:09:26.400 relevant legislation of the jurisdiction in which they're practicing in 0:09:26.400 --> 0:09:29.920 in terms of any restrictions on cosmetic procedures for under 0:09:29.960 --> 0:09:30.679 eighteen year olds. 0:09:31.080 --> 0:09:33.120 So I'm kind of guessing here, but I assume then 0:09:33.280 --> 0:09:38.280 that an update on those guidelines and those jurisdictional rules 0:09:38.280 --> 0:09:42.040 would be part of this added qualification that medical professionals 0:09:42.040 --> 0:09:44.240 would need to be able to perform the procedures. But 0:09:44.720 --> 0:09:48.240 there's many jurisdictions in Australia and that would also be confusing. 0:09:48.440 --> 0:09:50.760 Yeah, it is a gray area and it really depends 0:09:50.800 --> 0:09:54.360 on what the procedure is and where the procedure would 0:09:54.400 --> 0:09:57.439 be taking place. There's actually an interesting report by the 0:09:57.520 --> 0:10:01.320 Royal Australian College of General Practition on this that points 0:10:01.360 --> 0:10:04.240 to concerns about the ethics and the practice of children 0:10:04.360 --> 0:10:09.280 undergoing cosmetic procedures. It says that Australia blacks reliable data 0:10:09.320 --> 0:10:12.880 on this issue and the prevalence of these procedures on children, 0:10:13.200 --> 0:10:15.559 but it points to concerns around kind of these high 0:10:15.679 --> 0:10:19.040 rates that we are hearing about of body image dissatisfaction 0:10:19.360 --> 0:10:21.640 and how that could be driving more young people to 0:10:21.720 --> 0:10:26.840 these procedures. But nationally, the Australian Medical Association's position is 0:10:26.880 --> 0:10:30.359 that patients under eighteen years old should not have procedures 0:10:30.400 --> 0:10:34.000 to modify or enhance physical appearance unless it is in 0:10:34.040 --> 0:10:38.800 their medical and or psychological interests. New South Wales guidelines 0:10:38.920 --> 0:10:42.600 advise a longer cooling off period, so they advise a 0:10:42.679 --> 0:10:46.280 three month cooling off period between the initial consult and 0:10:46.360 --> 0:10:49.200 a procedure on an under eighteen year old, and that 0:10:49.280 --> 0:10:53.720 goes well beyond APRA's new mandatory seven day cooling off period. 0:10:54.200 --> 0:10:57.720 But Queensland is the only state that's actually legislated a 0:10:57.760 --> 0:11:01.400 ban on performing a cosmetic procedure child that was introduced 0:11:01.480 --> 0:11:04.760 in two thousand and eight. Everywhere else, it's kind of 0:11:04.840 --> 0:11:08.079 up to the practitioner. There are steps that they have 0:11:08.160 --> 0:11:11.640 to take, but actually enforcing any of these kind of 0:11:11.720 --> 0:11:13.240 rules is a little bit murky. 0:11:13.720 --> 0:11:15.880 And I'm really interested in this advertising band that you 0:11:15.880 --> 0:11:19.000 spoke about because it brings in the whole other discussion 0:11:19.320 --> 0:11:21.560 that I know you've been very involved with for most 0:11:21.600 --> 0:11:23.640 of this year around the way that social media is 0:11:23.760 --> 0:11:26.679 used to influence the way that young people especially think 0:11:26.679 --> 0:11:28.800 about their bodies. Yeah, can you tell me a little 0:11:28.840 --> 0:11:31.760 bit about how this framework changes what's happening there. 0:11:31.960 --> 0:11:34.840 Yes, So social media has become such a big part 0:11:34.880 --> 0:11:38.080 of how these procedures are marketed. We know that young 0:11:38.120 --> 0:11:41.160 people are on social media, so they're the people seeing 0:11:41.200 --> 0:11:45.240 these messages. As I flagged, any advertising targeting under eighteen 0:11:45.280 --> 0:11:47.959 year olds will be banned in the non surgical cosmetic 0:11:48.040 --> 0:11:50.920 procedure space. But there are some other pretty comprehensive reforms 0:11:50.920 --> 0:11:54.640 that will change how advertising works for high risk procedures. 0:11:54.840 --> 0:11:59.600 Now most injectibles are included under that category. So, for example, 0:11:59.679 --> 0:12:03.480 ads will have to contain information about the practitioner performing 0:12:03.480 --> 0:12:06.200 the procedure so patients know who they're engaging with. And 0:12:06.240 --> 0:12:08.360 there are measures to strengthen a ban on the use 0:12:08.400 --> 0:12:12.880 of testimonials from social media influences. And there's also a 0:12:12.880 --> 0:12:17.199 ban on ads that sexualize or trivialize cosmetic procedures. 0:12:17.440 --> 0:12:18.520 What exactly does that mean. 0:12:18.920 --> 0:12:23.920 It means anything that minimizes the invasiveness of cosmetic procedures 0:12:24.040 --> 0:12:27.400 or misleads patients about how complex a procedure might be. 0:12:27.840 --> 0:12:30.360 It is worth pointing out when I say advertising here, 0:12:30.800 --> 0:12:34.200 this can include any kind of social media post. So 0:12:34.360 --> 0:12:37.360 a practice could post about a procedure that they offer 0:12:37.880 --> 0:12:41.479 that is, under these guidelines considered a form of advertising. 0:12:41.600 --> 0:12:43.120 I feel like the thing that comes to mind is 0:12:43.120 --> 0:12:44.240 the classic kind of before and. 0:12:44.200 --> 0:12:48.120 After exactly, and they will be changing under these regulations, 0:12:48.200 --> 0:12:51.120 So any advertising, all those kinds of posts that include 0:12:51.120 --> 0:12:57.640 things like emojis won't be allowed. Words like transformation, artistry, perfect, 0:12:57.840 --> 0:13:03.600 silhouette sculpting. They're all inappropriate for advertising, and other terms 0:13:03.600 --> 0:13:08.560 that minimize procedures like gentle, simple, safe, quick, easy. They 0:13:08.800 --> 0:13:11.880 appro say detract from the seriousness of a procedure, so 0:13:12.000 --> 0:13:13.440 they will also be banned. 0:13:13.760 --> 0:13:16.120 So there's some pretty sweeping reforms that we've talked about, 0:13:16.120 --> 0:13:19.160 but this isn't the first time that this space has 0:13:19.200 --> 0:13:21.880 had regulation. Give me a sense of what those other 0:13:21.920 --> 0:13:23.680 regulations are, yees. 0:13:23.640 --> 0:13:24.679 So I mentioned earlier. 0:13:24.760 --> 0:13:27.520 There was a review in twenty twenty three, and this 0:13:27.640 --> 0:13:31.240 crackdown is really building on that. APRA shared at the 0:13:31.280 --> 0:13:34.400 time some pretty serious case studies, including the story of 0:13:34.400 --> 0:13:37.880 a patient who suffered severe burns from a light based treatment, 0:13:38.280 --> 0:13:41.840 another who developed an abscess after a threading procedure gone wrong, 0:13:42.160 --> 0:13:45.079 and in one case, a practitioner ignored a patient's skin 0:13:45.160 --> 0:13:48.440 condition and went ahead with filler and that injectable led 0:13:48.440 --> 0:13:51.640 to a serious reaction. The regulator said at the time 0:13:51.720 --> 0:13:55.640 these are not isolated events. They really represent a broader 0:13:55.679 --> 0:14:00.120 pattern of shortcomings within the industry. So that review found 0:14:00.200 --> 0:14:04.040 there was no universal minimum standard of education or training, 0:14:04.200 --> 0:14:07.080 and experts warn that was leaving patients at risk, and 0:14:07.200 --> 0:14:10.840 in response, the Medical Board and OPERA accepted sixteen major 0:14:10.880 --> 0:14:13.240 recommendations to improve patient. 0:14:12.960 --> 0:14:15.520 Safety and those are in place now yep. 0:14:15.400 --> 0:14:20.160 So essentially in the area of injectibles, those regulations have 0:14:20.240 --> 0:14:22.560 been rolled out, but clearly there is more to be done, 0:14:22.600 --> 0:14:25.080 which is why we've seen these new rules. But back 0:14:25.120 --> 0:14:29.600 in twenty twenty three, there were new rules about consent consultations. 0:14:29.680 --> 0:14:32.960 You might remember headlines at the time about psychological evaluations, 0:14:33.400 --> 0:14:37.440 tightening who can prescribe and administer procedures, and that was 0:14:37.480 --> 0:14:40.600 the start of a ban on testimonials from influencers, a 0:14:40.640 --> 0:14:43.960 clamp down on influencer marketing, and these reforms are really 0:14:43.960 --> 0:14:46.160 an evolution of those changes. 0:14:46.520 --> 0:14:48.800 So we have a reaction from industry bodies here. 0:14:49.200 --> 0:14:52.800 Yeah, we've heard from the Australasian Society of Esthetic Plastic 0:14:52.880 --> 0:14:56.920 Surgeons ASAPS. That's a peak industry body and it's welcomed 0:14:56.920 --> 0:15:00.680 the call by OPRA to require better education, training and 0:15:00.760 --> 0:15:06.280 ongoing education for non surgical cosmetic practice. It says regulations 0:15:06.320 --> 0:15:09.840 haven't kept pace with the popularity of the procedures. But 0:15:10.120 --> 0:15:12.720 in addition to clinical safety, the body says there should 0:15:12.720 --> 0:15:16.040 also be greater attention on ethical practice, with a focus 0:15:16.080 --> 0:15:18.720 on patient interest over commercial profits. 0:15:18.840 --> 0:15:20.960 Interesting, there's a lot in that sentence exactly. 0:15:21.000 --> 0:15:22.360 It's a big, big sentence. 0:15:22.480 --> 0:15:26.240 These new guidelines now stipulate that additional training that we've 0:15:26.280 --> 0:15:29.560 talked through. But ASAPS, this body says that there's no 0:15:29.680 --> 0:15:34.320 minimum quality standard for providers ongoing professional development and education 0:15:35.000 --> 0:15:37.200 and no plan for enforcement. 0:15:37.280 --> 0:15:40.040 So it's all very well and good having an education requirement, 0:15:40.200 --> 0:15:43.480 there's no guidelines that this body is saying as to 0:15:43.520 --> 0:15:46.800 who's teaching that and how it's being enforced. 0:15:46.520 --> 0:15:50.680 Exactly, So more to be done, according to ASAPS. Meanwhile, 0:15:50.720 --> 0:15:54.520 the Medical Board of Australia chair doctor Susan O'Dwyer said, quote, 0:15:54.560 --> 0:15:58.040 these guidelines make sure we're all working from similar playbooks 0:15:58.080 --> 0:15:59.520 for the safety of our patients. 0:16:00.080 --> 0:16:03.600 Said. These regulations come into force in early September. What 0:16:03.720 --> 0:16:04.680 else happens next? 0:16:05.080 --> 0:16:09.360 Practitioners have three months to get themselves sorted, be that 0:16:09.600 --> 0:16:14.520 advertisers or healthcare providers. The guidelines are online now, so 0:16:14.800 --> 0:16:18.520 stakeholders essentially have the three months to get ready, update processes, 0:16:18.640 --> 0:16:23.320 get qualified or retrain their staff if needed. For consumers, 0:16:23.520 --> 0:16:28.480 especially younger Australians, you know, nothing will really change dramatically, 0:16:28.960 --> 0:16:32.280 but there is a stronger safety net in place. Essentially, 0:16:32.320 --> 0:16:35.800 that is what the regulator says. These rules don't stop 0:16:35.840 --> 0:16:39.160 cosmetic work from happening, but they shine a spotlight on 0:16:39.240 --> 0:16:42.840 ethics and safety and informed decision making. And I'm sure 0:16:42.880 --> 0:16:45.680 it's not the last we're going to hear about regulation 0:16:45.760 --> 0:16:46.320 in this space. 0:16:46.480 --> 0:16:48.720 It has been an interesting space to watch over the 0:16:48.800 --> 0:16:52.880 years because there seems to be quite a steady flow 0:16:52.960 --> 0:16:55.560 of regulation that has been rolled out. It hasn't been 0:16:55.600 --> 0:16:58.240 this kind of sense of sweeping regulation that turns the 0:16:58.360 --> 0:17:01.200 entire industry on its head, rather kind of tweaks along 0:17:01.200 --> 0:17:03.760 the way to what is the livelihood for a lot 0:17:03.760 --> 0:17:05.639 of people, but also putting a lot of people at 0:17:05.720 --> 0:17:07.159 risk should it be done incorrectly. 0:17:07.240 --> 0:17:09.399 And so often in medicine, I think we see the 0:17:09.440 --> 0:17:12.840 popularity come first and the regulations come second. 0:17:13.119 --> 0:17:15.040 And thank you so much for that, And thank you 0:17:15.080 --> 0:17:17.480 for joining us on the Daily OS this morning. If 0:17:17.480 --> 0:17:19.560 you're catching us on YouTube, it's so great to have 0:17:19.640 --> 0:17:21.440 you here. It would mean a lot if you subscribed 0:17:21.520 --> 0:17:23.760 to our channel. We'll be back in the afternoon with 0:17:23.800 --> 0:17:30.440 your headlines. 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