05-25-2022, 10:27 PM
https://news.sky.com/story/cosmetic-surg...d-12620879
Adverts for cosmetic procedures are now banned from targeting under-18s in the UK.
The new rules apply to all media and cover procedures that are designed to change a person's physical appearance - including breast augmentation or reduction, "tummy tucks", eyelid surgery, nose reshaping, and facelifts.
The ban also covers teeth whitening products, skin rejuvenation and injectable treatments, chemical peels and dermal fillers.
The change, outlined by the Committee of Advertising Practice (CAP) last November, aims to tackle body image issues in young people.
"Children and young people's body image perceptions and their susceptibility to pressures to change their appearance, including considering cosmetic interventions as a potential means to address those concerns, are influenced by a number of social and cultural factors," CAP, which works closely with the advertising regulator, says.
TBH, I don't think I've ever seen any such adverts - although, perhaps that's because I don't watch the kinds of programmes where they would be shown .
Still, it does sadden me that under-18s are getting this kind of surgery... some of the riskiest procedures are now banned, but even if the others are to remain legal for children, I don't think they should be encouraged to get them!
Adverts for cosmetic procedures are now banned from targeting under-18s in the UK.
The new rules apply to all media and cover procedures that are designed to change a person's physical appearance - including breast augmentation or reduction, "tummy tucks", eyelid surgery, nose reshaping, and facelifts.
The ban also covers teeth whitening products, skin rejuvenation and injectable treatments, chemical peels and dermal fillers.
The change, outlined by the Committee of Advertising Practice (CAP) last November, aims to tackle body image issues in young people.
"Children and young people's body image perceptions and their susceptibility to pressures to change their appearance, including considering cosmetic interventions as a potential means to address those concerns, are influenced by a number of social and cultural factors," CAP, which works closely with the advertising regulator, says.
TBH, I don't think I've ever seen any such adverts - although, perhaps that's because I don't watch the kinds of programmes where they would be shown .
Still, it does sadden me that under-18s are getting this kind of surgery... some of the riskiest procedures are now banned, but even if the others are to remain legal for children, I don't think they should be encouraged to get them!
Board Information and Policies
Affiliation | Coffee Credits | Ranks and Awards | Name Changes
Account Deletion | BBCode Reference
Moonface (in 'Woman runs 49 red lights in ex's car')' Wrote: If only she had ran another 20 lights.
(Thanks to Nilla for the avatar, and Detective Osprey for the sig!)
My Items