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Tighter laws to stop salons from doing plastic surgery

PENANG: The Government is tightening the laws to prevent plastic and cosmetic surgery from being done at beauty salons and other unauthorised premises, including residential houses.
Health Ministry director-general Datuk Dr Mohd Ismail Merican said the Government was aware that they were many beauty salons conducting cosmetic and plastic surgery.
“Then, there is the matter of medical credentials. We do not know whether they are trained and licensed plastic and cosmetic surgeons,” he said at the Malaysian Association of Plastic, Aesthetic & Craniomaxillofacial Surgeons annual scientific and general meetings at the Penang Hospital here yesterday.
Dr Mohd Ismail advised the public to be cautious of beauty salons advertising cosmetic and plastic surgery services.
“Go to a hospital or a clinic to get professional consultation first,” he said.
The association’s president Dr R. Angamuthu said the insurance premium for cosmetic surgery had reached the RM20,000 mark and was an indication of the poor state of affairs as far as control was concerned for such surgeries.