Cosmetics Law Controls Botox Use

KUALA LUMPUR, July 28 (Bernama) -- A bill on cosmetics, including the use of botox, is being drawn up and is expected to be tabled in Parliament next year, Health Minister Datuk Dr Chua Soi Lek said Friday.
He said the draft would be submitted to the Cabinet at the end of this year.
The bill would seek to prohibit the use of equipment for the application of botox in beauty houses if they did not receive sufficient training on its use, he said to reporters after opening the Women's Health and Asian Traditional Medicine conference here, Friday.
Chua said botox use should be controlled in view of the indiscriminate use of the treatment, especially among women.
"We have no problem with people going for injection of botox. What we are worried about is that people who administer botox are not trained or qualified to do so," he said.
The National Fatwa Council said in Kota Kinabalu Thursday the use of botox as cosmetics was "haram" or prohibited for Muslims.
The council also said its use might have side-effects on the users.