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Anti Wrinkle Brisbane

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Safety and Australian regulation

Why prescription-only cosmetic medicines cannot be advertised, why testimonials are banned, and how to report a concern.

Medical illustration of epidermis and dermis with squamous, basal and melanocyte cells

Layers of the skin by Don Bliss, National Cancer Institute. Licensed under Public domain. Source: Wikimedia Commons file page. Also listed on the image credits page.

Australian law treats many cosmetic injectable products as prescription-only medicines. The Therapeutic Goods Administration has been explicit: public advertising that promotes those products — including many everyday nicknames — is not allowed. AHPRA separately restricts testimonials and outcome claims for higher-risk cosmetic procedures.

This hub is the legal bookshelf for the rest of the site. Read TGA rules on cosmetic injection advertising, AHPRA testimonials and higher-risk procedures, and prescription-only medicines and public information.

If something you saw online or in a waiting room looks wrong, reporting concerns about a practitioner lists the official doors. Our own rules live on the editorial standards page.

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