adsStakeholders in Nigeria’s aesthetic medicine industry have called for stronger regulation and professional standards to sanitise the sector, protect patients and help curb foreign exchange outflows linked to medical tourism.
The call was made at the second edition of the Masters of Beauty organised by UNNO Health Group for professionals across West Africa at the weekend.
Speaking at the event, Hilda Titiloye, founder and chief executive of UNNO Health Group, said the company had built an ecosystem in aesthetic medicine and dermatology by providing services, manufacturing medical products and offering educational training.
According to her, the event was aimed at building a community of beauty professionals in the medical space, including aesthetic physicians, dermatologists, plastic surgeons, nurses and dentists practising aesthetic medicine.
Titiloye said stakeholders were seeking to create a stronger voice within the industry that could advocate for laws and structure to “sanitise the space” and ensure patients are protected.
