{"id":25565091,"date":"2026-04-14T13:36:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T11:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.entourage.ch\/uncategorized\/beautician-accused-of-performing-unauthorized-injections\/"},"modified":"2026-06-17T13:43:19","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T11:43:19","slug":"beautician-accused-of-performing-unauthorized-injections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.entourage.ch\/en\/news\/aesthetic-medicine\/beautician-accused-of-performing-unauthorized-injections\/","title":{"rendered":"Beautician on Trial for Performing Injections Without a License"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A cosmetologist was tried in Vevey for performing injections without authorization, with serious consequences for several patients. In an interview on Forum (RTS), Fabrice Pfulg, president of<a href=\"https:\/\/acmes.ch\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/acmes.ch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ACMES<\/a>, reiterated a simple rule: <strong>in Switzerland, only a doctor is allowed to administer injections<\/strong>.   <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here&#8217;s how to make sure of that.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Check Before Getting an Injection<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Who is injecting?  <\/strong>The person must be a doctor, not a cosmetologist. That is the basic requirement. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Where?  <\/strong>A clinic or doctor&#8217;s office\u2014never a beauty salon or a private residence.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Which product?  <\/strong>A product approved by Swissmedic, which the doctor must be able to prescribe.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One final warning: an unusually low price should raise a red flag, as it often indicates a lack of medical oversight. And if you have any concerns after receiving an injection, don&#8217;t delay in seeking medical advice. <\/p>\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:60px\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/www.entourage.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/logo-rts.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25565089\" style=\"width:50px\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Coming up on RTS: &#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rts.ch\/play\/tv\/forum\/video\/une-chirurgienne-esthetique-a-exerce-sans-les-qualifications-requises-interview-de-fabrice-pfulg-video?urn=urn:rts:video:7006d935-af1d-33ee-b4dd-083e29e5471f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Forum,&#8221; an interview with Fabrice Pfulg<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At Entourage in Lausanne, every injection is administered by a doctor. Make an appointment for a safe treatment or for a second opinion. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A cosmetologist was tried in Vevey for performing injections without authorization, with serious consequences for several patients. In an interview on Forum (RTS), Fabrice Pfulg, president ofACMES, reiterated a simple rule: in Switzerland, only a doctor is allowed to administer injections. Here&#8217;s how to make sure of that. Check Before Getting an Injection Who is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":25565092,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[185],"tags":[],"dipi_cpt_category":[],"class_list":["post-25565091","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aesthetic-medicine"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.entourage.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25565091","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.entourage.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.entourage.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.entourage.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.entourage.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25565091"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.entourage.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25565091\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25565101,"href":"https:\/\/www.entourage.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25565091\/revisions\/25565101"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.entourage.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25565092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.entourage.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25565091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.entourage.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25565091"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.entourage.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25565091"},{"taxonomy":"dipi_cpt_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.entourage.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dipi_cpt_category?post=25565091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}