FOI Request - Complaints, Inspections and Closures in Aesthetics
Request 101003833279
For each calendar year 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025 (to date):
1. The number of complaints received about an individual aesthetics practitioner or an aesthetics business.*
2. The number of inspections of an individual aesthetics practitioner or aesthetics business carried out following a complaint.
3. The number of individuals and/or businesses in this sector closed (either temporarily or permanently) or banned from carrying out specific cosmetic procedures by Environmental Health Officers.
*For the purposes of this request, an “individual aesthetics practitioner” means any person who provides non-surgical cosmetic procedures (e.g.including but not limited too Botox, dermal fillers, chemical peels, microneedling, laser hair removal, non-surgical Brazillian Butt Lifts, non-surgical face lifts, non-surgical liposuction) in a commercial capacity, whether self-employed or employed by a business.
*An “aesthetics business” means any premises, clinic, or company offering such non-surgical cosmetic procedures, including beauty salons that provide these services alongside other treatments.
Response 03-09-2025
| 1. Number of complaints received | 2. Number of inspections carried out | 3. Number of businesses in this sector closed or banned | |
| 2022 | <5* | <5* | None |
| 2023 | <5* | <5* | |
| 2024 | <5* | <5* | |
| 2025 to date | 0 | - |
*the low numbers associated with this response may result in the identification of individuals. Therefore numbers between 1 and 5 have
been redacted and marked with <5 instead. This response is exempt under Section 38(1)(b) of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 - personal
information