I founded The Safety in Beauty Campaign on the 1st of October 2013. I’d be grateful if you could take a look at www.safetyinbeauty.com

I started my career in the beauty industry after experiencing a car crash at aged 22, in which I sustained some horrific injuries to my face. As a result of my injuries I needed reconstructive plastic surgery to my face, and it was this life changing event that allowed me to embark on a career in beauty, as I became fascinated with beauty and image during my rehabilitation.

I’m a beauty writer and author now; I also coach people on finding safe ways to enhance their bodies and image so they look and feel their best. I love my work with a passion, and it is this passion that brought me to launch this campaign.

This year Sir Bruce Keogh launched an investigation into the cosmetic intervention industry after the very shocking PIP Implants scandal. As a result of his findings, promises were made to tighten up the regulations which would lead to a safer and more transparent industry. This was welcomed by the ethical members of the cosmetic interventions industry, but to some, the unscrupulous activities highlighted in this report and review, meant nothing at all.

Asides fro my daily job, I study counseling and I run my own social media support group helping victims of adverse beauty and cosmetic procedures. It is clear to see that are still many shocking examples of malpractice which exist in the industry. Over the last 15 years as a consumer myself, I have experienced the good, the bad and the ugly in the beauty industry, and experiences voiced by members of my support group further highlight a clear need for the public to be aware of rogue practitioners and unsafe practices, so that they are better informed and ultimately protected.

From backstreet Botox cowboys, illegal tooth whitening and uninsured beauty consultants, The Safety in Beauty Campaign aims to take practitioners of unscrupulous and unsafe activities to task, by highlighting their existence and examples of their malpractice. We all have the right to look and feel better about ourselves, but that doesn’t mean we deserve to suffer the consequences of damage inflicted by incompetent practitioners or activities.

I am collecting a dossier with hundreds of examples, case studies and documentation of unsafe beauty practices with a view to presenting this to the Department of Health for Sir Bruce Keogh and his panel to consider in the on-going cosmetic interventions review.

Ultimately my objective, together with a like-minded group of ethically led medical, legal, and professional individuals, is to register the campaign as charity in the near future, however, this takes time, effort and sensibly raised funds which I have been working towards achieving for two years.

If you have experienced an adverse experience with a cosmetic intervention or a beauty treatment, please contact the safety in beauty campaign to raise awareness of it, alternatively please contact us for any further information about our current efforts.

Thank you for your patience whilst the www.safetyinbeauty.com website is developed.

Antonia Mariconda & Campaign Friends