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	Podcast:		Please Explain
	Episode:		What’s wrong with the Botox gold rush happening online
	Category:		News & Politics
	Duration:		00:17:03
	Publish Date:		2025-03-24 18:00:00
	Description:		Cosmetic injectables, like Botox and dermal fillers, are a boom industry in Australia and running alongside this is easy access to telehealth appointments, which have led some people to getting injectables after a consultation with a doctor that lasts only 52 seconds. Today, senior reporter Henrietta Cook and investigative reporter Clay Lucas, on how often unintended and tragic consequences, like permanent blindness, can arise from these procedures. And whether this is an industry that is slipping through the cracks, in terms of adequate regulatory oversight. Read the series on The Age and Sydney Morning Herald here. Subscribe to The Age & SMH: https://subscribe.smh.com.au/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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