MOH receives 103 complaints on aesthetic service providers between Jan-August [updated]

KUALA LUMPUR: The Health Ministry (MoH) received 103 complaints against aesthetic service providers between January and August, this year.

Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin said the reports were on disfigurements and even deaths arising from aesthetic procedures performed by incompetent medical and non-medical practitioners.

He said the government had initiated steps to better regulate the poorly monitored beauty industry.

"The Domestic Trade Consumer Affairs Ministry and MoH have been engaging with stakeholders to gain better clarity and to develop regulations that will safeguard the public and allow the growth of this industry.