Singapore Slings New Lipo Regulations
Earlier today, Singapore announced a long-awaited tightening of regulations on liposuction: according to draft regulations, patients will have to sit out an 15 day cooling-off period before the procedure can be carried out, and doctors will be required to meet minimum standards for specific training.
Regarding the 15 days, Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan said: "We think this period is useful, otherwise, some operators might hard sell and force the customer to go and lie down and do it immediately.”
In order to be certified to carry out the procedure, doctors would be required to undergo at least a year of general surgical training and also receive specific instruction on liposuction. While this falls well short of the board-certification requirements for plastic surgeons, it would at least improve the training levels of general practitioners posing as cosmetic surgeons.
The draft regulations have met with much debate. A notable voice in favor has proven to be that of liposuction's inventor, Professor Yves Illouz, who points out that allowing untrained doctors to carry out the procedure was a "disaster" in his native France, resulting in 65 deaths.
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