Recommendations for the sale and promotion of dermocosmetic treatments at the office

Gac Med Mex. 2020;156(5):458-459. doi: 10.24875/GMM.M20000450.

Abstract

A novel chapter in current medical settings is the promotion and attention of esthetic aspects rather than health issues by health professionals. The human aspiration related to the search for personal beauty has generated new scenarios in medical practice. The Committee on Ethics and Transparency in the Physician-Industry Relationship (CETREMI) of the National Academy of Medicine of Mexico has analyzed this phenomenon and has issued recommendations directed both to medical professionals and to producers and potential consumers of esthetic procedures.

Un capítulo novedoso es la atención y promoción por parte de médicos especialistas de aspectos relacionados con procedimientos estéticos, más que con la salud. La aspiración humana de la búsqueda de la belleza personal ha generado nuevos escenarios en la labor médica. El Comité de Ética y Transparencia en la Relación Médico Industria (CETREMI) de la Academia Nacional de México ha revisado esta circunstancia y emite recomendaciones tanto a los médicos como a los productores y potenciales consumidores de procedimientos estéticos.

Keywords: Dermocosmetic products; Dermocosméticos; Esthetics medicine; Medicina estética; Sale at doctors’; Venta en consultorios; offices.

MeSH terms

  • Advisory Committees
  • Beauty Culture / ethics*
  • Commerce / ethics*
  • Cosmetics*
  • Dermatologists / ethics*
  • Guidelines as Topic*
  • Humans
  • Marketing / ethics
  • Mexico
  • Surgery, Plastic / ethics*

Substances

  • Cosmetics