Is your business offering energy-based cosmetic treatments?

Join Monash University’s research initiative aimed at enhancing cosmetic procedure safety in Australia.

We are seeking service providers who offer energy-based cosmetic treatments in Australia, support our study, and recruit participants.

Our research explores injuries and adverse effects of energy-based cosmetic treatments, and associated impacts. Findings from this research may inform regulatory recommendations.

What is involved?

• Complete an online survey (5 minutes) to confirm your eligibility and characterise your business.
• Recruit participants on our behalf, by informing eligible clients about our survey, and directing interested individuals to our study website.
• Provide us with data on treatments performed by your business over a 3-6-month period.  (This data is required to assess whether participants in our study are a representative sample.)

Your data will remain confidential; participating providers will not be identified in our published results and individual provider results will not be analysed or reported.

Is your business eligible?

• Australian-based business
• Perform cosmetic treatments involving at least one of the following:
• Laser-intense pulsed light (IPL) Light-emitted diode (LED)
• Radiofrequency (RF) Low-frequency electromagnetic field
• Ultrasound (e.g. HIFU, MFU)

Eligible treatments include:

• Hair removal/promoting hair growth

• Skin treatments

• Tattoo tattoo removal

• Body Sculpting and shaping

• Vaginal rejuvenation (if cosmetic only)

Find out more.

Contact the research team for the link to the form:

Zoe.thomas@monash.edu

03 9905 1816

This study has received MUHRAC ethics approval (Project ID: 41814)

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