{"id":390089,"date":"2026-10-21T19:00:28","date_gmt":"2026-10-21T18:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/minister-responds-to-criticism-that-crackdown-on-cosmetic-cowboys-is-taking-too-long\/"},"modified":"2026-10-21T19:00:28","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T18:00:28","slug":"minister-responds-to-criticism-that-crackdown-on-cosmetic-cowboys-is-taking-too-long","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/minister-responds-to-criticism-that-crackdown-on-cosmetic-cowboys-is-taking-too-long\/","title":{"rendered":"Minister responds to criticism that crackdown on &#8216;cosmetic cowboys&#8217; is taking too long"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/xTWC0ow-Zgg\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Minister responds to criticism that crackdown on &apos;cosmetic cowboys&apos; is taking too long\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xTWC0ow-Zgg\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>The UK Government is cracking down on \u201ccosmetic cowboys\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>New proposed rules would mean Liquid BBLs can only be performed by doctors, while other high-risk treatments, including vampire facials and deep chemical peels, would be restricted to qualified healthcare professionals.<\/p>\n<p>Those breaking the rules could face criminal prosecution and fines of up to \u00a34,000, or unlimited fines. Cosmetic surgery and other high-risk procedures would also be banned for under-18s.<\/p>\n<p>The Minister of Health Karin Smyth said &#8216;there are some horrific examples&#8217; from ITV News&#8217; investigations in the past, and stressed that it is important to get the new regulations right.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Subscribe to ITV News on YouTube: http:\/\/bit.ly\/2lOHmNj<br \/>\n\u2022 Get breaking news and more stories at http:\/\/www.itv.com\/news<\/p>\n<p>Follow ITV News on TikTok https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@itvnews?lang=en<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on X: https:\/\/twitter.com\/itvnews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The UK Government is cracking down on \u201ccosmetic cowboys\u201d. New proposed rules would mean Liquid BBLs can only be performed by doctors, while other high-risk treatments, including vampire facials and deep chemical peels, would be restricted to qualified healthcare professionals. Those breaking the rules could face criminal prosecution and fines of up to \u00a34,000, or [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":390090,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[128812],"tags":[],"actors":[],"class_list":["post-390089","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-itv-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Minister responds to criticism that crackdown on &#039;cosmetic cowboys&#039; is taking too long | News ISC Videos<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Watch Minister responds to criticism that crackdown on &#039;cosmetic cowboys&#039; is taking too long for free, here on News ISC. Discover more great videos on our website and be part of the community.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/minister-responds-to-criticism-that-crackdown-on-cosmetic-cowboys-is-taking-too-long\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Minister responds to criticism that crackdown on &#039;cosmetic cowboys&#039; is taking too long | News ISC Videos\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Watch Minister responds to criticism that crackdown on &#039;cosmetic cowboys&#039; is taking too long for free, here on News ISC. Discover more great videos on our website and be part of the community.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/minister-responds-to-criticism-that-crackdown-on-cosmetic-cowboys-is-taking-too-long\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"News ISC Videos\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-10-21T18:00:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/xTWC0ow-Zgg\/hqdefault.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/minister-responds-to-criticism-that-crackdown-on-cosmetic-cowboys-is-taking-too-long\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/minister-responds-to-criticism-that-crackdown-on-cosmetic-cowboys-is-taking-too-long\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b607dad6f0ffe6ee238615dd31287061\"},\"headline\":\"Minister responds to criticism that crackdown on &#8216;cosmetic cowboys&#8217; is taking too long\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-10-21T18:00:28+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/minister-responds-to-criticism-that-crackdown-on-cosmetic-cowboys-is-taking-too-long\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":176,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/minister-responds-to-criticism-that-crackdown-on-cosmetic-cowboys-is-taking-too-long\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/10\\\/hqdefault-3236.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"ITV News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/minister-responds-to-criticism-that-crackdown-on-cosmetic-cowboys-is-taking-too-long\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/minister-responds-to-criticism-that-crackdown-on-cosmetic-cowboys-is-taking-too-long\\\/\",\"name\":\"Minister responds to criticism that crackdown on 'cosmetic cowboys' is taking too long | News ISC Videos\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/minister-responds-to-criticism-that-crackdown-on-cosmetic-cowboys-is-taking-too-long\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/minister-responds-to-criticism-that-crackdown-on-cosmetic-cowboys-is-taking-too-long\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/10\\\/hqdefault-3236.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-10-21T18:00:28+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b607dad6f0ffe6ee238615dd31287061\"},\"description\":\"Watch Minister responds to criticism that crackdown on 'cosmetic cowboys' is taking too long for free, here on News ISC. Discover more great videos on our website and be part of the community.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/minister-responds-to-criticism-that-crackdown-on-cosmetic-cowboys-is-taking-too-long\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/minister-responds-to-criticism-that-crackdown-on-cosmetic-cowboys-is-taking-too-long\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/minister-responds-to-criticism-that-crackdown-on-cosmetic-cowboys-is-taking-too-long\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/10\\\/hqdefault-3236.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/10\\\/hqdefault-3236.jpg\",\"width\":480,\"height\":360},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/minister-responds-to-criticism-that-crackdown-on-cosmetic-cowboys-is-taking-too-long\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Minister responds to criticism that crackdown on &#8216;cosmetic cowboys&#8217; is taking too long\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/\",\"name\":\"News ISC Videos\",\"description\":\"Bringing Global News Videos To You\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b607dad6f0ffe6ee238615dd31287061\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/cecb3968611acb579da5ca8d12661721d52793a03c59eda301c939b204a5bfea?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/cecb3968611acb579da5ca8d12661721d52793a03c59eda301c939b204a5bfea?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/cecb3968611acb579da5ca8d12661721d52793a03c59eda301c939b204a5bfea?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tidyhosts.com\\\/videos\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/author\\\/admin\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Minister responds to criticism that crackdown on 'cosmetic cowboys' is taking too long | News ISC Videos","description":"Watch Minister responds to criticism that crackdown on 'cosmetic cowboys' is taking too long for free, here on News ISC. Discover more great videos on our website and be part of the community.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/minister-responds-to-criticism-that-crackdown-on-cosmetic-cowboys-is-taking-too-long\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Minister responds to criticism that crackdown on 'cosmetic cowboys' is taking too long | News ISC Videos","og_description":"Watch Minister responds to criticism that crackdown on 'cosmetic cowboys' is taking too long for free, here on News ISC. Discover more great videos on our website and be part of the community.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/minister-responds-to-criticism-that-crackdown-on-cosmetic-cowboys-is-taking-too-long\/","og_site_name":"News ISC Videos","article_published_time":"2026-10-21T18:00:28+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/xTWC0ow-Zgg\/hqdefault.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Estimated reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/minister-responds-to-criticism-that-crackdown-on-cosmetic-cowboys-is-taking-too-long\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/minister-responds-to-criticism-that-crackdown-on-cosmetic-cowboys-is-taking-too-long\/"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/#\/schema\/person\/b607dad6f0ffe6ee238615dd31287061"},"headline":"Minister responds to criticism that crackdown on &#8216;cosmetic cowboys&#8217; is taking too long","datePublished":"2026-10-21T18:00:28+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/minister-responds-to-criticism-that-crackdown-on-cosmetic-cowboys-is-taking-too-long\/"},"wordCount":176,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/minister-responds-to-criticism-that-crackdown-on-cosmetic-cowboys-is-taking-too-long\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/hqdefault-3236.jpg","articleSection":["ITV News"],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/minister-responds-to-criticism-that-crackdown-on-cosmetic-cowboys-is-taking-too-long\/","url":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/minister-responds-to-criticism-that-crackdown-on-cosmetic-cowboys-is-taking-too-long\/","name":"Minister responds to criticism that crackdown on 'cosmetic cowboys' is taking too long | News ISC Videos","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/minister-responds-to-criticism-that-crackdown-on-cosmetic-cowboys-is-taking-too-long\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/minister-responds-to-criticism-that-crackdown-on-cosmetic-cowboys-is-taking-too-long\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/hqdefault-3236.jpg","datePublished":"2026-10-21T18:00:28+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/#\/schema\/person\/b607dad6f0ffe6ee238615dd31287061"},"description":"Watch Minister responds to criticism that crackdown on 'cosmetic cowboys' is taking too long for free, here on News ISC. Discover more great videos on our website and be part of the community.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/minister-responds-to-criticism-that-crackdown-on-cosmetic-cowboys-is-taking-too-long\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/minister-responds-to-criticism-that-crackdown-on-cosmetic-cowboys-is-taking-too-long\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/minister-responds-to-criticism-that-crackdown-on-cosmetic-cowboys-is-taking-too-long\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/hqdefault-3236.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/hqdefault-3236.jpg","width":480,"height":360},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/minister-responds-to-criticism-that-crackdown-on-cosmetic-cowboys-is-taking-too-long\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Minister responds to criticism that crackdown on &#8216;cosmetic cowboys&#8217; is taking too long"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/","name":"News ISC Videos","description":"Bringing Global News Videos To You","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/#\/schema\/person\/b607dad6f0ffe6ee238615dd31287061","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cecb3968611acb579da5ca8d12661721d52793a03c59eda301c939b204a5bfea?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cecb3968611acb579da5ca8d12661721d52793a03c59eda301c939b204a5bfea?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cecb3968611acb579da5ca8d12661721d52793a03c59eda301c939b204a5bfea?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g","caption":"admin"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.tidyhosts.com\/videos"],"url":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/author\/admin\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/390089","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=390089"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/390089\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/390090"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=390089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=390089"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=390089"},{"taxonomy":"actors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/actors?post=390089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}