As all medical professionals know, antibiotic resistance is the ability of microbes to withstand the effects of medications. Germs are therefore not killed and as a result of this resistance they continue to grow.1 Since the development of antibiotics, millions of lives have been saved. However, if the rate of resistance continues, as it currently is, it is estimated that there will be 10 million deaths per year by 2050 and take society back to a pre-antibiotic existence.2 According to the World Health Organisation, antibiotic resistance is one of the biggest threats to global health.1 Resistance cannot be stopped, however it can be slowed. Although this needs to be tackled globally, there are steps that individuals and clinics within the aesthetic field can take to reduce infection and, in turn, assist in the reduction of spread of resistance.
To prevent infection arising from aesthetic treatments such as dermal fillers or laser treatments, it is important that we keep the numbers of antibiotics we are prescribing, and therefore…
