Aesthetic medicine has been growing all over the world at a speed that is difficult to keep up with.
In Poland, factors such as a transition from a socialist to free-market economy in the last 25 years,1 joining the European Union in 2004 (which created opportunities resulting in low unemployment and the largest increase in GDP per capita among former Eastern European countries)2 and a growth in patient demand, all contribute to the spike in the specialty.3
However, one of the main differences between the UK and Poland is the role of aesthetic nurses, a term which I would say is very alien to Polish practitioners. This is of particular interest as there are currently more than 4,000 aesthetic nurses in the UK,4 so why is the profession so unheard of in Poland?
Polish nurses are not as autonomous as their UK counterparts and there is currently no training pathway for the nurses who wish to carry out cosmetic procedures. According to Polish law, ‘invasive or…
