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OneCompress
Two paid-for Facebook ads for bamboo gloves and socks made medical claims for unlicensed products.
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GMRD Apps Ltd t/a Impulse Brain Training
A paid-for Facebook ad for a puzzle game app made medical claims without being registered with the MHRA and discouraged people from seeking essential treatment for ADHD.
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Happyo
A paid-for Facebook ad for a behaviour programme aimed at those with ADHD made medical claims without being registered with the MHRA and discouraged people from seeking essential treatment for a condition where medical supervision should be sought.
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Lynne McTaggart
Two marketing emails and a website made misleading claims about alternative medicine treating medical conditions, and discouraged people seeking essential treatment for conditions for which medical supervision should be sought.
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Doctor Burgos de la Obra SLP t/a drburgosdelaobra_lipedema
Ads on Gabriella Lindley’s YouTube, TikTok and Instagram pages were not obviously identifiable as ads.
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MEP LLC t/a O2HyperHealth
A website and leaflet for hyperbaric oxygen therapy discouraged essential treatment for conditions for which medical supervision should be sought.
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The Fibro Guy Ltd t/a The Fibro Guy
The website for a chronic pain and hypermobility syndrome support and coaching programme claimed that the treatments and techniques they used could treat chronic pain and various health conditions.
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Lipstick Gangster Ltd t/a The Lipstick Gangster
A post on a beauty clinic’s Facebook page promoted an unlicensed medicinal product and made misleading and unsubstantiated claims about the efficacy of a treatment.
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Menar Jimmy Georgiou
A post on a beauty clinic’s Facebook page promoted prescription-only medicines to the general public.
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LIFT Aesthetics t/a lift.aesthetics
Six ads on Carl Woods’ and the advertiser’s Instagram accounts advertised prescription-only medicine to the public, used a celebrity to endorse a medicine, and were not obviously identifiable as ads.
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Egemed Hastaneleri
A paid-for Facebook ad promoting cosmetic surgery in Turkey irresponsibly trivialised the decision to have cosmetic surgery, omitted material information regarding cosmetic surgery procedures abroad and the need for a pre-consultation, and advertised prescription-only medicines to the general public.
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Estheday
A paid-for Instagram story promoting cosmetic surgery trivialised the decision to have cosmetic surgery, misleadingly exaggerated the effectiveness of the two promoted cosmetic procedures and omitted material information regarding cosmetic surgery procedures abroad and the need for a pre-consultation.
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Professional Antenatal Services Ltd t/a Meet Your Miracle
A website for a private pregnancy ultrasound scan studio misleadingly misrepresented the extent to which scans could provide reassurance or determine the wellbeing of an unborn baby.
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Ultrasound London Ltd t/a London Private Ultrasound
A website for a medical ultrasound service misleadingly misrepresented the extent to which scans could provide reassurance or determine the wellbeing of an unborn baby.
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Chala's Beauty Box
A Facebook reel and a Facebook post on the page of a beauty salon advertised a sclerotherapy treatment, which is a prescription-only medicine, to the public.
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Helen Taylor Aesthetics Ltd t/a Helen Taylor Aesthetics & Wellness Clinic
A magazine ad for an Aesthetic and Wellness Clinic misleadingly suggested that they could reverse ageing and extend lifespan.
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The Secret Diamond Academy
Two posts on the Facebook page of a beauty salon advertised training courses for sclerotherapy, without making clear the nature, requirements, qualifications and professional registration details of the course.
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Venus Beauty & Aesthetics
A post on the Facebook page of a beauty salon advertised a sclerotherapy treatment, which is a prescription-only medicine, to the public.
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Victoria Anne Beauty
A post on the Facebook page of a beauty salon advertised a sclerotherapy treatment, which is a prescription-only medicine, to the public.
Rulings
Our rulings are published every Wednesday and set out on the public record how, following investigation, the advertising rules apply and where we draw the line in judging whether an ad has broken the rules. We also publish a list of companies and organisations which, following receipt of a complaint, agreed to amend or withdraw their ad without the need for a formal investigation.
Rulings (19)