Aesthetic medicine students at the Lagos State College of Health Technology have been placed on notice to strictly follow safety standards and professional ethics or risk endangering lives, as the institution also moved to distance itself from practitioners who perform procedures outside its approved curriculum.

Provost Raheem Akewushola issued the warning during a reception for the 2025/2026 cohort entering the final phase of their six month programme, stressing that the college's training is strictly limited to non invasive procedures.

Akewushola was direct about the institution's boundaries. "The college does not train students of Aesthetic Medicine on Invasive surgeries or injectables," he stated, warning that the college "will therefore disclaim and distance itself from any practitioner caught performing invasive procedures or injectables."

On the need for thorough training, he noted that practitioners must be "well knowledgeable about the body and the skin, which is the largest organ of the body" to succeed in the field.

The provost also stressed the broader purpose behind the programme. "In depth education and training are necessary for practitioners of aesthetic medicine in the state and the nation as a whole to eradicate quacks from the practice and safeguard the lives of citizens from irreparable errors," he affirmed.

He added that the decision to admit candidates from across the country was deliberate. "The college admitted all applicants to the programme to contribute to the standardisation of the practice of aesthetic medicine in Nigeria," Akewushola stated.

Students were urged to apply their training responsibly, with the provost stressing that they must "adhere strictly to critical best practices, professional ethics and safety standards learned from their training in the college."

Akewushola also commended course coordinator Felix Avajah for his commitment to sustaining the programme.