夢工場整形外科診所林逸群醫師的部落格

六月24日，英國公投，通過英國要脫離歐盟。這個歷史性的決定，不光是英國本身

在政治、經濟、民生各方面的影響，甚至在英國的醫美市場，也將引起軒然大波。

Paul Harris, MD – United Kingdom
ISAPS National Secretary for the UK

It was an enormous shock for us to wake in the morning, 24th of June 2016,
to discover that the nation had voted to leave the EU. This decision will have
wide reaching consequences on almost all aspects of our lives, some of
which will be predictable and some not so. Whilst, many of us are
apprehensive about the future in economic and social terms, within the
arena of aesthetic surgery, I believe that most are relieved.
We have long been dogged by the unscrupulous behaviour of the commercial cosmetic surgery
‘clinics’ in the UK. These businesses on the whole import surgeons from mainland Europe to
undercut UK-trained surgeons. Such 'fly in - fly out’ surgeons are not usually the most reputable
in their resident country and hence the need for them to travel to find employment. When in
the UK, they are often forced to work to time constraints and standards set to achieve
maximum profit rather than high quality patient care. Such practices lead to horror stories that
tarnish the entire sector.
Being free to set our own standards of regulation and training will mean that in the future, such
businesses will be forced to employ surgeons that are trained to a UK-defined standard, and
who must abide by codes of practice stipulated by their UK-based indemnity schemes and
professional associations. These surgeons will force the clinics to up their game with respect to
standards of care, which will not only benefit patients but also all the professionals that work
within the sector.
The risk, of course, is that the UK becomes too inward looking and isolated. The challenge is
therefore to look towards our international aesthetic surgery colleagues to forge greater links
and collaboration. The benefits of the global community in aesthetic surgery cannot be
underestimated and it is critical that we continue to grow our professional connections with
other European states and beyond. Clearly, ISAPS should be at the centre of this global
community and I hope to see a greater engagement from the UK in the years to come.

上述文章，是來自ISAPS (國際美容整形外科學會)的國際事務秘書長。

大意是；在英國加入歐盟後，一堆歐洲大陸，各個國家從事醫美業務的醫師，

湧入英國。他們多數不是知名的大師，甚至所受的醫學訓練，也遠遠比不上正規

的英國醫師訓練，但是因為市場的需求，大量的輸入，擠壓了本國醫師的生存空間。

一旦英國脫離歐盟，這些醫師勢必要離開英國，這一點，對於英國本身的醫美、

美容手術的品質提升，是無庸置疑的。但是經濟上的影響，到底會不會讓這個產業，

反而變得更糟？

另外，脫離歐盟這種類似鎖國的動作，會不會造成英國本身的醫師，畫地自限，

缺乏與世界接軌的機會？

看來，英國脫離歐盟，造成的影響才正要發酵。而這一點，與台灣的醫師前往大陸

發展，目前看來，因為我們的素質是反而比他們好，所以不是問題，但是若干年後，

遲早也是會面臨一樣的狀況，是否該早早前進大陸發展呢？唉！這該不是我的中年

危機吧？