This paper deals with the issue of regulation of aesthetic medicine at the level of the Polish legal system. The starting point is the analysis of the institution of the patient’s consent to a non-therapeutic intervention the primary aim of which is improving appearance. The article pays particular attention to the conditions of the legality of the patient’s consent, taking into account the views of the doctrine of medical law and current case law of the Supreme Court of Poland. Theoretical considerations were based on a case study related to health complications in patients who underwent breast augmentation procedures with a preparation containing polyacrylamide. Drafts of future legislative changes regarding patient consent for aesthetic medicine procedures are proposed.
Radzikowska-Büchner et al. (Thu,) studied this question.