A number of women are speaking out after they say they suffered burns and injuries during laser beauty treatments at different clinics.
Lillian Paul decided to give laser hair removal a try almost a year ago.
But, she said, she was burnt so badly doctors told her the recovery would take months, if not years.
She said she was forced to quit her job and stay home, away from any sunlight for two months.
"I had to peel my skin back to help in the healing, and that was very painful," she told A Current Affair.
"It was thick, burnt skin being ripped off my face. I had to do it twice a week."
She said since the incident, she had not been confident enough to eschew wearing makeup.
The laser clinic she visited has since compensated her financially, and denied any liability.
Natasha Davies claimed her laser skin revitalisation treatment had changed her "confident and outgoing" personality.
She said after her face felt hot and burning during the treatment she sent some photos to her clinician to ask if it was normal.
"The clinician said it was totally normal," she said.
"I then went to the GP and he told me I had first- and second-degree burns on my face."
She claimed the clinic, which she had visited before for treatments by the same clinician, had not taken any responsibility for the burns.
Amy Ellery said it was her sixth laser hair removal treatment at a Melbourne clinic that left her injured.
"It's probably the most pain I've ever experienced in my life," she said.
"There was about two weeks where I was attending the doctors every two to three days to have the dressing changed. I couldn't use my arm very much."
Mum of two Sarah Pal, also from Melbourne, said she was burnt after receiving a laser flushing treatment at another clinic.
"If you're in the session and it feels really painful, just ask them to stop straight away," she said.
"And if you go home and you think something is wrong, don't even hesitate, just go straight to hospital."
Cosmetic surgeon Dr Joseph Ajaka said in NSW and Victoria, there was no regulation on who could perform laser surgeries.
In Queensland, Tasmania and Western Australia, clinicians had to do a laser safety course beforehand.
He said the industry needed a complete overhaul.
"in a lot of cases, lasers are more dangerous than injectables," he said.
"Injectables often can be reversible, but laser often isn't."
