Reading Time: <1 minuteOf course, armpit surgery is performed by a doctor. However, recently, there have been many problems with nurses treating armpits. Non-surgical armpit treatments include Miradry and Viewhot. Recently, ultrasound treatments such as HIFU have also become available. The common feature of these treatments is that they all use equipment to press a dedicated probe against the affected area and irradiate it. For this reason, the technique is simple and even nurses can perform the treatment. However, nurses have not studied medicine. Even if they study nursing, they are not experts in dermatology, wound healing, or cosmetic medicine. It is not the same whether they are nurses or doctors, as they only press a probe against the skin and irradiate it. First of all, there are individual differences, so detailed parameter settings such as output, irradiation time, and range are required depending on the condition of the skin, the treatment area, etc. of each individual patient, and following the manual given by the company not only does not produce sufficient results, but extremely serious skin damage, burns, and nerve damage have actually occurred as medical accidents. So why do nurses treat armpits? The reasons are assumed to be as follows. 1: The treatment time is long and it is not worth it considering the doctor's fee. 2: The surgery is performed by a doctor, but only nurses are available due to the reservation situation. 3: The company sold the equipment to me, saying that it is a simple treatment that even a nurse can do. 4: Considering how to reduce the cost of treatment in the price war, the business will not be viable unless a nurse performs the treatment. 5: Doctors do not know anything about body odor. For this reason, not only are there risks involved in nurse treatment, but there are also legal issues that are gray. Since it is a medical procedure, even if it is under the supervision of a doctor, it cannot be said that there is definitely no problem under the Medical Practitioners Act for a nurse to perform body odor treatment. Ethically, it is absolutely not OK for a nurse to perform body odor treatment. I have been advising manufacturers about this issue for many years, but they have completely ignored me, and the thing I feared happened. Although it was not a treatment for underarm odor, a nurse was performing high-frequency treatment for wrinkles and sagging skin (reported as laser treatment) without the supervision of a doctor, which caused severe burns to the neck and resulted in a six-month recovery, causing a cosmetic medical incident in which a certain clinic was raided for professional negligence resulting in injury.The report included real names and even the name of the cosmetic medical device used. https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/98c0df8670df62a988c3d9b40ea6cdbff7afabcc It is unusual for police to investigate a medical institution for reasons other than fatal accidents. This case is just the tip of the iceberg, and the reality is that many problems occur as a result of nurse treatments. Our hospital has also received many consultations after problems with nurse treatments. It is unfortunate, but the cosmetic medical industry is building a business system that lowers the unit price for nurse treatments, promotes them, and attracts customers. In order to avoid lowering the quality of cosmetic medical care, perhaps it is time to reconsider the gray area cosmetic medical procedures performed by nurses.