The media office of the Ministry of Public Health issued the following statement:
“After the Ministry of Public Health received information from the Beirut Medical Syndicate regarding training courses in the field of cosmetology conducted by impersonators of plastic surgeons, a team of observers in the Ministry inspected the training center, and when it became clear to them that the course was illegal, it was canceled and the certificates distributed to the trainees were confiscated. With the support of state security, the stakeholders were referred to the Public Prosecution.