Weight-loss or cosmetic surgery promo (not recommended)
Instagram may leave the video out of recommendations, so fewer people see it.
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What triggers it
Content that promotes or favourably depicts weight-loss products or services or cosmetic surgeries.
What Instagram says
“Content that promotes or favorably depicts the use of weight loss products or services and cosmetic surgeries.”
We last checked this against Instagram's page on .
How to fix it
Focus on general fitness or nutrition without product or procedure promotion.
Good to know
Before/after reveals tied to a product or procedure, discount codes for diet products, clinic promos.
Can FYProof spot it?
A full check of your video looks for it in what's shown, what's said, the words on screen and the caption. What a check finds is an estimate, not a guarantee.
- Video: looked at for this rule
- Speech: looked at for this rule
- On-screen text: looked at for this rule
- Caption: looked at for this rule
- Hashtags: not for this rule
The same rule on Facebook
Related Instagram rules
Platforms change their rules often. This page sums up what Instagram publishes; it isn't legal advice.