Cosmetic surgery footage or promotion without risks
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What triggers it
Showing or promoting invasive cosmetic surgery (surgery footage, referrals) or talking about cosmetic surgery without explaining the risks.
What TikTok says
“Talking about cosmetic surgery without explaining the risks”
We last checked this against TikTok's page on .
How to fix it
Explain the risks and recovery, and cut graphic surgical footage. Don't add clinic referrals.
Good to know
Operating-room footage, BBL or lipo results, clinic referrals or discount codes. Does NOT count: medically necessary surgery such as cleft-lip repair, reconstruction after mastectomy, gender-affirming surgery.
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
Related TikTok rules
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