Vikas Thakur / / 9 min readTikTok's cosmetic surgery ad policy, last updated April 2026, now lets approved advertisers run before-and-after imagery, but its own page limits the exception to "USA & Canada." Copy that ad creative into an AU campaign and the exception does not travel with it.
Vikas Thakur / / 7 min readTikTok's March 2026 policy update lets licensed cosmetic surgery advertisers run before/after ads in the USA and Canada only. AHPRA's before/after ban still applies to every Australian clinic, on every platform.
Vikas Thakur / / 6 min readFrom July 22, 2026, Meta stopped auto-rejecting before/after and side-by-side imagery in cosmetic ads. AHPRA's advertising guidelines still ban that imagery outright for cosmetic procedures. A Meta-approved ad can still be a $120,000 breach.