Michelle Roberts Digital health editor, BBC News Getty Images Adverts from six companies selling liquid Brazilian butt lifts (BBLs) have been banned in the UK for trivialising the risks and exploiting women’s insecurities around body image. All of them appeared on Facebook or Instagram and used time-limited deals to “irresponsibly pressurise” customers into booking, says … Read more
Shona Elliott and Ruth Clegg BBC News Investigations Watch the moment Ricky Sawyer is confronted by BBC reporter A self-styled “beauty consultant”, whose celebrity client list includes Katie Price, is offering potentially dangerous cosmetic procedures to clients and handing over medication illegally – a BBC investigation has discovered. Ricky Sawyer specialises in liquid Brazilian butt-lifts … Read more
The woman required emergency hospital treatment following the procedure in a hotel function room. Source link
A minister responds to a coroner over the death of Melissa Kerr, who died during surgery in Turkey. Source link
A council says it is the first to issue the prohibition notice under the Health and Safety at Work Act. Source link
Using fat injections to sculpt a bigger bottom may be fashionable but can be very risky, experts warn. Source link
Covid-19 has critically affected pregnant women in Brazil, with more than 1,000 deaths. One in five women that died from the virus didn’t have access to an intensive care unit and one in three didn’t have access to a ventilator. So far Brazil has recorded more than 530,000 coronavirus related deaths and only 45% of … Read more