Horrific details have emerged of a London-based beauty salon which performed botched liposuction which is said to have left several women “injured and disfigured”.
A woman was reportedly hospitalized after the instrument used during the procedure “hit” one of her internal organs.
Another former customer recalled noticing “blood splattered on the walls” when visiting the facility, as well as “swabs lying around that still had blood on them from the previous person.”
Campaigners have warned that these shocking findings expose an alarming loophole in UK law they have long highlighted, which allows cowboy beauticians to carry out surgeries without medical qualifications.
In fact, under UK law, it is not illegal for anyone other than a doctor to attempt an operation, as long as the person performing the operation does not claim to be a surgeon and the client gives consent.
Regulatory bodies, such as the General Medical Council and the Care Quality Commission, cannot prosecute or “de-list” beauticians or beauticians.
Ashton Collins of Save Face, a charity that helps victims of botched cosmetic surgeries, told MailOnline that dishonest beauticians could “technically” be charged with assault for injuring a client.
“But it’s hard to get the police to take these cases seriously,” he said. ‘Most police forces take the attitude of; You agreed to the procedure, it’s your fault.
Daria Barbara Wisniewska is one of the owners of Luxury Medical Aesthetics and Academy, who was seen using a suction machine to suck fat from a woman’s chin.
Clips from the establishment’s Instagram profile page show beauticians injecting what appears to be filler into a patient’s face.
Sarah Guy, a beautician from South Wales, told the BBC she paid £1,500 to the clinic, called Luxury Medical Aesthetics and Academy, for a “one-day fat reduction masterclass”.
Details of the London establishment came to light after a client was so “surprised” by what she saw during an appointment that she contacted the bbc.
Sarah Guy, a beautician from South Wales, told the broadcaster she paid £1,500 to the clinic, called Luxury Medical Aesthetics and Academy, for a “one-day fat reduction masterclass”.
She was drawn to ads seen on Instagram offering training in a new type of fat-dissolving procedure called Lipolysis.
Lipolysis is also known as “fat sculpting” and is a minimally invasive procedure that involves breaking down fat cells using lasers, injections, or a cold probe that “freezes” the tissue.
But videos taken by Guy of the training session, and shared with the BBC, do not appear to show a typical lipolysis procedure.
In the videos, one of the owners, Daria Wisniewska (pictured above), is seen injecting a solution into the chin of a woman who agreed to be a model for the procedure.
Ms Wisniewska then makes a small hole in the area with a scalpel, before inserting a long cannula connected to a suction machine. she then begins to suck fat.
Guy said the same method was used on another model’s chin and a third woman’s stomach.
Ms Collins of Save Face, who has been supporting those who say they have been injured by Luxury Medical Aesthetics, said The women were told they would undergo non-surgical treatment to dissolve the fat, not liposuction.
She said: “It’s only when they’ve been numbed and they see the device come out and feel it poke into their skin that they realize what’s really going on.”
Sarah Guy passed the training course and earned a certificate from Luxury Medical Aesthetics, despite refusing to perform procedures on the models.
The salon’s owners, Daria and Monika Wisniewska, did not respond to messages from the BBC about the complaints.
It comes after the UK saw its first death from the deadly Brazilian butt lift procedure.
In September it was revealed that Alice Webb, a 33-year-old mother of five, had died after undergoing butt enhancement treatment, believed to have been carried out in the West Country.
Gloucestershire Police confirmed they are investigating the death and arrested two people on suspicion of manslaughter.
According to a Save Face report published in July, there has been an “alarming increase in the number of patient complaints related to non-surgical breast augmentation and BBLs.”
Ashton Collins of Save Face, a charity that helps victims of botched cosmetic surgeries, told MailOnline that dishonest beauticians could “technically” be charged with assault for injuring a client.
The report says more than half have resulted in serious and life-threatening complications, such as sepsis, abscesses and infections.
There are two main types of Brazilian butt lift (BBL) procedures and both are considered deadly.
The best known is surgical, which involves transferring fat from other areas of the body, such as the hips or stomach, to give patients a fuller butt.
But it is particularly risky (it carries a one in 15,000 risk of death) because itSurgeons can accidentally inject the fat into the bloodstream, causing a potentially fatal blood clot.
Ms Webb is believed to have undergone a liquid BBL, which involves injecting dermal filler into the buttocks to increase volume.
Unlike facial fillers, which are performed to add volume to the lips or cheeks, where complications can be managed by expert injectors, these procedures often require a hospital setting, intravenous medications, and surgical intervention to rectify.
A Save Face survey of more than 2,200 healthcare professionals practicing aesthetic medicine also saw that 98 per cent of them said they do not offer liquid BBLs, as there is a “high risk of multiple complications”.
