Need for urgent action as cosmetic procedures are happening in public toilets

“WILD West” of fat injections, Brazilian butt lifts (BBLs), Botox and fillers are being offered by untrained people in places such as public toilets, trading standards leaders have warned.

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The Chartered Trading Standards Institute (CTSI) said there was a need for urgent Government action over unregulated and unlicensed practitioners and treatments, alongside where they can be offered.

It said it had uncovered:

“Shocking” locations where procedures such as fillers are being administered, including pop-up shops on high streets, cubicles in public toilets and hotel rooms.

It said these locations fall outside typical business premises and make taking action difficult.

“Unsafe and unregulated” fillers available for sale online to shoppers for as little as £20.

Growing concerns over fat-dissolving injections, such as Lemon Bottle, which have “little to no regulatory oversight to ensure their safe use by the public”

A “postcode lottery” across the UK in the minimum age at which such procedures can be carried out - with young people crossing borders for treatment.

The CTSI said lives could be at risk amid the “major gaps” in regulation on who is responsible for the products and procedures.