The City of Wolverhampton Council has become the first local authority in England to take action against a premises offering nonsurgical Brazilian Butt Lifts (BBL).1 Last month, it issued a prohibition notice to a business offering dermal fillers for buttock enhancement, after determining that the practitioners did not have the necessary skills, knowledge or experience to be performing the treatment.
The clinic is now prohibited from carrying out the procedure. There have been growing safety concerns for minimally invasive buttock augmentation using all kinds of dermal fillers. In a study published last year assessing 12 clinical reports, the authors noted that serious complications can and do occur as a result, and that they ‘become inevitable when performed illegally by non-specialised, non-authorised and unscrupulous practitioners in non-accredited facilities’. The study concluded…
