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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Sarah Marsh

Complaints about non-surgical butt lifts ‘rising at alarming rate’ in UK

A surgeon working on a patient
Experts say there can be serious complications from procedures such as Brazilian butt lifts. Photograph: lyosha_nazarenko/Getty/iStockphoto

Complaints about non-surgical Brazilian butt lifts and breast enhancements have risen at an “alarming” rate, up from fewer than five to 50 in a year, an industry body has revealed.

Save Face, a national, government-approved register of accredited non-surgical treatment practitioners, is calling for the procedures to be banned, while the Local Government Association has asked Westminster to take urgent action.

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