Cosmetic surgery being conducted in ‘living rooms and Airbnbs’, MPs hear

So-called surgical tourism could be driving a potentially deadly resistance to antibiotics, the RCN’s annual congress heard (Alamy/PA) -

Brazilian butt lifts (BBLs) are being carried out in people’s living rooms, in Airbnbs and in hotel rooms and complications linked to cosmetic surgery have become a “significant burden” on the NHS, MPs have heard.

Ashton Collins, director of Save Face, a register of accredited practitioners for cosmetic surgery, told the Women and Equalities Committee there is a “crisis waiting to happen” because of “grey areas” in regulation.