A Brazilian butt lift (BBL) that was performed in an unsterile hotel function room in Glasgow has resulted in a woman being the hospitalised for emergency surgery. The company responsible has been banned from carrying out the procedures in future.
- Glasgow City Council said environmental health officers has served prohibition notices on two companies and an individual practitioner, preventing them from carrying out “high risk” BBLs and breast augmentation procedures anywhere within the city. Action has been taken by the council’s environmental health team in a bid to prevent procedures being carried out in unsuitable and non-sterile locations.
Why is BBL so dangerous?
- BBL’s have the highest death rate of all cosmetic procedures. Experts warn that injected fat transferred in the procedure can cause a blockage in a blood vessel in the lungs known as a pulmonary embolism.
- The British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (BAAPS) issued new guidelines to members, in 2022 following a four-year moratorium on BBLs due to the high death rate.
- Only specialist plastic and reconstructive surgeons should carry out this high risk procedure, in a sterile medical environment , under ultrasound guidance.