NHS boss: Don't give a Brazilian butt lift as a Christmas gift... hospitals are under enough pressure as it is!
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It may not be unusual for men to buy their wife or girlfriend a dubious last-minute Christmas gift. But they should avoid the lure of a Brazilian butt lift abroad no matter how 'enticing' the festive discounts appear, the country's top NHS doctor has warned.
![[Fat is first harvested from the hips, lower back, abdomen, thighs and other areas via liposuction. Special equipment is used to prepare it for transfer before it is injected directly into the glutes at specific points, giving the buttocks a bigger, curvier appearance]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/21/00/78061661-14215881-Fat_is_first_harvested_from_the_hips_lower_back_abdomen_thighs_a-a-57_1734740299981.jpg)
Professor Sir Stephen Powis, national medical director at NHS England, said hospitals are under immense pressure and dealing with complications from surgery is the 'last thing they need'. Social media feeds are 'full of enticing looking offers in the run up to Christmas', he added, but 'the reality is these bargain basement cosmetic procedures are potentially deadly'.
![[Liposuction, Brazilian butt lifts, eye colour-changing laser treatments and hymenoplasties are all offered in clinics across Turkey]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/21/00/72658811-14215881-Liposuction_Brazilian_butt_lifts_eye_colour_changing_laser_treat-a-58_1734740307341.jpg)
The NHS has seen clinics offering 25 per cent discounts, all-inclusive packages including hotels and flights for under £3,000, as well as finance deals in a bid to pull people in. Professor Powis' warning follows a spate of deaths and medical complications arising from botched surgeries, with the NHS frequently having to treat patients when they return home.
![[Melissa Kerr (pictured), from Gorleston, Norfolk, died at a private hospital in Istanbul in 2019 aged just 31 while undergoing a BBL]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/21/00/92132023-14215881-Melissa_Kerr_pictured_from_Gorleston_Norfolk_died_at_a_private_h-a-1_1734741306359.jpg)
Professor Sir Stephen Powis, national medical director at NHS England, said hospitals are under immense pressure and dealing with complications from surgery is the 'last thing they need'. Fat is first harvested from the hips, lower back, abdomen, thighs and other areas via liposuction. Special equipment is used to prepare it for transfer before it is injected directly into the glutes at specific points, giving the buttocks a bigger, curvier appearance.
