NHS boss warns against buying ‘bargain basement’ butt lifts for Christmas
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People are being warned to steer clear of ‘bargain basement’ Brazilian butt lift (BBL) procedures in the run-up to Christmas – no matter how ‘enticing’ they look. Prospective punters are being ‘lured in’ by cut-price all-inclusive packages including 25% discounts along with hotels and flights for under £3,000.
But NHS medical director Professor Sir Stephen Powis said that although they are ‘enticing looking offers’, the reality is that ‘these bargain basement cosmetic procedures are potentially deadly’. It comes following a spate of deaths and medical complications arising from botched surgeries, with the health service regularly having to treat patients when they return home.
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Earlier this month an inquest heard how a mum-of-three died after she was subjected to a catalogue of poor care when she underwent ‘Brazilian butt lift’ surgery in Turkey. Demi Agoglia, 26, from Salford, Greater Manchester, was said to be ‘conscious about the way she looked’ and was insistent on undergoing the BBL procedure which sees fat taken from elsewhere on the body and injected into the hips and buttocks.
She died in a hospital in Istanbul on January 8 just three days after the operation. Bolton Coroner John Pollard ruled the medical cause of death was a microscopic fat embolism in which tissue leaks into the bloodstream. BBL surgery has the highest death rate of all cosmetic procedures as the fat injected into the buttocks can lead to a pulmonary embolism, which is a blockage in a blood vessel in the lungs that can be fatal.
