Inside a one-day Brazilian Butt Lift course, an ITV News investigation reveals the alarming rise in dangerous cosmetic surgery happening in the UK
Louise Moller was a 27-year-old hairstylist chasing an hourglass figure made famous by celebrities like Kim Kardashian and Katie Price.Two months after her non-surgical Brazilian Butt Lift (BBL), she still has an open wound that has to be dressed by nurses twice a week.
But the reality is that Louise is lucky to be alive. It’s one of a growing number of cases of BBL liquid treatments gone wrong.Surrounded at work by the latest beauty trends and treatments, Louise is open about the cosmetic work she’s had in the past.“I’ve had fillers in my lips before and some of my friends have had this (liquid BBL) filler done.
“I didn’t know there was a risk, I thought it was a safe procedure, so I decided to go with it.”
She saw an advert online from Lift Aesthetics in Essex offering buttock filler injections for just under £1500. The clinic is endorsed by Katie Price, who made her own BBL liquid from them.Louise booked in and when she arrived she was surprised to find that her operation would be carried out by a company called Non Surgical Clinic Essex Ltd.
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He took pictures of the treatment room as he was concerned about poor hygiene and infection control.
Louise also claims that the risks of the procedure were not fully explained to her.“I was told this procedure was not painful, it is definitely painful.“It felt like a stabbing pain, and then I felt pain on set. I screamed and said I was in a lot of pain, and then when I left the pain wouldn’t go away.”
In the hours following the procedure, Louise experienced redness and warmth emanating from her left buttock.
She contacted the clinic and they sent her antibiotics, but her body temperature continued to rise and she started vomiting. A doctor at her clinic said she had been injected with air bubbles and infection.
“They had blocked the blood supply to my bum, so obviously my skin tissue started to die.
“He said I had sepsis and he had to operate in 20 minutes or I wouldn’t be here anymore.
“At this point he couldn’t tell me what he was going to cut.”
Four days after her injections, Louise collapsed in an ambulance that took her to hospital, where a surgeon revealed what had happened during her BBL fluid appointment.
While in hospital, Louise underwent surgery to drain the abscess and remove tissue from her cheek. This treatment is continued two months later.
“Obviously I almost lost my life. My mom almost lost her little girl. Hunter my son almost lost his mom,” Louise said.
“It’s not just a procedure, it’s a huge impact on someone’s life that it can cause. If it can happen to me, it can happen to someone else.”In the end, not having surgery left her needing surgery.
Responding to Lift Aesthetics’ comment he said: “This procedure was not completed by Lift Aesthetics. The treatment was completed by Non Surgical Clinic Essex Ltd, yes, in a room rented by Lift Aesthetics.”
Non Surgical Clinic Essex Ltd told ITV News that Louise is one of our clients, not Lift Aesthetics – we are currently renting a room from them to complete the treatments.
They said “Louise Moller did not follow aftercare advice”, a claim Louise denies, and that she signed a consent form and was “happy to go ahead knowing there are risks in this procedure”.
Louise takes legal action, but ultimately in her pursuit of perceived perfection, she finds the opposite.
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