Edinburgh residents have received an urgent warning from City of Edinburgh Council over Brazilian Butt Lift (BBL) surgery due to take place in the capital this weekend (April 26-28).
The local authority’s environmental health team say they have been told BBL operations could be running throughout the weekend and have urged anyone who has an appointment during this time to contact them.
They point to people responding to social media posts online and add that other local authorities across the UK have received complaints after similar procedures were carried out in their areas which led to people needing medical attention.
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Cllr Neil Ross, Convener of the Regulatory Committee at the City of Edinburgh, said: “We have been made aware that procedures known as Brazilian Butt Lifts may be taking place in Edinburgh this weekend and we have concerns about the safety of such procedures.
“We are concerned about the potential risk to public health and would urge anyone who may have booked such a procedure this weekend to contact us urgently.”
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The Scottish Sun previously reported how a 49-year-old woman was left in severe pain after liquid ‘fillers’ were injected into her bottom at a Holiday Inn in Glasgow city centre.
They added that the man had to be rushed to Hairmyres Hospital in East Kilbride where scans revealed he had a serious infection.
Doctors advised the patient, who had paid £2,000 for the BBL procedure, that he was lucky not to develop sepsis.
Save Face UK, a government-approved register for medical aesthetic treatments, criticized the procedure and its recommendation, with their director, Ashton Collins, telling the Sun: “Hotel rooms and domestic facilities are not safe environments for injectable procedures — not a sterile setting.
“It’s a recipe for disaster.”
NHS advice to those considering the treatment says fat transfer surgery is cosmetic surgery that moves fat from one part of the body to another – also known as ‘fat grafting’ or ‘lipomodelling’.
The goal is to remove unwanted fat from one area of the body, such as the abdomen or thighs, and use it to smooth out or increase the size of another area, such as the chest or bottom. A surgical fat transfer involving the bottom is often known as a Brazilian butt lift (BBL).
On their website they stated: “Surgical fat transfer is a big decision. It can be expensive, results are not guaranteed and there are risks.”
They add: “There have been several deaths following complications of the BBL procedure.
“BBL surgery has the highest mortality rate of all cosmetic procedures.
“The main concern is that the injected fat can cause a blockage in a blood vessel in the lungs (pulmonary embolism), which can be fatal.”
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It is understood that BBL procedures in specialist clinics charge around £3,000 and £8,000 for the treatment.
Anyone who may have booked a BBL procedure from Friday 26th April to Sunday 28th April in Edinburgh should email environmentalhealth@edinburgh.gov.uk or phone 0131 200 2000.
