Bad Practice
The Telegraph: Cosmetic Practitioners Are Breaching Lockdown Rules to Visit Clients' Homes
The most common requests are for dermal fillers and botox Cosmetic surgery practitioners are breaching lockdown rules in order to visit their clients' homes to give them dermal fillers and botox injec...
BBC The One Show - 17 out of 23 Treatment Providers Offered Lip Fillers to a 15 Year Old
In the past 12 months Save Face have seen an alarming increase in the number of complaints regarding treatments carried out on girls under 18 who have suffered complications and adverse reactions afte...
The Times: Illegal ‘miracle’ weight-loss injections openly sold online
Four watchdogs are investigating sellers of ‘skinny jabs’ after being alerted by The Sunday Times The medicines regulator has started an investigation into companies selling “skinny jabs” as a...
BBC NEWS: The Risks of Lip Fillers in Unsafe Hands
The number of complaints regarding lip fillers is increasing. We discuss the reasons why, the range of issues being reported to us, and the myriad of consequences of going to untrained practitioners. ...
BBC X-Ray - The True Cost of Cheap Lip Fillers
Save Face Director Ashton Collins explains the hidden risks often associated with cheap lip fillers and provides her top tips on how you can stay safe if you are considering a non-surgical cosmetic t...
Botox and Filler ‘Parties’ Are a Thing – Just Not in the Way You Think
At-home gatherings involving clients sloshed on booze and needles? They’re around if you know where to look. In April 2011, The Only Way Is Essex introduced England to the Botox party. In episode ei...
Exclusive: It's Scarily Easy to Buy Lip Fillers on Facebook Marketplace
Sellers on the platform were even willing to offer four times the recommended dose of fillers – an amount that could lead to medical complications. I’ve been on Facebook Marketplace for less than ...
The Unstoppable Rise of the ‘Instagram Face’
Kylie Jenner and other influencers have inspired a new beauty aesthetic and a wave of cheap non-surgical interventions – some riskier than others. People all over the UK undergo non-surgical treatme...