Investigation

BBC NEWS: Beauticians breaking the law on underage lip fillers
Liv says: "It did hurt, but afterwards the practitioner held the mirror up and I loved how they looked. She said, 'you're going to be addicted now'." Now aged 19, Liv doesn't think she's addicted, ...

The Times Podcast: Botched Botox and fillers - The ugly side of the beauty industry
Last month, the government brought in a new law to stop under-eighteens using Botox and fillers for cosmetic reasons in England. But with reports of botched procedures and easy access to products onli...

The Sunday Times - Medics sign off Botox to patients they never see
An undercover reporter posing as a beautician found doctors and nurses willing to bend rules on prescribing Victoria Lee had a bad Botox reaction Doctors and nurses are running a lucrative sideline pr...

BBC NEWS - Botox injections and lip fillers banned for under-18s in England
Save Face Director talks to BBC News reporter Anna Collinson about why this new law is crucial to protect young people from being exploited by unscrupulous practitioners. We have been campaigning for ...

The Daily Mail: Why is botched Botox STILL happening? How demand for the ‘Love Island look’ is devastating lives
Save Face Director Ashton Collins talks to the Daily Mail to explain why so many people are falling into unsafe hands in a bid to get the 'Love Island Look' and offers her advice on how to access safe...

The Times: Influencers ‘lure teenage fans’ to gambling and surgery sites
Instagram influencers are encouraging their millions of fans to follow accounts that encourage gambling, unlicensed lip filler treatments and plastic surgery....

The Telegraph – ‘I was turning into Frankenstein’s monster’: Inside the backstreet Botox boom
Preoccupation with ‘Zoom face’ has led to a surge in requests for injectables. But experts are seeing huge increases in cases going wrong The ‘Zoom face’ has heralded a surge in surgery reques...

BBC News: Lockdown lip fillers gone wrong: 'My lips went black'
Angel, who found someone on Instagram to give her lip fillers in lockdown, says there was a lot of "pain and blood" during the procedure Like lots of businesses across the UK, cosmetic clinics reopene...