Beauty salon that left women ‘disfigured’ exposes loophole that means ANYONE can have surgery

Allegations have emerged alleging a London-based beauty salon performed liposuction, leaving several women ‘injured and disfigured’.

According to a BBC investigation, one woman was reportedly hospitalized after the instrument used during the procedure ‘hit’ one of her internal organs.

Campaigners have warned that these shocking allegations expose an alarming loophole in British law that they have long highlighted, allowing beauticians to carry out operations without medical qualifications.

Under British law, it is not even illegal for non-medical professionals to perform surgery, as long as the person performing the surgery does not claim to be a surgeon and the client consents.

Supervisory bodies such as the General Medical Council and the Healthcare Quality Commission cannot prosecute or ‘debar’ beauticians.

Ashton Collins from Save Face, a charity that helps victims of cosmetic surgery, told MailOnline beauticians could ‘technically’ be charged with assault for injuring a client.

“But it’s a struggle to get the police to take things seriously,” she said. ‘Most police forces adopt the attitude of; you agreed to the procedure, it is your own fault.”

Clips from the establishment’s Instagram profile page show the estheticians injecting what appears to be filler into a patient’s face.

Sarah Guy, a beautician from South Wales, told the BBC she paid £1,500 to the clinic, called Luxury Medical Aesthetics and Academy, for a ‘one-day fat reduction masterclass’

Allegations against the London establishment emerged after a client was so ‘shocked’ by what she saw during an appointment that she contacted the BBC.

Sarah Guy, a beautician from South Wales, told the broadcaster she paid £1,500 to the clinic, called Luxury Medical Aesthetics and Academy, for a ‘one-day fat reduction masterclass’.

She was enticed by ads on Instagram offering training in a new type of fat-dissolving procedure called Lipolysis.

Also called ‘fat-sculpting’, lipolysis is a minimally invasive procedure in which fat cells are broken down using lasers, injections or a cold probe that ‘freezes’ the tissue.

But videos taken by Ms Guy during the training session – and shared with the BBC – do not show a typical lipolysis procedure.

The BBC reports that in the videos one of the owners, Daria Wisniewska (pictured above) is seen injecting a solution into the chin of a woman who has agreed to model for the procedure.

The woman said to be Ms Wisniewska then makes a small hole in the area with a scalpel, before inserting a long cannula attached to a suction machine. Then her starts to suck away fat.

Ms Guy said the same method was used on the chin of another model and on the stomach of a third woman.

Ms Collins of Save Face, which is supporting those who say they have been injured by Luxury Medical Aesthetics, said the women were told they were receiving a non-surgical fat-dissolving treatment and not liposuction.

She said: ‘It’s not until they’re anesthetized and they see the actual device coming out and feeling it pricking their skin that they realize what’s really going on.’

Sarah Guy passed the training and was awarded a certificate from Luxury Medical Aesthetics, despite refusing to perform procedures on the models, according to the BBC.

Salon owners Daria and Monika Wisniewska reportedly did not respond to the BBC’s reports about the complaints.