Horrifying backstreet cosmetic clinic sucks fat from woman’s jaw as she writhes in pain

The lurid cosmetic practices of ‘Wild West operators’ in some British salons were today exposed in a shock investigation.

Unedited footage shows a beautician continuing to crudely suck out fat from a client’s cheek using a ‘suction cup’ – a long metal tube that pierces the skin – despite her being in obvious pain.

Cameras also capture the doctor admitting she only damaged “two nerves” and “one artery” during the hundreds of other procedures she performed.

All the hard-hitting clips were secretly captured by an undercover reporter who had signed up for a one-day training course at Luxury Medical Aesthetics in Clapham, South West London.

Experts today condemned the ‘incredible’ and ‘disgusting’ practices found in the ITV News investigation.

Doctors also warned Britons to choose non-surgical procedures carefully and opt for only experienced practitioners.

During the training in ‘fat reduction’ procedures, which cost £1,500, students were briefed on the different treatments within half an hour before a client arrived.

The undercover footage shows a beautician working an incision in a client’s jawline, before beginning to remove fat with the ‘suction cup’ that pushes it up and down under her skin.

Cameras also capture doctor admitting she only damaged ‘two nerves’ and ‘one artery’ during the hundreds of other procedures she performed

The client – ​​who has only had local anesthesia – is clearly experiencing pain, but the procedure continues regardless.

“If we damage the nerves on the one hand, then we are very careful on the other,” says the trainer.

Before soon handing over instruments to students on the course, she also tells them that she only damaged “two nerves” and “one artery” during the procedures.

The undercover reporter apologized and left before she was invited to join.

Despite this, she still passed the course and left with a certificate from Luxury Medical Aesthetics.

The footage is part of a year-long investigation into unregulated cosmetic surgery for a new ITV documentary – ‘Britain’s Backstreet Surgery Scandal’

The clinic later did not respond to the safety concerns raised by ITV News when contacted.

When the owner was also approached outside her salon, she also chose not to answer questions.

Experts today dismissed the ‘incredible’ and ‘disgusting’ practices revealed by the investigation.

Consultant plastic surgeon Professor Iain Whitaker said: ‘How she can do this, without any training or medical background, is simply unbelievable’

Consultant plastic surgeon Professor Iain Whitaker said: ‘How she can do this, without any training or medical background, is simply beyond belief.

‘To say that they continue after damaging the nerves on one side but they just don’t think about the patient is unbelievable.

‘I actually think it’s disgusting, to be honest. I have been a doctor for over 22 years, I never thought in my life that I would see something like this.’

In Britain, there are no regulations to prevent non-medical practitioners from carrying out these procedures, while doctors face strict regulations from the General Medical Council (GMC).

But a separate Freedom of Information request from ITV News also revealed that there have been 1,193 ambulance calls to businesses with ‘beauty’ or ‘aesthetics’ in the name.

The reasons include ‘chest pain’, ‘immediate threats to life’ and ‘major trauma’.

In the past five years, 670 complaints have also been received by local authorities about aesthetic procedures.

Experts have long warned against ‘non-surgical’ aesthetic treatments carried out by practitioners with little experience and have repeatedly called for stricter controls on the cosmetic industry.

It is reported that Alice Webb (pictured), 33, underwent the procedure at the Studio 23 clinic in Gloucester, run by beautician Jemma Pawlyszyn and Parke, 32, dubbed the ‘Lip King’.

Beautician Jordan James Parke has addressed concerns raised following the death of a mother of five who died hours after a non-surgical BBL procedure

In September, Alice Webb, 34, died just hours after undergoing a non-surgical butt lift, believed to have been carried out in the West Country.

Two people were arrested on suspicion of manslaughter and released on bail, including beautician Jordan James Parke, who is said to have carried out the treatment.

At the time, one of Britain’s leading plastic surgeons told this website that Ms Webb was believed to have had a ‘large amount of filler’ injected into her buttocks.

While the risks of a traditional Brazilian Butt Lift (BBL) – a surgery to transfer fat from other areas to the buttocks – are well known – non-surgical methods that aim to achieve the same results are less understood.

Unlike a traditional BBL where fat is transferred from other parts of the body, a liquid BBL uses hyaluronic acid fillers.

Dermal filler – the same material used to fill the lips – is injected into the buttock in large quantities.

Non-surgical BBLs are not illegal in Britain.

However, last year Wolverhampton City Council banned a company from carrying out liquid BBLs after identifying risks associated with their processes.

These include blood clots, sepsis and the possibility of death of body tissues.

Five local authorities in Essex and Glasgow followed suit and have banned certain companies from exporting liquid BBLs in their areas.

In 2023, the Conservative government held a public consultation on the issue of non-surgical cosmetic procedures and promised to look at new regulations.

But no further action was taken prior to the elections.

When the safety concerns were put to Labor health secretary Wes Streeting this week, he said it was ‘absolutely disgusting that there are operators from the wild west who are actually dangerously practicing cosmetic surgery and putting people’s lives at risk’.

He added: ‘We saw that in the tragic case of Alice.’