Liquid butt lifts targeted in clampdown on England’s cosmetic ‘wild west’ | Plastic surgery

Ministers have announced a clampdown on “cowboy” cosmetic procedures, including liquid Brazilian butt lifts, with stricter rules on who is allowed to perform the procedures in England.

Wes Streeting, the health secretary, plans to introduce legislation next year restricting who can access and perform aesthetic treatments. Labour has warned that the industry is a “wild west” because of a lack of regulation around who can administer treatments such as dermatological filler and Botox injections.

At present a licence is not required to perform such procedures in England. Health department officials said botched treatments had left people “maimed” and suffering from “dangerous complications, permanent scarring and even death”.

Ministers plan to introduce new rules whereby only…