Urgent warning issued as 'certain procedures' taking place in Manchester hotel rooms this week

An urgent warning has been issued to people seeking cosmetic procedures including Brazilian Butt Lifts and breast augmentation.

The council issued the warning on Wednesday (June 26), saying the procedures ‘may be taking place this week in Manchester in non-clinical settings’. Officers believe the surgeries could be taking place in hotel rooms.

That presents a risk to infection control, medics believe, prompting the authority to issue the urgent warning to would-be customers. A statement said: “The Council has been made aware that certain cosmetic procedures – specifically Filler Brazilian Butt Lift (BBL) [or] breast augmentation – may be taking place this week in Manchester in non-clinical settings.

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“If you are offered treatments in other types of non-clinical premises such as hotel rooms or, you book a treatment and don’t receive the location where the treatment will be carried out until shortly beforehand, we would urge you to contact Manchester City Council environmental health on 0161 234 5004 so the council can ensure that any procedures will be carried out in accordance with the required health and safety and infection control procedures.”

A Brazilian Butt Lift typically involves doctors transferring fat from a patient’s belly, hips, lower back, or thighs to their buttocks. It’s done in an effort to create an hourglass figure, and also goes by the names ‘gluteal fat grafting, buttock augmentation with fat grafting, and safe subcutaneous buttock augmentation (SSBA)’.

Breast augmentation, colloquially known as a ‘boob job’, typically involves changing the shape of a patient’s breasts. This can be done to enlarge both, or adjust for a difference in size between breasts.

Manchester’s Director of Public Health Dr Cordelle Ofori, said: “The Council takes health and safety extremely seriously and has been concerned by reports about potentially unsafe cosmetic procedures taking place.
“These procedures must take place in a clinical setting to mitigate any potential risk of infection and to prioritise the patient’s safety. Our officers have been working this week to gain assurances that any procedures taking place are safe and being conducted
in the appropriate environment.
“If these assurances cannot be made, the Council will take steps to intervene.
“For any information or guidance on what to do if you have booked in for this kind of treatment please contact the Council’s Environmental Health Team by calling 0161 234 5004.”