We went undercover to investigate Britain’s backstreet cosmetic surgery industry – and what we found was terrifying.
From backstreet BBLs to liposuction classes being taught in just a few hours on a busy London high street, this documentary exposes a cosmetic ‘Wild West’ where invasive surgeries are being carried out by people with zero medical training.
We ambushed some of plastic surgery’s most dangerous practitioners, went undercover to see just how bad things really are, and captured procedures so shocking they left medical experts stunned.
Hearing directly from survivors who’ve suffered sepsis, nerve damage and life-threatening complications, we tell the stories of those who’ve been traumatised, disfigured, and worse, by Britain’s cosmetic cowboys.
Warning: this documentary contains distressing images throughout
0:00 Intro
1:24 Going undercover
6:30 The dark side of BBLs
11:33 Confronting Ricky Sawyer
13:15 The human cost
14:33 Deaths in Turkey and the UK
23:35 Backstreet surgery
28:31 Pushing for change
35:27 Looking Ahead
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