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People who want to travel abroad for cosmetic surgery like Brazilian butt lifts (BBL) should be weary about offers that seem “too good to be true”, the health secretary has warned.
Wes Streeting said his “strong advice” to the British public is that they should “think carefully” about the risks before opting for “rock bottom prices” overseas.
Several women have lost their lives in the last few years after travelling to Turkey for cut-price surgery – with the Royal College of Surgeons to hold a meeting on the “growing crisis” next month.
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Mr Streeting said: “I think we need to take very seriously this issue of medical negligence and malpractice overseas.
“My strong advice to British travellers is if the offer looks too good to be true, I suspect it is too good to be true, and think very carefully before flying overseas, paying what looks like a kind of rock bottom attractive price, because you may end up paying the consequences for years to come as a result of injuries, which in the worst cases can be life-changing.”
The cabinet minister said he was “determined to work with international partners to try and improve safety for Brits abroad”.
“But we also need to send a strong message to the British public to manage the risks, to do their homework and think very carefully before taking up offers that are too good to be true,” he added.
Asked whether the NHS should be picking up the pieces when things go wrong, he said: “We’re never going to turn people away who are in need of care but this is another pressure the NHS doesn’t need.
“So I would urge Brits – before travelling abroad – to think very carefully before accessing those cosmetic treatments that are currently being marketed at rock bottom…
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