Turkish medical clinics’ sales operations in Britain are being investigated by the health watchdog after they were found to be using unregulated appointments to physically examine young women and sign them up for plastic surgery.
An undercover Times reporter attended one appointment in London where a saleswoman who was not a professional medic asked her to undress, examined her and said she could create a treatment plan because “plastic surgery is a bit, I mean, kind of basic”.
Agents for Turkish clinics were willing to sign up the reporter for invasive surgeries including breast augmentation and buttock enhancement surgery — known as a Brazilian butt lift (BBL) — after conversations on WhatsApp.
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