Scotland branded “Wild West” of backstreet Botox surgeries as experts demand action

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Scottish lawmakers are being urged to move swiftly to remove Scotland’s tag as the “Wild West” of backstreet Botox surgeries.Doctors and bosses of medic-led surgeries have condemned the current system that allows unregulated charlatans to pass themselves off as experts in Botox and fillers after completing one day courses.

The Record can reveal that some patients are travelling across the border to England after increasing accounts of botched non-surgical ops in Scotland.Cosmetic clinic owner Vanessa Brown claims the horror stories on botched ops in Scotland is driving patients south of the border.The Carlisle based entrepreneur has branded Scotland the “wild west” of cosmetic procedures, with unregulated chancers carrying out haphazard procedures.Up to 90 per cent of all dermal fillers in Scotland are done by practitioners who advertise on social media - some of whom have done a one day course to obtain a supposedly professional certificate.Brown, who runs the VL Aesthetics clinic in Carlisle, said: “We often see patients crossing over the border to receive safer, regulated treatments at our Care Quality Commission regulated clinic.“To say it is like the Wild West in Scotland is an understatement.“Scotland can’t afford to wait any longer – the current lack of regulation is endangering lives, and it’s only a matter of time before we face even graver consequences.“Implementing strong regulations would ensure that only medically trained individuals can perform these high-risk procedures, protecting the public from further harm and raising the standards our industry so desperately needs.”Brown said regulation needs to tighten up around the UK - but Scotland is the worst.She said: “There is a reason Scotland has been