Investigation
What We Learned from the UK’s Biggest Poll About Lip Fillers
An alarming number of young people surveyed by our Snapchat survey told us they viewed non-surgical cosmetic procedures as akin to getting a haircut or a manicure. Going under the knife was once the p...
Botox and Filler ‘Parties’ Are a Thing – Just Not in the Way You Think
At-home gatherings involving clients sloshed on booze and needles? They’re around if you know where to look. In April 2011, The Only Way Is Essex introduced England to the Botox party. In episode ei...
Men Are Going Wild for 'Masculinisation' Filler
Non-surgical treatments to sculpt the face and jawline have never been more popular. Blame ‘Love Island’. People all over the UK undergo non-surgical treatments like fillers every year, but the in...
The Unstoppable Rise of the ‘Instagram Face’
Kylie Jenner and other influencers have inspired a new beauty aesthetic and a wave of cheap non-surgical interventions – some riskier than others. People all over the UK undergo non-surgical treatme...
Revealed: Lip Fillers Are Being Offered to Children in the UK
Ninety percent of practitioners in London and Essex aren’t asking children their age before booking them in for lip fillers – and none required a child’s ID for a consultation. People all over t...
Fill Me In: We Team Up With VICE to Investigate the Dark Side of Cosmetic Injectables
People all over the UK undergo non-surgical treatments like fillers every year, but the industry operates almost completely unchecked. Non-surgical cosmetic treatments are everywhere. You might have s...
Evening Standard: Teens ‘need shielding from Botox ads on social media’
SOCIAL media bosses are facing calls to clamp down on unofficial adverts targeting young women with multi-buy cosmetic surgery procedures. Save Face, a government-approved register of accredited pract...
BBC Fake Britain - The Fake Botox Treatment That Left One Woman With Life-Changing Injuries
Fake Britain features the case of Ozan Melin who was convicted of grievous bodily harm after posing as a doctor and injecting several women Fake Botox. Save Face supported victims and worked with th...