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Sellers of fake Botox jabs could be jailed for up to two years, the UK’s medicine watchdog has warned, as it increases efforts to track down…

Philippa RoxbyHealth reporterGetty ImagesThe government has announced plans to crack down on dodgy cosmetic practitioners who it says are exploiting people and causing harm.Under the new…

Thirty-eight cases of botulism poisoning have been recorded in England in the last six weeks after cosmetic procedures suspected to have involved the use of unlicensed…

BBCKaylie Bailey contracted botulism after being given illegal BotoxAn aesthetic beautician left one woman fighting for her life and several others seriously ill in hospital after…

Philippa GoymerBBC North East InvestigationsBBCNicola Fairley was given anti-wrinkle injections containing fake Botox and ended up in hospital with botulismIn recent weeks, 28 people in the…

Getty ImagesUnlicensed practitioners giving cosmetic injections are putting people’s lives at risk, officials sayCosmetic procedures such as fillers, Botox and Brazilian butt lifts are taking place…