Overview

• A court injunction secured on June 3 bans 28-year-old Ricky Sawyer from carrying out any cosmetic procedures across England and Wales pending a final hearing on June 16 to confirm a three-year order.
• Trafford Council’s environmental health team submitted evidence that Sawyer’s pop-up clinics in rental properties and hotel rooms left multiple clients in severe pain and were deemed ‘unreputable’.
• BBC undercover filming captured Sawyer dispensing prescription antibiotics and offering unsafe anaesthetic doses while injecting large volumes of hyaluronic acid fillers without a qualified doctor present.
• Client Louise Moller developed sepsis four days after an October 2023 procedure at his Essex pop-up clinic and underwent emergency surgery to remove infected tissue.
• Local authorities, including Manchester and Salford councils, are urging anyone with information on unregulated BBL services to contact environmental health teams as calls grow for tighter industry regulation.