An unregistered Sydney beauty practitioner who advertises unauthorised Botox injections and “butt lifts” via Instagram and Snapchat is being investigated by New South Wales health authorities.
The man, who performs injectable and invasive cosmetic procedures, goes by the name Injector Josh and uses the social media handles faisalbasim7 and injectorjosh_. He has been the subject of multiple complaints, the NSW Health Care Complaints Commission (HCCC) said in a public health warning on Tuesday.
The commission said the individual does not hold the necessary qualifications to lawfully perform skin-penetrating procedures in Australia and has administered controlled substances, such as botulinum toxin (Botox), without the appropriate qualifications.
He moved between beauty clinics in Sydney, where he performed invasive cosmetic procedures, including anti-wrinkle and dermal filler injections, thread-based facelifts (PDO facelifts) and buttock augmentation (“butt lifts”) on numerous people, the commission said.
In the warning, the commission said it was “concerned that this individual is putting public health at risk by performing high-risk procedures without the necessary qualifications and may be misleading people into believing he is legally authorised to do so”.
In NSW, anti-wrinkle and filler injections must be prescribed and administered by an authorised health practitioner in authorised premises.
The caution comes after a spate of warnings about unauthorised beauty practitioners in NSW.
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Last month, the HCCC released a public health warning about the Ketthip Beauty Clinic on Sussex Street in Sydney’s CBD and imposed an interim prohibition order, preventing the clinic from providing health services of any kind for a period of eight weeks.
In January, three women were hospitalised after receiving unregulated at-home anti-wrinkle injections, while in October, the customers of Fresh Cosmetic Clinic were urged to test for blood-borne viruses.