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Moment man realised the game was up after being confronted on his doorstepRicky Sawyer has been handed a UK injunction and was exposed in Botched: The Brazilian Butt Lift Story on the

BBCNewsHelena Vesty NHS, social care and patients reporter12:19, 03 Jun 2025Updated 12:34, 03 Jun 2025 A self-acclaimed 'beauty consultant' dishing out botched Brazilian butt lift (BBL)

procedures has been slapped with a temporary ban – after it was revealed he left people in 'severe pain' and one person needing to be rushed to hospital for life-saving surgery.

Ricky Sawyer was caught in an undercover sting and has banned by several local authorities for practising in their areas.

‌ The authorities include Manchester, Salford and Trafford councils after Mr Sawyer carried out butt lifts in Greater Manchester.

‌ Mr Sawyer had been offering appointments across the country at locations such as Airbnbs or hotel rooms.

Mr Sawyer clients include Katie Price, according to BBC reports after the broadcaster carried out undercover filming.

Ricky Sawyer opening the door to a BBC reporter posing as a clientArticle continues below The filming appeared to capture Mr Sawyer handing out antibiotics despite not being qualified to do

so, which is a criminal offence, the Mirror reports.

The programme also appeared to show Mr Sawyer offering to inject increasing doses of local anaesthetic without a prescriber present - which is illegal - and did not ask for the reporter’s

weight, thus putting her at risk of an overdose.

Posing as a potential client and her friend, the BBC reporters had booked a 45-minute consultation with Mr Sawyer through his Instagram page. They told him they wanted a 200ml (7fl oz)

liquid BBL injection costing £1,200. They paid a £200 deposit.

‌ Despite having advertised that all liquid BBLs would be carried out under the guidance of an “ultrasound specialist doctor”, none was present at his pop-up clinic, the programme claims.

He was working out of a small room in an east London office block.

Within five minutes of being in his office, Mr Sawyer had begun to encourage the reporter to think about increasing the amount of filler. “You might be surprised about how much product you

can have and still look natural,” he suggested.

‌ By the end of the appointment, Mr Sawyer had offered to inject a litre of filler – 500ml (almost a pint) per buttock – for a cost of £2,000.

Mr Sawyer tried to hide behind the door after spotting the BBC's camera The BBC reporter did not go through with the procedure and later attempted to put the allegations to Ricky Sawyer in

person, by confronting him at his clinic. As soon as he saw the camera he tried to slam the door on the reporter, before cowering behind it.

‌ BBC News asked him if he was breaking the law by handing out prescription-only medicine, and if he had anything to say to the women who say they were left with such serious injuries that

they needed emergency care. “No,” he said - and told the reporter to leave.

Reviewing the BBC’s undercover footage, plastic surgeon Dalvi Humzah, who sits on the Joint Committee of Cosmetic Practitioners, said Mr Sawyer’s actions were “shocking”, “very dangerous”,

and putting patients at a huge risk of infection and potentially fatal complications.

“Putting that volume in, in one sitting, is really dangerous,” said Mr Humzah. “The buttocks are such a large area that if they become infected it can overwhelm the body and could end in

sepsis – or even death.”

‌ The filler used for liquid BBLs is often made up of hyaluronic acid, which is commonly used in facial filling treatments. Because large amounts of the acid are involved in BBLs, and there

is a risk of serious side effects such as blood clots and sepsis, it is regarded as one of the most dangerous cosmetic procedures.

Mr Sawyer boasted on camera that he did up to seven procedures a day, six days a week. He can charge thousands of pounds per appointment.

Bolton woman said 'I think I'm going to die' In the documentary, Botched: The Brazilian Butt Lift Story, BBC News spoke to five of his clients who needed emergency hospital treatment after

their procedures.

‌ One woman said she felt at the time she would rather 'have died' than continue with the pain she was in, following the treatment.

One Mr Sawyer’s clients, Louise Moller, claims she needed life-saving emergency surgery. Four days after receiving a liquid BBL at his Essex clinic in October 2023, the 28-year-old from

Bolton was in hospital.

She rang her mother, Janet, from Salford Royal’s A&E department saying: “Mum, I think I’m going to die.”

‌Louise Moller's mother, Janet Louise had contracted sepsis and was warned by surgeons that she could die at any minute. To stop the infection from moving through her body, they cut dead

tissue out of an area almost covering her entire left buttock.

Janet promised her daughter she would prevent this from happening to anyone else and reported Ricky Sawyer to their local police station in Bolton.

‌ “How can he carry on knowing he could kill someone?” she told the BBC.

Janet promised her daughter she would prevent this from happening to anyone else Janet says she was told by police in Bolton that the file would need to be passed to Essex Police, where the

incident happened. Any prosecution could be difficult however, she was warned, because Louise had signed a consent form. Fourteen months later, there has been no progress.

‌ Injecting dermal fillers is seen as non-surgical and is unregulated, which means anyone can do it - and they can’t be struck off and stopped.

But now, he's been taken to court by Trafford Council.

An injunction has been served on Mr Sawyer, 28, at an address in East India Dock Road, East London, after a hearing at Manchester Civil Justice Centre.

‌ Trafford Council's environmental health team submitted evidence that people were being left in horrific pain, including evidence gathered by the BBC, Greater Manchester Police, and

Manchester and Salford councils.

Mr Sawyer’s injunction prevents him from carrying out any cosmetic procedure throughout England and Wales or instructing anyone else to do so. The court heard it was necessary to make a

country-wide ban.

There will be a further hearing at Manchester County Court on Monday, June 16, at which Mr Sawyer can make representations before the three-year order is finalised, said the council.

Article continues below Trafford Council is urging anyone with information about BBL operators to contact [email protected].