Bekki Burns told Sunday Politics Northern Ireland that she developed vascular erosion after getting a “cheap deal” on a lip filler procedure at a local beauty clinic.
Six years later, she has urged the health minister to introduce stricter regulations on who is allowed to administer filler and Botox-style injections in Northern Ireland.
Last December, all of Northern Ireland’s political parties supported a Sinn Féin motion calling for stricter regulation of the aesthetics industry.
The Department of Health has said they have no current plans to introduce mandatory licensing for non-surgical cosmetic procedures.
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