‘Glute master’ influencer banned by healthcare watchdog

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A Sydney entrepreneur and Instagram influencer who brands herself the “glute master” has been accused of posing arsenic a caregiver and injecting chartless substances into the buttocks of patients, prompting a uncommon nationalist informing from the state’s healthcare watchdog.

The Health Care Complaints Commission (HCCC) issued a prohibition bid successful January against Khadije Dandachli, barring her from providing immoderate voluntary oregon paid wellness services successful NSW for 8 weeks.

That bid expired successful March, but the committee released different connection connected Wednesday alleging Dandachli had introduced herself arsenic a caregiver to patients earlier performing respective procedures “in which an chartless substance has been injected into the buttocks of patients”.

A spokesperson for the HCCC said the determination to contented a nationalist informing followed a thorough probe into complaints Dandachli provided cosmetic injection procedures to much than 1 diligent astatine Little Europe Beauty successful Liverpool, a cosmetic session owned by her brother.

“We’ve taken this measurement due to the fact that Ms Dandachli is not a registered practitioner and is not capable to administer cosmetic injections successful Australia, which poses a important hazard to nationalist wellness and safety,” the spokesperson said. “The information of the nationalist is our superior concern, and we’ll proceed to intimately show the situation.”

Dandachli was fixed the accidental to respond and to marque submissions earlier the nationalist informing was released but “did not bash so”, the spokesperson said.

A photograph posted to Dandachli’s Instagram.

The Herald sent Dandachli elaborate questions astir the allegations, the erstwhile prohibition order, and societal media posts tagging Dandachli’s relationship which thanked her “for pumping my BBL up”.

A BBL, oregon “Brazilian butt lift”, is simply a colloquial word for glute enhancement which is usually performed surgically by harvesting abdominous from different portion of the assemblage and injecting it backmost into the buttocks.

Dandachli did not respond to the questions, citing ineligible advice, but told the Herald she had ne'er pretended to beryllium a caregiver and was “scared of needles”.

The committee alleges Dandachli injected the “unknown substances” astatine her brother’s cosmetic session called Little Europe Beauty successful Liverpool.

The session has ne'er been licensed to execute skin-penetrating treatments, the committee said.

In a elaborate connection to the Herald, Mohammed Dandachli said his session specialises “exclusively successful non-penetrative treatments specified arsenic laser hairsbreadth removal, tattoo removal, and teeth whitening” and had ne'er offered immoderate signifier of cosmetic oregon tegument procedures.

He said his sister had been employed arsenic a receptionist during highest periods but had ne'er worked successful a objective capableness and the allegations against her were “entirely baseless”.

“The allegations levelled against Little Europe Beauty are not lone unfounded but besides detrimental to our estimation arsenic a starring entity successful the quality industry,” helium said.

The state’s healthcare watchdog has lone issued nationalist warnings against 4 different individuals successful the past year, a uncommon measurement aimed astatine informing imaginable patients astir perchance unsafe oregon unqualified practitioners.

The HCCC spokesperson urged anyone who has received cosmetic injections from Dandachli to interaction the committee confidentially.

“We punctual the nationalist to verify a practitioner’s registration for cosmetic injections successful Australia and to probe the associated risks earlier undergoing treatment,” helium said.

The committee besides recommended anyone considering cosmetic injections to probe the merchandise being used, guarantee the concern is licensed to execute the attraction and corroborate the practitioner is registered by the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA).

AHPRA revised its reappraisal of the cosmetic manufacture successful September past twelvemonth to see doctors, nurses, dentists and different practitioners who execute fillers, anti-wrinkle and fat-dissolving injections and thread lifts.

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