Love Island fuels child demand for lip fillers
LOVE Island has helped to drive a big rise in demand for lip fillers, with some clinics suspected of letting underage children have the controversial procedure, it was claimed last night.
More girls are having the non-surgical treatment, in which acid is injected into their lips to plump them up.
Three-quarters of clinics in a survey had a year-on-year increase in requests, which they attribute largely to reality television shows such as Love Island, social media and bloggers.
Several female contestants in Love Island are thought to have had lip fillers as well as other cosmetic work.
The minimum age for treatment is 18, but the study said youngsters might slip through the net after it found that just 4 per cent of clinics asked to see photo ID. Of the 73 clinics surveyed by comparison site WhatClinic.com, 78 per cent said they relied on information patients gave on written forms.
A Mail investigation this year exposed back-alley clinics where schoolgirls were preyed on by lip-filler cowboys.