NYC medspa probe exposes dark side of Botox, butt lift clinics with disgusting violations, no licenses
These glow ups come with a secret gross out.Big Apple “medspas” routinely perform Botox, Brazilian butt lifts and other beauty procedures without medical licenses, clean conditions — or even real doctors, a stomach-turning probe found.City and state investigators looked at 15 medspas — or medical spas — in the five boroughs between June and September of last year and reported finding shocking violations at each of the locations.“You have prescription drugs that are outdated.You have doctors who are not doctors doing Botox.
No, thank you,” said Manhattan Councilwoman Gale Brewer, as she unveiled the findings at one of the outposts, Sutton Wellness NYC in Midtown.“You have sanitary conditions all over the place in terms of needles and filth.There was one situation where people who worked there lived in the basement.
It goes on,” she said.The medical spa industry has boomed in recent years, with more than 10,000 across the nation, according to a 2024 industry study.But the craze comes with potential dangers, as swanky Upper East Side moms who’ve flocked to shady clinics for off-brand Ozempic and Botox-seeking clients of a Hell’s Kitchen aesthetician have allegedly learned.An investigator involved in the probe estimated there are hundreds of medspas in New York City, meaning the 15 inspected are only a fraction of those clinics.The probe by the City Council’s Oversight and Investigations Division — conducted alongside state agencies — dovetailed with other reports that found medspas often skirt safety requirements as they peddle cheap fillers, IV therapies and other trendy beauty treatments.“At every location inspected, investigators found the business to be offering medical procedures without the required licensure,” the City Council report titled “Moving the Needle” states.Inspectors also found:Most medspas inspected were unnamed in the report, but investigators revealed Sutton Wellness had been dinged for having a nurse illegall...