'I was in severe pain' from cheap filler injection

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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