You can buy almost anything online now. Food, fashion, holidays – it’s all just a few clicks away. But with shopping online now easier than ever, it’s also caused a surge in counterfeit products being sold on the ‘black market’. Some of those products are fake weight-loss injections. Most brands are only available through the NHS on prescription, and patients must meet certain requirements. But those who don’t are turning to less-than-legitimate means to secure the injections. Worryingly, a spate of social media ads have cropped up promoting salons, beauticians and aesthetics clinics that give weight-loss injections to anyone who wants one, for the right price – no prescription needed.
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