WOMEN are being injected with mystery weight-loss drugs at illegal “skinny jab parties”;; – with one dealer claiming she buys meds in powder form and mixes them herself.
In a shocking video by ITV News and the Tonight programme, undercover reporters posed as a hen-do to expose the booming black market in dangerous .
The seller – who admitted she wasn’t a medic – asked how much the women wanted to lose before the big day.
But she never checked their age, weight or medical history.
She claimed to be selling (tirzepatide), a weight loss jab approved on the NHS and sold privately – to people with a BMI over 30 (), as well as those with a BMI over 27 (overweight).
It works by making you feel fuller for longer and therefore less hungry.
The woman bragged she buys the jab “in bulk”;; as powder from a pharmacy and mixes it herself – so she can flog it “cheaper”;;.
She then demonstrated how to inject it using a needle stored in a Tupperware box.
About the potential risks, she told the group that they could “get sick”;; and have .
She said she’d had two customers who had “been very sick”;;, but it was “always the really skinny girls”;;.
She even admitted people had died, but they weren’t her clients.
Each ‘guest’ paid £120 for a six-week course – except for the ‘bride’, who got hers free.
The jabs came wrapped in colourful envelopes tied with ribbon.
But ITV says tests found the contents were mislabelled.
They did not contain any tirzepatide, as the seller had claimed but rather another prescription-only weight-loss drug, semaglutide – found in .
Some of the syringes had ten times the recommended dosage, meaning they were unsafe for human use.
Dr Semiya Aziz, a GP who prescribes weight-loss drugs, told the news channel that she was “angry”;; watching the medication being distributed at a party, describing it as “illegal and unethical”;;.
She said the “unsterile”;; syringes were “scary”;; and that “someone could end up in hospital”;; after using them, which could be “lethal”;;.
The seller later claimed she’d been “scammed”;; by the and said she was “only trying to help”;;.
‘Not fit for human use’
Elsewhere in the ITV investigation, reporters tracked an account promoting jab deals like “two for one”;;.
Buyers were funneled to WhatsApp and offered “Raw Pharma”;; pens for £170.
Those pens – supposedly semaglutide – were found to contain no trace of the drug, were contaminated with bacteria, and were “not fit for human use”;;, according to Dr Stephen Childs from the University of Sunderland.
He said they were among the “most concerning”;; products he’d seen, warning the “considerable contamination”;; could trigger infections or allergic reactions.
ITV linked the account to British man Dale Dennis, now living in Thailand.
In social media videos, he offers weight-loss meds for sale and refers to a woman named Victoria – shown in NHS uniform – as a “partner”;; and “nurse”;;.
Victoria, who worked for an NHS Trust until late 2024, denied to the news channel selling jabs or having a commercial relationship with Dale.
She claimed she only reviewed the products as a favour and hadn’t consented to her videos being turned into adverts.
Dale denied any formal ties to Victoria but didn’t respond to the allegations when ITV requested an interview.
‘We are taking it very seriously’
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency’s (MHRA) Criminal Enforcement Unit has confirmed it is investigating.
Andy Morling, the agency’s head of enforcement, said: “We are taking it very seriously.
We’ve removed hundreds of illegal listings from social media and we’re going after the criminals behind them.”;;
A Department of Health spokesperson added: “These unlicensed medicines are dangerous and must not be used for cosmetic purposes. It’s deeply concerning that people are flouting the rules and putting lives at risk.”;;
