SK:N cosmetic surgery care clinic firm collapses

Considered one of Britain’s largest cosmetic surgery suppliers, which had greater than 70 branches throughout the UK, has collapsed.

Prospects calling SK:N Clinics’ principal workplace quantity on Tuesday had been informed: “Unfortunately as of July 17, the SK:N Group, including SK:N Clinics, the Harley Medical Group, Skinbrands, The Skin Experts and ABC Medical has ceased trading.”

The Birmingham-based agency beforehand stated it had “the largest network of specialist skin care clinics in the UK”.

Based in 1990, it expanded to places in Manchester, Liverpool, Glasgow in addition to having 17 clinics throughout London.

The corporate, which additionally had branches in Wolverhampton and Leamington Spa in Warwickshire, owned manufacturers together with beauty surgical procedure agency Harley Medical Group and pores and skin expertise firm ABC Medical, whose telephone traces had the identical automated message.

SK:N had greater than 450 consultants, medical doctors, nurses and medical practitioners working throughout England and Scotland.

The corporate offered providers from tattoo and wart elimination to zits and rosacea therapies, in addition to lip filler and thread lifts – a sort of facelift.

Nevertheless, prospects had been on Wednesday informed their appointments would now not go forward.

A poster caught to the window of its clinic in Birmingham metropolis centre stated: “We are very sorry to inform you that SK:N and The Harley Medical Group, as of 17 July, have ceased trading.

“Consequently we are going to now not be endeavor service from this web site with speedy impact.

“Further details will be made available on www.sknclinics.co.uk in due course.

“We might be contacting all shoppers nonetheless awaiting take a look at outcomes as quickly as doable.”

As of 17:00 BST on Tuesday, SK:N’s website was replaced by a message saying the company had “undertaken an intensive course of to safe funding to allow it to proceed buying and selling however sadly we have been unsuccessful”.

Accounts on X, formerly Twitter, and Instagram, also appeared to have been shut down.

The website message added: “We recognise this consequence can have a major impression on our group members and our prospects and we’re deeply sorry for the stress and inconvenience this has brought about.

“We are doing all we can to address the concerns of those affected and will be contacting all clients still awaiting test results as soon as possible. All further updates will be provided on this website and when available.”

One buyer, who requested to not be recognized, stated their upcoming appointment had been cancelled on Tuesday “out of the blue”.

They added that they’d pre-paid about £700 for a sequence of appointments, and had not accomplished the course of therapy.

“They’ve done this with no prior warning to customers, with no communications about how to get a refund on the treatments customers are owed,” the particular person stated.

Communications agency Kendrick, the corporate’s PR company, indicated in an Instagram put up that SK:N had ceased buying and selling.

Kendrick’s put up stated: “At this time we have no information for the press and patients who are understandably reaching out to us wanting clarity on the situation.

“We now have no data concerning how issues are being managed by SK:N (or HMRC/debt assortment), or how cancelled affected person appointments/funds and so on might be redressed.

“We are unfortunately in the same position as many staff and patients, and are sorry to have no news to share – this situation has blindsided us all.”

SK:N has been contacted for remark.