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By Emmanuel Adeleke
A Nigerian doctor based in the United Kingdom, Oluwafemi Esho, has lost his medical licences after being found guilty of giving free Botox injections in return for sex.
Esho is renowned for his medical opinion and commentaries on cosmetic surgery discussions on popular British television programmes, including ITV’s ‘This Morning,’ BBC’s ‘Morning Live’ and E4’s ‘Body Fixers.’
He is the founder of the Esho Clinic, which also has locations in London, Liverpool and Dubai and has a host of celebrity clients.
While appearing before a Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS) on Monday, Esho confessed to an improper emotional relationship with the woman, referred to as Patient A, with whom he exchanged “inappropriate sexual messages on Instagram.”
He argued that he never had any physical sexual contact with Patient A, who provided sex services via OnlyFans and webcams.
But a MPTS panel, which sat in Manchester, ruled in early April that Esho did have sexual intercourse with Patient A at his clinic in Newcastle upon Tyne in 2021, and administered Botox free of charge.
The tribunal noted that during a consultation months earlier, he had stroked her hair and rubbed himself against her after he made inappropriate comments about the shape of her buttock.
It also established that the doctor had in 2023 made similar remarks to Patient A and allowed her to masturbate him.
The tribunal said Esho’s fitness to practise was impaired because of his misconduct, and subsequently ordered that Esho’s name should be removed from the medical register.
The tribunal’s reasons for imposing the sanction would be released next week.
According to the Telegraph, among the “inappropriate” Instagram messages sent to Patient A between July 2019 and February 2022 was an exchange in September 2019 where he said: “What you doing to me lol. Morning Glory. Bloody has me wanting the real thing. That’s like every man’s dream.”
In November 2019 he posted: “Why you making me bulge lol. Send more, don’t be sorry lol.”
The following month, he wrote: “Lol loving the tongue” and “Ha free mls [millilitres of botox] I’d need the whole booty and more.”
Weeks later, Esho told her:“My God having you for a night/every night is a dream but if we do it for me I break the doctors’ code and I’d be a dead man x lol.”
The tribunal also ruled that the conduct of the doctor, also known as Tijion Esho, was sexually motivated, but did not find Patient A to be vulnerable because of her profession.
Botox injections, according to a medical website, Cleveland, improve appearance by relaxing muscles that cause wrinkles. They also treat medical conditions, including migraines, hyperhidrosis, overactive bladder and eye problems.
To maintain results, treatments are repeated every three to six months.