Woman's horror reaction to common beauty treatment: 'TERRIFIED'
A young American woman claims she almost lost her top lip after 'filler' injections – a common procedure among some appearance-conscious women to make their lips bigger – went horribly wrong.
Chandra Morton, 26, from the US state of Tennessee, claims she is lucky to still have her top lip after filler was accidentally injected into an artery in her face.
The waitress says her face changed colour and white blisters began to appear due to vascular occlusion, which happens when circulation of oxygen is blocked from the area.
Ms Morton claims she lost a small chunk of her top lip but is grateful the doctor eventually managed to fix the issue before she lost more of her lip to necrosis.
"I wanted to get lip fillers because I had always felt insecure about my top lip," she said.
"So many people have had their lips done and I thought it would be fine. I was looking forward to having fuller lips.
"However as soon as I had the procedure done, my lips felt so numb and started turning white.
"Eventually the colour of my face changed, and more and more white blisters kept appearing."
Ms Morton said the botched procedure left her "terrified" and in considerable pain. But things could ultimately have been so much worse.
"I was told that if I waited a day longer I would have lost my entire top lip to necrosis ... eventually the doctor managed to reverse the damage using hyaluronic acid.
"I just want to raise awareness of the risks that come with these procedures."
In March 2021, Ms Morton saved up for a month to have the US$750 ($1060) procedure done.
"Although I am scared of needles, I was so excited to have it done.
"The procedure was super quick and over within 15 minutes but it was so painful I almost passed out.
"On the way home my lips were still so numb and I noticed them going white. I wasn't sure if this was normal but I tried not to think too much of it."
A couple days later she had a video call with the doctor who said he had never seen anything like it in 12 years of doing lip filler injections.
"As soon as he saw me he started freaking," she said. He told her it would need to be dissolved.
She emailed pictured to other clinicians who told her to seek immediate medical attention.
"A doctor from a different clinic told me that I had vascular occlusion and that I could have necrosis setting in.
"I went back to the doctor who done my filler and he injected four shots of hyaluronic acid to try and fix the issue.
"It was so painful and I was screaming while it was happening.
"I went back home thinking that it seemed better but more blisters were appearing and my face was still going whiter.
"The next day I had to go back again for nine more shots of hyaluronic acid in my face.
"My whole face was so swollen and I hadn't eaten for almost a week because of the amount of pain my mouth had been in."
Ms Morton has decided not to publicly name the clinician who did the procedure but says she will never do it again.
"The doctor kept in touch with me for two months to make sure everything was okay. He took care of me afterwards and tried to make things right."
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