.:-:. Warning after lip filler injection goes wrong .:-:.
A woman from Leicester who nearly lost her lips after receiving filler injections says the procedure should only be performed by people who are medically trained.
29-year-old Rachael Knappier got the filler injections at a friend's house by a beautician who had noticed a small bump on one side of her lip.
The beautician told Rachael that the bump could be 'evened out' by injecting the opposite side of her lip with filler.
After receiving the injection, Rachael said she experienced a sharp pain in the top of her lip but was told that this was perfectly normal.
After going to bed, she woke up at 2am to find that her lips had suffered major swelling to the point that they touched her nose.
.:-:. I didn't really know what to do. I'd never seen anything quite as big as what my lips were on my own face. I was shocked, I was panicked, I was really scared .:-:.
– RACHAEL KNAPPIER
Rachael then contacted the beautician on FaceTime, who appeared shocked by the results.
She told Rachael that she was having an allergic reaction, urging her to take anti-histamine and get to A&E.
However when Rachael arrived at the hospital, doctors told her there was little they could do and that she would need to go back to the beautician to get the filler in her lips 'dissolved'.
.:-:. My biggest fear was that I was going to look like that for the rest of my life. That my lips were always going to be that size. That they were going to get bigger. That my lip was going to die. All those emotions go through your mind .:-:.
– RACHAEL KNAPPIER
After seeing a local aesthetic nurse, Rachael was told that the filler injection had led to necrosis, which had begun to destroy the soft tissue of her lip.
Her only option was to visit a private clinic in London where staff were able to dissolve the filler, and her lips returned to normal after a few days.
Rachael was told that the major swelling on her lips had probably been caused because the filler had been injected close to an artery or vein, leading to a vascular occlusion, when the blood flow to an area of the body is reduced or stopped completely.
As it stands there is no legislation in the UK that prevents non-medical professionals from delivering injectable cosmetic treatments.
Rachael says she now wants to raise awareness about the dangers of receiving cosmetic procedures such as filler and botox by people who are not medically trained.
She says beauticians like the one she saw are not able to deliver vital emergency medical care if things go wrong.
Her petition has so far reached more than 1800 signatures.
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