Cosmetic enhancement gone REALLY bad

There are a few episodes in a woman’s life where she really takes a look at herself in the mirror and questions her attractiveness and her beauty.

In my opinion, birthdays after the age of 35 and having to face dating again after a divorce or a break-up as you age are top on my list. I’d say that milestone birthday like 40, 50 or 60 might also be right up there.

Let me start with the birthdays after 35 – I think that you look at yourself and wonder if you are getting better or getting older and sometimes insecurities creep up and make you unsure of the image that is reflected in the mirror.

When it comes to a divorce or a break-up of a long term relationship … nothing beats your self-confidence more than knowing that you will have to start the dating process all over again with strangers who in their head will compare you to others and might judge the way you look.

That said, it’s only until I read the story of Karon Kitchener that I realized how it made sense that a woman over 45 who was planning on getting married again would want a bit of enhancement to look more youthful on her wedding photos.

It seems from Karon’s shocking story that she got way more than she bargained for. After booking a session for injectable fillers to look more youthful, the British Baby Boomer found herself permanently disfigured on the left side of her face!!!!

“I wanted to look my best for my wedding. I didn’t want anything as drastic as a facelift, but I had read about these fillers and decided to have some injected into my cheeks.” – Karon Kitchener.

It’s clear from her description of events that the solution that was injected in her body didn’t work for her because it seems the solution was travelling upwards to her eyes in an effort to leave her body.

In Britain the injectable fillers’ industry is unregulated and there are close to 75 different solutions that cosmetic doctors can use to rejuvenate their clients. This is quite shocking to me.

In America the industry is very regulated because injectables are considered a medical procedure. There are surely a few bad cases, but overall the FDA is regulating these types of solutions … only eight have been approved for use in the USA. In Canada, there are two solutions because the industry is quite regulated and it takes a lot for Health Canada to agree to anything. Your (qualified and certified) cosmetic doctor will either use Juvederm® or Restylane®.

This story gets even sadder. The fact that Karon knows that every single day she’ll be looking at a mutilated face is not the only worry she has. In the past three years, she’s undergone several surgeries to try to repair her face AND she’s postponed her wedding. Her confidence is at an all time low and she’s also had to deal with a string of infections and more scarring!!!

The Daily Mail article also features Sarah Payne (60) and Susie Woods (40) two other women dealing with the nightmarish aftermath of botched cosmetic enhancement procedures.

I think it’s important to read for your own knowledge. It’s obviously a must-read for British readers.

If you’re not convinced yet that you should take time to read this Daily Mail article, here’s what a prominent London-based plastic surgeon had to say:

“I’m currently seeing 20 patients who are undergoing continuing treatment to remove lumps of filler which have ‘migrated’ around their bodies.” — Dr. Christopher Inglefield.

You can read the entire article here: I tried to turn back time with a wrinkle jab… but it wrecked my life and left me facially disfigured

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1161328/I-tried-turn-time-wrinkle-jab–wrecked-life-left-facially-disfigured.html

Photo by Ben Lester from the Daily Mail