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Woman left with 'lizard neck' after botched procedure to fix her double chin

A woman has claimed that her neck was left looking like a "lizard" after a botched cosmetic procedure.

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Updated Aug 10, 2022, 07:55 IST

Woman left with 'lizard neck' after botched procedure to fix her double chin | Image: Wales News Service

KEY HIGHLIGHTS

Jayne Bowman, 59, paid £500 (Rs 48,000) for a fibroblast therapy treatment to tighten the skin on her neck
However, the treatment left Jayne with hundreds of red blotches and scars
The dots eventually faded but the experience proved an ordeal for the elderly woman

A woman has claimed that her neck was left looking like a "lizard" after a botched cosmetic procedure.

Jayne Bowman, 59, paid £500 (Rs 48,000) for a fibroblast therapy treatment to tighten the skin on her neck.

During the cosmetic procedure, a device zaps a high-frequency electric current through the skin to encourage tissue regeneration.

However, the treatment left Jayne with hundreds of red blotches and scars.

She received the treatment from a beautician she found on Facebook.

The dots eventually faded but the experience proved an ordeal for the elderly woman.

"I don't go out without a scarf on. In fact, I don't like going out at all, I'd rather go out in the rain where I've got a hood up and nobody can see me. I'm not slating all beauticians because they're not all the same, but there are many of them out there that are bad. Stick to professional people," Jayne was quoted as saying by Daily Mail.

Jayne lost weight after a diet but was left with excess skin. She said that she "hated" her double chin and decided to look for cosmetic procedures.

"Can anyone recommend me somewhere to get Botox on my double chin?" she asked on Facebook.

A beauty therapist told her about a treatment called "fibroblast plasma".

"I checked out her page and saw she had great reviews and all the qualifications. But when I got home my neck felt like it was on fire. Weeks later there was no change at all apart from horrible scarring. I had hundreds of brow dots all over my chest. I looked like a lizard!" Jayne said.

She added, "All I was left with was unsightly red dots all over my neck. I couldn't bear going out of the house because of the awful scarring."

After the 59-year-old left a stinging review on Facebook, she was contacted by the police for "harassing" the beautician.

"I was astonished. But I knew I was in the right when the other people messaged to say that the same had happened to them," she said.

Jayne continued, "Now I am fighting hard and have even launched a petition calling for much stricter regulations in the beauty industry. I am not after money, I just want justice for being butchered at the beauticians. It honestly has been a living nightmare and I am living with the scars to prove it."

A Department of Health and Social Care spokesperson said, "Anyone considering a cosmetic procedure should take the time to find a reputable, safe and qualified practitioner and consider the potential impact of surgery on both their physical and mental health."

They added, "Patient safety must always come first, which is why we are considering whether there needs to be more clarity around how treatments are classified and stronger, more robust safeguards for the regulation of providers of these treatments."

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