Open wounds and eyes that can't close - women warn about cheap bleph eyelid surgery
Open wounds and eyes that can't close - women warn about cheap bleph eyelid surgeryImage caption, Nikita had stitches in her upper eyelids. UK surgeons have also told us they have seen patients unable to close their eyes properly after treatment abroad. This figure is five times greater than the previous three years.Many people report positive results in their posts, and a lot have been treated at Faceland.One woman told us her droopy eyelids had been restricting her vision and causing her headaches.
- ▪Open wounds and eyes that can't close - women warn about cheap bleph eyelid surgeryImage caption, Nikita had stitches in her upper eyelids.
- ▪UK surgeons have also told us they have seen patients unable to close their eyes properly after treatment abroad.
- ▪This figure is five times greater than the previous three years.Many people report positive results in their posts, and a lot have been treated at Faceland.One woman told us her droopy eyelids had been restricting her vision and causing her
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Open wounds and eyes that can't close - women warn about cheap bleph eyelid surgeryImage caption, Nikita had stitches in her upper eyelids. This photo was taken seven days after her bleph procedureByAnna Collinson and Jo Adnitt, BBC News InvestigationsPublished7 minutes agoWarning: Graphic images and descriptions of surgery"Everyone made it out to be so easy, but my face felt like it was on fire and there was a horrible smell of burning skin," says Nikita Morgan, as she describes her eyelid surgery.She decided to get a blepharoplasty, or a "bleph", removing skin from just above the eyes - after seeing videos about it on social media.
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