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Last month, police accused Wang of advertising herself as “Dr. Kitty” on posters around Yonge and Finch streets, offering cosmetic surgery. Const. Jenifferjit Sidhu, a Toronto police spokeswoman, told the Post in October that Wang gave “face-slimming” injections to at least one person who developed complications needing corrective surgery. The injections started in April at a clinic, with follow-ups conducted in Wang’s basement and at the patient’s home, Sidhu said.

Dr. Mitchell Brown, a spokesperson for the Canadian Society of Plastic Surgeons, said “face-slimming injections” likely refers to a procedure that uses Botox to shrink the clenching muscles in the jaw, called the masseter muscles, to make the face look narrower.

Police issued a news release after Wang was arrested last month, asking for any other victims to come forward. Though he hadn’t heard anything from investigators, Wang’s lawyer said he suspects more complainants will come forward and more potential charges.

Regardless, he said he plans to fight all charges.

“She comes across as very young, very timid,” Charitsis said of his client. “I’m surprised that the person sitting across the table from me is alleged to have committed these offences…. She looks like she could be 16 years old.”

Police said last month that Wang had only a high school diploma. But Charitsis said she also completed a “pre-med” certificate program in China.

Wang, who uses Kitty as an English name, has no family in Canada, Charitsis said. Her father flew to Toronto to support her after the charges were laid.