A teen claims she needed hospital care after a lip filler disaster left her with 'deformed, sausage lips' that oozed green pus.

Lauren Winstanley had never liked her 'small' lips and was keen to have a fuller pout so booked an appointment to get some filler at a beauty salon.

Excited at the prospect of getting her dream look, the 18-year-old carer paid £170 to go under the needle last month.

But Lauren's excitement soon turned to horror when her lips rapidly ballooned to triple their size and she ended up being rushed to hospital.

Now Lauren is sharing her ordeal in a bid to urge people to be careful when they get lip fillers, and is adamant that plumping procedures should only be done by medically trained professionals.

A member of The British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (BAAPS) claims giving treatments in a non-clinical environment is 'hazardous even in the expert hand'.

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Lauren, from Wigan, said: "They started swelling straight away, when I looked in the mirror at them I was shocked because I'd never seen myself with bigger lips.

"The beautician said the swelling would go down and I listened to her and thought 'fair enough'.



"They were hurting ahead of my night shift starting and over the next few hours they grew bigger and bigger and ended up triple the size they should be.



"When I left work my bottom lip in particular was massive and it was starting to feel really sore.



"I went to sleep but woke up in more pain and messaged the beautician and said I was worried about them."



After frantically messaging the beautician about her lips and what to do, Lauren was assured that swelling was normal, that it may be a non-serious allergic reaction and to take antihistamines.



A day after having the fillers, worried Lauren went to the Royal Albert Edward Infirmary in Wigan where she says staff assessed her lips and sent her home with a course of antibiotics and painkillers.



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But Lauren said the pain got steadily worse that evening and after dialling 999 the terrified teen describes how she was rushed to Whiston Hospital in Rainhill, Merseyside.



Lauren says after her grossly swollen lips were examined, she was hooked up to an IV drip and staff drained the infection and removed the filler.



Lauren said: "I was crying because I was in that much pain, when I looked in the mirror I remember thinking I looked deformed, it was vile.



"My lips looked like rock solid sausages and felt bruised and were stinging.



"I started to feel sick, had a temperature and my neck and cheek felt bruised.



"I was put on IV antibiotics and painkillers straight away and they did blood tests, which showed I had Group A strep infection.



"I couldn't eat or drink as my lips were still triple their usual size and kept growing and filling with green and yellow pus.

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"They were that full under my lip you could see little white holes, which was the infection working its way out of my lip.



"I could feel my chin keep getting wet from the infection in my lip leaking out.



"When the doctor tried draining them while I was awake I ended up screaming and crying. I begged them to put me to sleep while they drained them as I was in agony.



"When I looked at myself in the mirror it knocked me sick, my lips were disgusting.



"I have really bad low self-esteem as it is and this was making me feel worse. Thinking I could lose my lip was also freaking me out."



Lauren says she spent nearly a week in hospital before being discharged with antibiotics and painkillers.





Lauren said: "I just wanted plumper, better lips. I like doing my make-up but I've never been able to do lipstick properly because my lips have been too small.



"I used to go to the salon to get my nails and eyebrows done and was told that they would soon start doing lip fillers so decided to get them done there.



"On the day, the beautician talked me through the procedure, I signed some forms and she put numbing cream on my lips before injecting them.



"A lot of my friends have been there and everything's been fine, I'm just shocked that this has happened to me."



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Devastated Lauren says she is still dealing with the after-effects of the procedure including lumpy lips, a partial loss of sensation and pain when she presses down on her lower lip.



The teenager is now sharing her ordeal to urge people to do their research before going under the needle and so no-one goes through what she has.



Lauren said: "I wish I'd have paid extra and had it done by someone medically trained like a dentist or dermal nurse.



"It's put me off getting them done again in future. I would never wish that pain on anyone, it was traumatising.



"I never thought they would go back to normal, it was a horrible experience.



"My lips look alright now - I can cover them up with lip liner and lipstick to make them more even - it's more how they feel.



"They're all lumpy and when I press down there's a sharp pain in my lower lip and the bottom left-hand side of my lip feels slightly numb.



"To anyone who is thinking of getting their lips done, do your research properly.





"Go to someone who is medically trained and who is able to deal with any problems that might occur."



Prof Ash Mosahebi, Council Member for BAAPS, said: “Giving treatments in a non-clinical environment without backup and emergency facilities is hazardous even in the expert hand.



"When this is combined with poorly trained practitioner then it is a recipe for disaster.”



The salon owner was contacted for comment and said that she thought the swollen lips were due to an 'infection' Lauren caught and was not related to the filler.