Warning: Before I jump right in here, let me just preface this by saying: What you're about to see is disgusting, completely horrifying, and certainly not for the faint of heart.
While we've recently reported that injectable, non-invasive treatments are on the rise in the U.S. — Americans were injected more than 6.6 million times last year alone, according to the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery — those statistics don't account for those who travel abroad to receive cheaper (and oftentimes riskier) treatments. Like, for instance, a woman who, after receiving a botched dermal filler in her forehead in Bangkok, was forced to book an emergency appointment with a doctor to have her injection removed. (Un)fortunately for us, she filmed the entire removal process, and let me just say, shit is nasty.
Two years ago, making the decision to get dermal fillers, Nong Guang visited a clinic in Bangkok to have the procedure done, reports The Daily Mail. However, immediately after the injection was administered, Guang reports things felt amiss. Her face felt soft — and squishy — to the touch. As it turns out, the filler became infected, but Guang waited a full two years — after experiencing a significant amount of pain — before having the botched injection removed.
In order to remove the filler — and the nasty infection — doctors had to literally squeeze it out of her forehead after making a small incision at her hairline. And like any other popping video that's gone viral, it's gruesome. Like almost too-hard-to-watch gruesome. (We said almost.) From the clip, which you can see in full here, a doctor is forced to push out the filler, along with its what appears to be piles of pus (ew) until only a concave remains on Guang's forehead. After removing all of the pus (again, sorry), the area where the dermal filler was originally injected was stitched up.
Moral of this terrifying, slightly disturbing story? If you're interested in learning more about injectables and non-invasive cosmetic procedures, please, for the love of god, book an appointment with an accredited doctor for a consultation. That way, if you do decide to move forward with the procedures, it's done by the books, by a trained medical professional, in a hygienic and licensed facility. Whew.
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