FILLER HELL
Furious women left ‘suicidal’ and in agony after ‘botched’ lip fillers from ‘con artist’ beautician
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DOZENS of women have hit out after "botched" lip fillers from a "con artist" beautician left them in agony.
The women, one of whom claims to have been left feeling suicidal by the ordeal, paid up to £160 for the "lumpy" lips from practitioner Cheryl Kelso in Ayrshire.
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Ms Kelso, trading under Cheryl Aesthetics and CSC Aesthetics, is said to have contacted them on social media offering cut-price deals.
But a string of customers have now hit out, claiming the fillers they were given left them looking deformed.
Some say they have been left in excruciating pain as a result of the procedures, with one claiming she "ended up looking like something from botched up bodies".
Others have flooded social media with complaints and pictures of their fillers - while also claiming Ms Kelso told them she worked as a nurse at a Glasgow hospital.
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Cole Rorison, a support worker from Kilmarnock, said she had been "left feeling suicidal" after the botched procedure - and needed the filler dissolved.
She said: “Cheryl is a professional con artist who then blocks all contact and you are left looking like a fish taking a stroke.
“I was left feeling suicidal and needed them dissolved as the filler and treatment is wrong.”
Meanwhile, hairdresser Rebekka Strike said she had been "stupid" to have the fillers.
She said: “[Cheryl] made me feel like it was my fault.
“I first asked her for more to fill the gaps and she was willing to do that, but wasn’t willing to see me for a review or help me at all.
“I went to find her page and it’s gone. I put my trust in her, she actually was really kind and reassuring but it was all just lies. I can't believe it.
“In hindsight, we all should have read more into it and done more research on her but you just don't think something like this will happen.
“I just honestly thought it was a good deal to build her clientele, how stupid of me. We don’t deserve this at all.”
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Tasha Gibson, who is a hairdressing student, got her lips done in May this year.
It cost the 27-year-old £150 and the procedure was performed at her home in Ayrshire.
She said: “Cheryl is a vile person. Most of the lips she has done have been a mess, she needs to be stopped.
“The woman lured me in with constant random messages over Facebook giving me deals.
“As a person that has never used fillers I jumped at the chance of 1ml for £150.
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“But after getting them done I messaged Cheryl asking why my lips were so lumpy and bruised still.
“All I got back was to put a hot cloth on them. Then I noticed I was blocked. I didn’t even know she had made a new page until I saw the Facebook post the other day.
“She had told me she worked for the NHS at Crosshouse Hospital which made me believe she was qualified.
“I just felt horrible and insecure afterwards. I had booked a holiday to Tenerife and had to go with lips that resembled a dog's dinner.
“It has put me off going to get them redone again."
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And Tasha said the experience has put her off going for more procedures in the future.
She said: “This was the first time I have ever had fillers and it will be the last.
"It’s put me off for life.
“I was thinking of getting them dissolved but my friend had to and she said it was the worst pain she’s ever experienced.
“I have certainly learned there are some really good talented girls out there doing fillers, we just have to make sure we all do the proper research before getting anything done.
“I feel sorry for everyone else who had to go through the same painful ordeal as myself.
LAX RULES FEAR
NON-surgical cosmetic procedures are almost totally unregulated in the UK.
Fillers for wrinkles and plumping up lips are covered by only the same level of regulation as toothbrushes.
Anyone can advertise themselves as a non-surgical cosmetic practitioner and administer these treatments.
NHS national medical director Sir Bruce Keogh conducted a review in 2013 and concluded fillers were a “crisis waiting to happen”.
He said: “The most striking thing is that anybody, anywhere, anytime can give a filler to anybody else, and that is bizarre.”
“Some of the pictures I have seen are nasty.”
Meanwhile Morgan Graham, 20, also had her lips done in May.
The hairdresser, from Kilmaurs, said that Cheryl "has to be stopped."
Speaking about her experience, Morgan said: “You can see the lumps and whiteness in my pictures and video.
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"They were miles worse at the time but they’re starting to dissolve naturally now.
“And she nearly gave one of my pals septicaemia. She has to be stopped.
"She looked like your average staff nurse. It’s terrifying because she came across super professional at the time and gave me all this patter saying how well I was doing with the pain.
"I messaged her afterwards telling her I was unhappy because of the lumps, she said I was to let them settle then blocked me.
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“I didn’t have anybody to turn to for help and couldn’t contact her as she deleted her page.”
Morgan shared a social media warning about Cheryl which since racked up more than 200 shares since it was posted on Friday.
She hoped it would stop others falling victim - but was left heartbroken when dozens of girls stepped forward to say they had also been left with botched lips.
She said: “I was heartbroken because I put the status up to prevent it from happening to anyone else.
“Little did I know that she had already done the damage to so many girls.
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“I can’t believe the state she left some of the girls in.
“I was one of the lucky ones. Mine are only bad looking up close.
“I went to another aesthetics nurse to get a top up and she told me there’s no way she could touch them as Cheryl had put the filler in the wrong place, far too close to the surface.
“My lips are now all white because the filler is too close to the surface. She told me she’s used a very synthetic filler. I’m terrified in case it’s silicon or something.”
MOST READ IN NEWS
The British Association of Aesthetic Surgeons has urged the Government to impose “stronger regulation” on dermal fillers, and other non-surgical cosmetic ops.
They remain unregulated, meaning anyone wielding a syringe can order them off the internet and cash in on the growing trend.
Two out of five cosmetic surgeons saw patients suffering nasty complications stemming from the treatments last year, highlighting the extent of the problem, BAAS said.
The Scottish Sun has made attempts to get in touch with Ms Kelso for comment.
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