![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/i-got-35-budget-lip-filler-for-my-birthday-and-it-was-the-biggest-mistake-ever/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/newspress-collage-20274285-1667210468908.jpg&description=A mum's 'cheap' £35 birthday treat lip fillers turned into a nightmare when she developed a 'golf ball-sized lump' - that has left her with a 'lopsided' lip. Bethany Dowsey had one millilitre of filler injected into her lips on Wednesday 26 October - the day after her birthday - after deciding to treat herself with her birthday money. Bethany Dowsey had one millilitre of filler injected into her lips as a treat for her birthdayCredit: Kennedy News The stay-at-home mum shared shocking photos of her bruised lips to urge people to thoroughly research aesthetic practitionersCredit: Kennedy News As hours went by she claims a lump on the left side of her top lip grew and became increasingly painfulCredit: Kennedy News The 25-year-old says it was the first time she had ever got lip filler done and so she thought that the immediate pain and swelling were 'normal'. But as hours went by she claims a lump on the left side of her top lip grew and became increasingly painful before urgent care doctors revealed that she had suffered a haematoma. Despite the practitioner saying it was just 'normal swelling', this pooling of blood outside the blood vessels and resulting firm mass can be damaging if allowed to progress. The stay-at-home mum has now shared shocking photos of her lumpy, bruised lips to urge people to thoroughly research aesthetic practitioners before getting fillers. Bethany, from Bishop Auckland, Durham, said: "I got my lips done for my birthday - that was my present off my mum and nanna. "I'm a mum with two kids so usually I can't afford to try lip filler and things like that so when I found the offer for £35 I thought 'oh my god that's amazing, I'll try it' but it ruined my birthday. "My friend had been to the woman [for lip filler] and nothing had happened to them so I thought she must be alright and legit. "I went in with my friend - it was a house. She took me in a little square box room in the back and put the numbing cream on. "It hurt when she did it and my l){kind=link}
A mum’s ‘cheap’ £35 birthday treat lip fillers turned into a nightmare when she developed a ‘golf ball-sized lump’ – that has left her with a ‘lopsided’ lip.
Bethany Dowsey had one millilitre of filler injected into her lips on Wednesday 26 October – the day after her birthday – after deciding to treat herself with her birthday money.
The 25-year-old says it was the first time she had ever got lip filler done and so she thought that the immediate pain and swelling were ‘normal’.
But as hours went by she claims a lump on the left side of her top lip grew and became increasingly painful before urgent care doctors revealed that she had suffered a haematoma.
Despite the practitioner saying it was just ‘normal swelling’, this pooling of blood outside the blood vessels and resulting firm mass can be damaging if allowed to progress.