Main content

'My lips swelled to the size of a golf ball'
Woman's Hour spoke to Emma, a young woman who was injected with lip filler in a 'clinic' set up in a stranger's apartment.
She had such a bad experience, she was forced to attend an emergency clinic two days later after her face turned purple due to a lack of blood supply.
This comes after The British Association of Cosmetic Nurses found that 40% of their members have rectified problems with fillers over the last two years - with a quarter reporting serious issues, such as blocked arteries and necrosis.
Duration:
This clip is from
More clips from Woman's Hour
![]()
'Jon and I tend to live more in the moment now'
Duration: 01:04
![]()
Woman traumatised after joining swinging site
Duration: 16:57
![]()
'My sense of reality completely broke down'
Duration: 01:03
![]()
Natalie Cassidy: 'My heart is in elderly care'
Duration: 01:16




