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A young woman learned that you get what you pay for after she had a severe allergic reaction to lip filler injections that left her looking like a duck.
Emma, from Kentucky, USA, said she always wanted lip fillers and found a clinic that would do them for half the normal price.
However, hours after receiving the injections, her lips became extremely swollen and she shared the comical pictures of her swollen face on a viral TikTok. video.
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Emma, from Kentucky in the US, had recounted her ‘traumatic’ experience after having an allergic reaction to lip fillers that left her waddling and unable to speak.
Emma said the experience was “the worst of her life” and extremely painful as she is “terrified” of needles.
“It was very traumatic, but now that me, my boyfriend, my family, my friends look back on it, it’s quite funny,” Emma said in a second TikTok. video.
“I wanted lip fillers for longer (longer) but I never got them because I’m scared of needles, I’m scared of needles, I don’t want anything to do with them.”
Despite being told not to have the procedure by her boyfriend, family and friends, Emma said she was “stubborn” and did it anyway.
She found a clinic near her that charged just $348 per injection, whereas they normally cost more than double, according to Emma.
Emma went to a clinic that offered lip fillers at their normal price and said it was the “most painful experience of her life.” Two hours later, her lips and her face have become severely swollen.
“I should have known that from the beginning because I called three different places and they were all between $700 and $800,” he said.
“I didn’t want to pay that, so I called them and it was $400 plus a $60 deposit or something, which is why I went there.”
When she arrived for the procedure, Emma was given a numbing cream around her lips for 30 minutes to which she said she had no reaction.
“After they took off the numbing cream, they started injecting me. I asked them for a half syringe because it was my first item, I didn’t want a full syringe but they ended up giving me a full syringe,” Emma said.
He explained that the injection contained something called Restylane, a strain of lidocaine which is a common numbing agent and to which his lips eventually reacted.
“They did, it was the worst pain of my entire life. I don’t want to have it again just for that reason and the swelling,” Emma said.
“After I got it, it was perfectly fine, I loved them, then a couple hours later it started to swell.”
Emma said her lips ‘felt like they were going to explode’ and she couldn’t even speak because they were so big.
Then her “panicked” boyfriend woke her up from a nap and urged Emma to go to the hospital, but she didn’t want to for fear of having to get more needles.
“I called the place, they told me it was normal and not to worry,” Emma recalled.
Emma called the hospital and they told her to take Benadryl, a common antihistamine and sedative, and the swelling subsided after a couple of days.
“I called the hospital, I didn’t go because I’m hardheaded, I didn’t want to go and get pricked with more needles.”
Hospital staff told her to take Benadryl, a common antihistamine and sedative, and the swelling subsided after a couple of days.
‘Make sure if you go looking for them that you’re not allergic to anything like lidocaine or something or the same thing will happen to you,’ Emma finally warned.
Emma’s videos have been viewed more than 5.4 million times and thousands of people in the comments were shocked while others thought the ordeal was hilarious.
“Here’s everyone’s cue to embrace your natural beauty,” one woman laughed.
“Couldn’t stop laughing at the side profile,” wrote another.
“The fact that they have spelled Restylane wrong is an immediate red flag. I’m so sorry this happened to you,” said a third.
‘Ok, this is my cue not to get it. Like everyone tells me no and I was going to book to do them anyway,” said a fourth.