A woman was left with a crooked mouth for nine months after a plastic surgery accident in central China.
The devastated 25-year-old patient, surnamed Guo, paid 35,000 (£3,960) for jaw reshaping surgery at the Wuhan Huamei Plastic Surgery Hospital at the end of March last year. Four days after the operation, she was shocked to wake up with a pair of deformed lips.
Doctors at the hospital insisted the condition was the result of nerve damage caused by a complication in the procedure, according to Chinese reports.
The devastated 25-year-old patient, surnamed Guo, paid 35,000 (£3,960) for jaw reshaping surgery at Wuhan Huamei Plastic Surgery Hospital at the end of March last year.
Four days after the operation, Guo was shocked to wake up with a pair of deformed lips. Above, patient Guo’s lips before surgery and below, her crooked lips after the procedure
A recent evaluation by a judicial agency approved by the Ministry of Justice of Hubei Province stated that Guo’s condition was a Grade 10 disability, according to CCTV.
The scale, where one is the highest and 10 the lowest, is determined by the Ministry of Labor and Social Security.
“I was just hoping to shave a bit of my lower jaw to make my features a little softer,” the woman told the video news site Pear.
When she complained to the doctors after the procedure, she was told that everything would be back to normal in two months. In May, he received treatment after an electromyogram, a nerve and muscle test.
A recent evaluation by a judicial agency approved by the Ministry of Justice of Hubei Province stated that Guo’s condition is a Grade 10 disability, according to CCTV
In May, Guo was treated after having an electromyogram, a nerve and muscle test
However, after more than nine months, her condition did not improve, and Guo still had a wrinkled mouth.
In November, the hospital offered to reimburse the 35,000 yuan (£3,960) cost of the surgery and an additional 5,000 yuan (£566) in compensation, but Gu refused.
“I did not accept their offer. My whole life is ruined,” he said.
“Look at me – my lips are still crooked. I can’t control my muscles on this side anymore,” she said, pointing to her left chin.
“I’m only 24, I’m still single.” she added. “I am very worried about my future. I look so ugly, what am I going to do?’
“Look at me – my lips are still crooked. I can’t control my muscles on this side anymore,” Guo said, pointing to her left chin. Nine months after her surgery, she still has a sore mouth
The number of complaints filed by consumers about disfigurement caused by botched plastic surgery across China exceeds 20,000 annually, according to CCTV.
In January, a university student died of malignant hyperthermia, a severe reaction caused by anesthesia, during a nose job at the Li Mei Kang Plastic Surgery Hospital in Guiyang, Guizhou Province.
The National Health Commission is cracking down on unregulated cosmetic clinics, imposing penalties in more than 2,700 cases involving legal violations and irregularities in cosmetic surgery services last year, according to China Daily.
Health authorities across China have revoked the licenses of 28 cosmetic surgery providers, including medical institutions, ordered 47 vocational training institutes to stop illegal services, and ordered service providers to correct 743 cosmetic surgery advertisements.
