Botched plastic surgery to enlarge Chinese teen’s eyes leaves her in pain for a year
Hospital to bring in Shanghai expert after procedures leave 18-year-old girl with blurred vision and unable to fully use one of her eyelids
A hospital in northern China says it will bring in a Shanghai specialist to correct cosmetic surgery that went wrong, leaving a teenager in severe pain and unable to fully use one of her eyelids.
Xiaobai, an 18-year-old from Taiyuan, Shanxi province, told Knews on Sunday that she had double eyelid surgery and another procedure a year ago to enlarge her eyes, but it left her with a swollen eye, blurred vision and other problems.
Her sister, who was not named, told the news website that the family had complained to the Huamei Plastic Surgery Hospital, where Xiaobai had the two procedures, but it initially said the problems were normal and only temporary.
“Even now, the pain in her left eye is unbearable,” Xiaobai’s sister told Knews. “She often has tears streaming down her face from the affected eye, and she can’t open or shut that eyelid properly. Her eyelashes are now growing inward and irritating the eye.”
But last week, the hospital told the family they would hire a Shanghai specialist to correct the problem.
The hospital said it would take two more operations and there were risks involved, but it would discuss the options with the family, according to the report.
