Beauty lover who was left with giant sausage lips claims they swelled to 20 TIMES their normal size after an allergic reaction to a jab to dissolve her filler
An extreme allergic reaction to lip filler dissolver left a woman with ballooned lips and saw her rushed to A&E.
Daniella Bolton, 24, from Edinburgh, went to get her lip filler dissolved last month to make way for fresh jabs, and was told by the beautician that her swelling would soon subside.
But after she left the apopointmnent, her lips started getting bigger by the minute.
By the time she arrived home her lips had completely ballooned and the panicked sales administrator dashed to the doctors where she was given steroid tablets that quickly reduced the swelling.
Photos and footage captured by Daniella show her massive lips and puffy face which she endured for around four hours before they eventually reduced in size after taking medication.
Daniella bolton (24) from Edinburgh, Lothian, who claims her lips swelled to 20 times their normal size after an allergic reaction to lip filler dissolver
Daniella's lips continued to swell by the minute and grew so big they were a huge cause for concern
Daniella decided to dissolve her lip filler in order to start afresh. Pictured before getting her lips dissolved
After an 'awful' ordeal, she is keen to raise awareness of the severe reactions that can happen following the procedure - even if you get a patch test beforehand like she did.
Daniella said: 'My reaction was awful. They looked like sausage lips.
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'I don't know if I'm exaggerating but I would genuinely say they were about 20 times the normal size.
'It was so scary. I was in a lot of shock because I've never seen my lips that big before.'
The practitioner had advised Daniella that the swelling would go down within an hour, but they continued to grow every minute
She claims she had her patch test around 10-15 minutes before having the procedure that injected hyaluronidase, an enzyme that dissolves filler, into her lips.
Daniella started going into shock after seeing her appearance and realising her lips weren't going down as described
'I was just a bit stressed about how they looked because I wasn't sure if it was normal or if it was going to go away.'
'I was in a panic thinking, "When are they going to go down?".'
Daniella said she originally booked her appointment to get half a millilitre of filler, but decided to get them dissolved and start afresh to prevent it from migrating.
She claims she had her patch test around 10-15 minutes before having the procedure - an injection of hyaluronidase - an enzyme that dissolves filler, into her lips.
Daniella said: 'I got a little patch test in my arm just to see if it would be fine. My skin did go a little bit red, but I do have really sensitive skin anyway so I didn't think anything of it.
Daniella was meant to attend a work night but couldn't go because of how bad the reaction got but feels glad she's okay now
After the ordeal, the sales administrator is keen to raise awareness of the severe reactions that can happen following the procedure - even if you get a patch test beforehand like she did
Daniella said she originally booked her appointment to get half a ml of filler but decided to get them dissolved and start afresh to prevent it from migrating.
The 24-year-old was given eight steroid tablets which reduced the swelling within 30 minutes and also made her feel a lot better.
The beauty lover began to panic as she saw what was happening to her face as she realised it wasn't a normal reaction
As well as the swelling, Daniella began to get hot and started to feel sick which indicated something had gone wrong
'I got the injections in my lips. They got big quite quickly but apparently when you get your lips dissolved they're meant to go quite big anyway. Although I'm not sure they're meant to go as big as what mine went.'
'After I left, the girl said to me that within an hour it should go down. After I'd left the place they started getting a little bit bigger every minute and I was like "My God, what has gone on?'".
'By the time I'd driven back to Edinburgh from Glasgow my lips were still the same. I sent her a message on Instagram and she phoned me straight away asking if I was feeling OK.'
Daiella was advised to go to A&E if she started struggling to breathe 'because obviously that's when something would be severely wrong.'
'My lips were really big and I was starting to feel a little bit unwell as well,' she recalled. 'I was getting quite hot and I explained that to the doctors.'
The reaction could have been really severe and Daniella feels lucky her throat didn't close up and the reaction wasn't worse
The beautician who performed the procedure advised Daniella to go to the doctor straight away if she was feeling unwell
The sales worker wants others to know that patch testing still isn't 100 per cent reliable for assessing allergies
The 24-year-old was given eight steroid tablets which reduced the swelling within 30 minutes and also made her feel a lot better.
Daniella said: 'That evening I was meant to be having a work night but then I couldn't go because of how I had reacted. So I had to cancel my Friday night plans which was a bit gutting, but at least I was fine that's the main thing.'
'I've only ever seen it happen once before and never really heard of it. It's not really something that's spoken about and obviously it can be quite dangerous as well.'
'It could have been really severe and I was quite lucky that my throat didn't close up or anything because I know that can happen after reading up on it.'
'It's just to make people aware that these reactions can happen and just because you get a patch test doesn't mean that it's 100 percent going to be fine.'
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