Young mum hospitalised as lip filler treatment goes horribly wrong and leaves her with 'duck lip'

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A young mum says she ended up in hospital after a botched filler treatment left her with a 'duck lip.' Grace Palmer, 23, then claims the practitioner threatened to 'smash her face in' if she told anyone about her 'horrendous' experience.

Grace said her top lip ballooned to triple its usual size after the needle was twice inserted into her lips. She was in so much pain Grace, from Lancashire, was forced to leave the home of the aesthetics practitioner, who promised she could have the 1ml of filler still in the syringe at a later date.

However the following day, after her lip became so big colleagues of the care assistant said they feared she may lose it - she paid a visit to A+E where she was given tablets to combat the swelling.

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"My top lip was massive, it was triple the size it normally is. My skin was so tight on my lip I thought it was going to burst, it was awful. I looked horrendous, I looked like a completely different person, it was just huge. I looked like I'd been punched.

"It was embarrassing too, I felt like hiding away from people. I was essentially left with a 'duck' lip." The mother-of-one says she contacted the practitioner whilst in the hospital waiting room, the day after her treatment on December 9 last year, in order to obtain her insurance details and was met with a barrage of 'aggressive and 'threatening' abuse.

Three months on she has now vowed has vowed never to get her lips done by anyone who operates from their home and isn't a registered nurse. The mum-of-one, from Earby in Pendle, said she decided to get the £50 treatment after previously having her lips done there and having no issues.

However,