Liposuction and Plastic Surgery Information - Plastic surgeon sued by "celebrity" for botched lip augmentation

Plastic surgeon sued by "celebrity" for botched lip augmentation

Monday, 29 January 2007

Former Dead or Alive singer Pete Burns, who had something of a comeback through his appearance on the UK reality TV show Celebrity Big Brother is suing a plastic surgeon because of claims that his lip augmentation procedure was botched.

Burns claims that his surgeon, Dr Maurizio Viel left him looking "physically repulsive" through negligence and that the side effects of the lip augmentation procedure included blistring, swelling and encountering difficulty in eating and drinking.

Burns claims that he has been advised by other doctors that the damage caused by the lip augmentation is so bad that he may need to have his lips surgically removed.

'What happened to me after a series of injections was far worse than any nightmare I could have envisioned,' he said.

'Not only was it agonisingly painful but it was physically repulsive in the extreme.

'It was impossible to lead any life whatsoever. I was unable to leave my house as I was so distorted with swelling and I might begin to discharge yellow pus that was coming from the holes in my face.'

In proceedings lodged in England's High Court, Burns claims that the lip augmentation procedure has left him "seriously suicidal and depressed" with the result that "he could have problems for the rest of my life".

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