I turned 40 and just wanted to ‘look better’ but I was left with a giant HOLE in my face

AFTER celebrating her 40th birthday, doctor Gina Anderson felt like she wanted to "look better".

Gina, who worked as a neurologist, set her heart on having a few "tweakments" - but wasn't sure where to turn.

A colleague offered to help, suggesting Gina try cosmetic fillers.

But, four years after having the work done, Gina noticed a horrific reaction.

The neurologist was found to have a giant granuloma - an area of inflammation - under her right eye.

It turned out that instead of injecting filler, Gina had been injected with silicone - leaving her with the huge growth, which ended up as a gaping hole in her cheek.

Desperate to fix it, she turned to Botched doctors, Dr Paul Nassif and Dr Terry Dubrow, who were shocked to hear how this had happened given Gina works as a doctor.

Dr Dubrow explained: "When you get a granuloma which is foreign body inflammatory action it typically happens within four months to a year.

"The fact that Gina didn't start to develop them until way later shows it's a very slow smouldering inflammatory chronic response that could be be difficult to treat."

Appearing on the show, Gina revealed how she came about having silicone injected into her face.

She said: "A colleague offered to do filler for me and I was like I’m in my 40s I’m going to look a little bit better and I thought I was getting restylane or juvederm, but it was silicone."

Silicone is not approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and is illegal to inject.

The FDA says that when injected into areas with many blood vessels, silicone can travel through those vessels to other parts of the body and block blood vessels in the lungs, heart, or brain.

Silicone injections are also outlawed in the UK.