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Pretty Chinese actress left with rotting deformed nose after botched plastic surgery that has destroyed her career
A CHINESE actress has been left with a rotting nose after botched plastic surgery that she says has destroyed her career.
Gao Liu spent 61 days in hospital after undergoing the procedure in the southern city of Ghangzhou in October last year.
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In a post on Chinese social media network Weibo, Gao said she decided to have a nosejob after a friend suggested her nose was too short.
Gao is a graduate of the Beijing Film Academy and said her career had been going well.
The clinic, at the Xishi Shiguang hospital, told her the operation was safe and that she would recover within half a month, in time to resume work on a film in December and January.
The nose job, which lasted four hours, involved removing part of the cartilage from Gao's ear and transplanting it to her nose to build it to the desired shape.
"I thought these four hours would make me more beautiful," she wrote.
"I didn't expect these four hours to be the beginning of a nightmare."
Soon after the surgery, Liu’s nose became irritated and was found to have rejected the transplant, causing a serious infection.
Gao said she later learned that her nose had appeared irritated during the infection, and claimed that the issue could have been avoided if her doctors had reacted accordingly.
A number of days after the procedure, Gao had to undergo a second operation to remove the prosthesis and keep her nose from falling off.
She was then told she would recover completely, but her situation kept worsening until her nose became necrotic - cells began to die in tissue.
She then had to be transferred to another hospital for emergency treatment.
Doctors there told her that her nose was permanently damaged and her face would likely stay disfigured, leaving her devastated.
"[The infection] may cause my nose [not to] return to the way it was before surgery, which may mean that my career had ended in a hurry," she wrote.
"Everyone knows that the film industry looks glamorous to outsiders, but in fact it is full of hardships and pains," she wrote.
"My daily life needs strict self-discipline [and] austerity. All these efforts are just to chase my dreams."
She added that she may have to wait a year or even longer before she can safely undergo follow-up surgery to repair the damage to her nose.
She said that the disfigurement has caused her to lose £45,000 worth of filming work she had lined up.
She may also face a £227,700 compensation claim for breach of contract.
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She also said that the police had found the cosmetic clinic staff who performed the operation did not have the qualifications they should have.
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Gao said that when she tried to speak with the clinic where the surgery was performed about the botched operation she was simply referred to their lawyers.
She said she had decided to write the post because she had to "stand up and remind all the girls who love beauty in the world" about the dangers of some treatments.
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