A woman was left unable to close her eyes after undergoing plastic surgery with a ‘bogus’ doctor.
Alleged Russian plastic surgeon Tatyana Stankevich, 38, who denies any wrongdoing, has been put under house arrest pending a trial.
One of her patients – named Lyubov, 53, went to her for a blepharoplasty to remove excess skin from the lower eyelids, but says she suffered severe complications.
‘I had huge bruises under my eyes after the surgery,’ said Lyubov. ‘My eyelids began to turn inside out, severe tearing began.’
She was left unable to close her eyes. ‘I realised something was badly wrong. But [the surgeon] kept convincing me that the symptoms would pass, the skin would tighten.
‘She injected the lower eyelids with medication. I think she was lulling me into a false sense of security.
‘Then she went on vacation… I was getting worse and worse.’
She went to another clinic for advice and was immediately told she needed urgent treatment to rectify the horror.
POLICE INTERVENTION
Stankevich’s home was raided by police, who allegedly found that she was not qualified to perform surgeries.
‘During the searches, the suspect’s mobile phone was found, which contained images of the procedures she had performed,’ said the committee.
‘Unregistered medical drugs were also found. It was established that the operations were carried out both in the absence of an appropriate license at a medical centre and at home by a doctor who did not have an education in plastic surgery.
‘The suspect was detained. She was placed under house arrest.’
She will remain under house arrest until a court hearing on January 29.
