Woman left combating for her life after ‘getting filler injections from practitioner she discovered on Facebook’

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By Linda Ikeji
9 November 2026, 10:33 am

A girl has revealed how she was left combating for her life after present process beauty filler injections administered by a practitioner she discovered on Facebook.

Helena Collard, 59, from Cardiff, determined to enhance her look after shedding weight, which left her feeling “old and wrinkly”.

She later got here throughout a practitioner primarily based in Newport whereas shopping Facebook and booked an appointment for the next day to have dermal fillers injected into her face.

A couple of days after receiving the injections on the practitioner’s dwelling, the mom’s face began swelling, and consuming or consuming grew to become unbearably painful.

Mrs Collard was subsequently rushed to the accident and emergency division, the place medical doctors recognized her with facial cellulitis and a doubtlessly life-threatening an infection.

It was gathered that medical workers have been compelled to make incisions throughout all of the areas the place the injections had been administered, leaving her with everlasting scars.

She has now determined to share her ordeal within the hope of warning different girls in regards to the potential risks of beauty fillers and inspiring them to think twice earlier than present process such procedures.

‘There was no paperwork, however I’d by no means had this accomplished, so I did not realise there are consultations that must be in place. I do really feel foolish; at my age I ought to know higher,’ she instructed ITV’s This Morning.

‘I bear in mind saying to my daughter, folks exit after filler – how the hell can I am going out? I could not even depart the home. The ache and the swelling received worse, I used to be struggling to eat and drink.

‘I ended up having emergency surgical procedure. So somewhat than dissolving it […] they reduce each space that was injected as a result of it was filled with an infection.’

Gwent Police confirmed a 45-year-old man has since been arrested on suspicion of part 18 assault. He has been launched on police bail.

Skin well being specialist Dr Amiee Vyas warned of the hazards of unregulated beauty procedures.

‘While these remedies do improve magnificence, they don’t seem to be magnificence remedies; they’re medical remedies, these are needles entering into. You must have an understanding of anatomy, and of cleanliness,’ she mentioned.