Lyubov, 53, from Moscow, visited ‘pseudo’ plastic surgeon Tatyana Stankevich for blepharoplasty to remove excess skin from the lower eyelids – and now can’t close her eyes
Woman left unable to close her eyes after ‘bogus’ plastic surgery
A woman has been left unable to close her eyes after undergoing plastic surgery with a “bogus” Russian medic.
“Pseudo” plastic surgeon Tatyana Stankevich, 38, has been put under house arrest pending a trial which could see her jailed. Her patient – named Lyubov, 53, from Moscow – went to her for blepharoplasty to remove excess skin from the lower eyelids.
“I had huge bruises under my eyes after the surgery,” said Lyubov after the surgery went horribly wrong. “My eyelids began to turn inside out, severe tearing began.” She was left unable to close her eyes as she explained: “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. Lyubov then complained to law enforcement. The surgery was at Stankevich’s home surgery but investigators say she was a beauty therapist but not qualified to conduct surgery.
Two other women patients filed complaints with the Russian Investigative Committee. One needed intensive care treatment. “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.”
Meanwhile, in the West and near-East there have been several instances of botched procedures being carried out on multiple women. The Mirror recently reported about a case where a Brit mum claimed a clinic in Tukey charged her £8,000 in hospital feeds after they botched her “mummy makeover” then threatened to “hold her hostage” if she did not cough up the cash.
