Thursday, December 05, 2024 - A woman was left unable to close
her eyes after undergoing plastic surgery that was done by a 'bogus' Russian
medic.
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,
from Moscow 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.
The surgery was at Stankevich's Moscow apartment, from where
she ran her business 'Beauty Therapy'.
Investigators revealed that she was just a beauty therapist
and not qualified to conduct surgery. She operated on multiple people,
according to reports, and clients did not ask her for her qualifications.
The company director would tell her patients that she had
performed surgeries at home before and that they had always gone well,
according to reports.
However, two other female patients also filed complaints
with the Russian Investigative Committee.
One needed intensive care treatment after reportedly being
operated on in a medical centre.
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.'
'This is a complete fake. It's a criminal case, there is
simply no crime. If the patient herself says that she is happy with everything,
then there is simply no crime,' Stankevich reportedly insisted.
'No operations were performed in the apartment. Both were in
the clinic.
But one of the patients knew my home address. She came once
late in the evening so that I could provide her with some help,' Stankevich
claims, according to REN TV.
'The second patient, the one with the eyelids, she violated
all the recommendations, she was self-medicating,' she added.
Police are continuing to investigate, including looking into
whether any more patients seeking cheap surgeries could have been affected.
She will remain under house arrest until a court hearing on January 29.
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