I turned 40 and just wanted to ‘look better’ but I was left with a giant HOLE in my face

AT the age of 40, doctor Gina Anderson started feel as though she wanted to have some work done to ‘make her look better’.

Gina, who worked as a neurologist, decided on having some filler – but wasn’t sure where to turn.

BackGridDoctor Gina Anderson was left with a granuloma after having silicone injected into her cheeks[/caption]

BackGridGina had five surgeries before visiting the botched clinic – where she had to then have two more procedures[/caption]

BackGridDoctors repeatedly tried to fix Gina’s face but the issue kept coming back[/caption]

Four years after having the work done, Gina said a large granuloma emerged on her face.

In order to get the granuloma removed, Gina visited the Botched doctors, experts Dr Paul Nassif and Dr Terry Dubrow, who were shocked how this had happened to Gina, as she worked in the medical profession.

Dr Dubrow explained: “When you get a granuloma which is foreign body inflammatory action it typically happens within four months to a year.

“The fact that Gina didn’t start to develop them until way later shows it’s a very slow smouldering inflammatory chronic response that could be be difficult to treat.”

Appearing on the show, Gina revealed how she came about having silicone injected into her face.

She said: “A colleague offered to do filler for me and I was like I’m in my 40s I’m going to look a little bit better and I thought I was getting restylane or juvederm, but it was silicone.”

Silicone is not approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and is illegal to inject.

The FDA says that when injected into areas with many blood vessels, silicone can travel through those vessels to other parts of the body and block blood vessels in the lungs, heart, or brain.

Silicone injections are also outlawed in the UK.

Gina says she has only experienced the issue on one side of her face but revealed that there is actually no silicone in her left cheek.

Before visiting the clinic, Gina said she has so far had five surgeries to try and fix the issue.

She said: “The first one wasn’t bad, they removed the granuloma but it came back.

“Four months later they tried to get the silicone out and that didn’t work because the granulomas had come back.

“Then a month later it just got so much worse. The granulomas actually made a hole in my cheek .

“They actually did a flap to the lower eyelid area to reattach the skin.”

A year later Gina had the same procedure – a local skin flap, but says that less than a month later medics had to clean it out again after the granulomas came back.

She added: “When you can’t sleep and you’re in constant pain it’s hard to think on your feet all the time.

“I’m in agony, I don’t sleep, my hair started thinning like a hair loss and I just started feeling weak and fatigued, it’s been a nightmare.”

During her surgery with Dr Nassif, he said that he found ‘unsual things’ in her face and also removed what he said looked like a piece of gauze.

After the first surgery she said she felt a lot better, but sadly the swelling in her cheek came back.

Dr Nassif said that she has recurrent seromas and said his only option had been open her up again and completely remove the granuloma.

After going under the knife with Dr Nassif a second time, bringing her total surgeries to seven, she is now happy with the results.

Gina said that her energy levels have increased and her mood has also gotten better.

She added: “My hair loss has stopped and actually my hair is starting to grow back.

“My thought process is actually getting faster. I mean, it’s just a miracle. It’s just life-changing.”

BackGridAfter the first surgery with Dr Nassif, he said he had found ‘really strange’ things in Gina’s face[/caption]

BackGridAfter having to go through seven surgeries and says the process has been life-changing[/caption]