'I got face filler after I was mistaken for hubby's mum - then my nose fell off'
A woman who was repeatedly mistaken for her husband’s mum decided to get face filler to hide her “ageing” smile - but was horrified when half her nose fell off.
52-year-old Krysta Carson blames a “clumsy” injection using too much filler into a major blood vessel, causing her flesh to “melt off” two weeks after the work was done. She wanted to get the filler after she had been mistaken for her husband’s mum three times in two weeks despite having had Botox for almost two decades.
Each year since 2016 Krysta has had filler injected into her smile lines - but this year things didn’t go to plan. She said it was “terrifying” when a vascular occlusion caused the skin inside her mouth, nose and around her left nostril to fall off after becoming necrotic - meaning a localised area of tissue died.
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The entire nostril “rotted” and turned black with Krysta able to move it around - as it wasn’t properly attached to her face any longer. Krysta says she “lost the will to leave” after the disfigurement significantly damaged her three-decade long career as an entertainer - despite the doctor saying it would be all fine within six weeks of the incident.
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Krysta's flesh was caused to "rot" and fall off due to the dodgy face-filler operation (Kennedy News/@disfiguredbeauty)
Krysta went for the operation after repeatedly being mistaken for her husband's mum (Kennedy News/@disfiguredbeauty)Krysta’s husband, 42-year-old Redd Gill, found a prosthetics specialist to sort out her issue - and she has now shared her journey on TikTok to warn others of the potential dangers of dermal fillers. And she has shared her full story.
"I had been having Botox since the 90s and loved that and had amazing results,” she said. “My husband is 10 years younger than me and after he joined me here [in Seattle], in a period of about two weeks I got mistaken for his mother three times.”
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"I don't know if it was my neck or my cheek or what was giving away the difference in our ages, but I needed to do something about this. I sought out filler in 2015. I felt like I was really safe and in really good hands so I signed the consent form, which just had some warnings about bruising and swelling and a risk of infection. I didn't see anything else that concerned me at all."
Krysta is a performer by trade (Kennedy News/@disfiguredbeauty)
Krysta has worn this prosthetic nostril for two years (Kennedy News/@disfiguredbeauty)In 2020, Krysta visited the oc for a routing filler session before a wedding gig - but it all went horribly wrong and she was given an injection which left her permanently disfigured. "When I got home that day [October 12 2020] I started feeling a strange numbing, tingling sensation. And it [my face] started getting really swollen and I started slurring my words.
"It was getting progressively worse. In the morning I called the doctor's office and they said to come in right away. The doctor examined me and then left the room and came back looking very nervous. He told me he hit a blood vessel,” Krysta continued.
"I was terrified and confused and just did whatever they suggested and waited for more information when I would go back to the office every day. He still never told me that I could get necrosis and lose pieces of my face. He kept saying it's going to get worse before it gets better but you're probably going to be fine in about six weeks.
Krysta has now vowed to never get work done again - and embrace the ageing process (Kennedy News/@disfiguredbeauty)"I was very shocked when that day came along where I was dressing the wounds with the ointment that my doctor gave me and I saw the bottom of my nostril snap and detach from my upper lip. It caused some PTSD when I witnessed my face burning and melting and falling off.
"That was really terrifying. It was Halloween of 2020 the day that my entire left nostril just detached and was dangling there by a tiny piece of flesh. I was in shock and terrified. When you hit a blood vessel it blocks it and freezes it.
“It's similar to a frostbite injury. The flesh around it just dies and falls off. I think [the doctor] was particularly clumsy and careless in his injection and because it was such a big amount and a major blood vessel, it caused an extra large amount of damage."
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Krysta couldn’t open her mouth after the injury as it was swollen shut and she struggled to eat - meaning she lost 30 lbs in only 30 days. "My entire left nasal passage and the inside of my mouth also looked like that and felt like it was on fire,” she continued. “I went to see another doctor who specialises in reconstruction surgery. He took my bandages off and handed me a mirror and said it's not going to grow back.
"That was a really rude awakening. I really didn't realise until that day that it was just gone. That was when I lost my will to live. I knew I couldn't work. I've been working as a model and singer for 30 years and you can't do a lot without a whole face.
"I haven't been able to go back to work full time because I have such horrible breathing and breath support issues with my missing nostril and shrivelled nasal passage. It was a great life until this happened to me. I really miss it."
But Krystra couldn’t afford any kind of reconstructive surgery, so has instead worn a prosthetic nose for over two years. The entertainer is now saving up for prosthetics which should fit her face better.
Krysta said: "I felt relieved when I saw the prosthetic for the first time. I was just so relieved and grateful that I had a face again. My prosthetics person is a genius. I'm still screwed up and scarred and have to wear a fake nostril, but I can live a normal life.
"It's attached to a nasal stent so it's a breathing tube with a tiny little nostril at the end of it. When I put the prosthetic in it opens up that shrivelled, scarred nasal passage. It's functional as a breathing device. I don't know how I would have survived any of this without the prosthetics. They are amazing. I can't wait for new ones."
And now Krysta has made a change in her life - no more Botox or fillers. She has decided to embrace natural ageing. "It's really important to me that this doesn't happen to anyone else. If I was using this for years thinking it's totally safe, there could be people thinking the same. I just want people to know about it and choose their doctor wisely - that's so important."
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