Woman hospitalised after botched eyelash infection leaves her with infected eye

03 July 2023 , 18:27
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Woman hospitalised after botched eyelash infection leaves her with infected eye
Woman hospitalised after botched eyelash infection leaves her with infected eye

A woman has left people horrified after sharing the disastrous results of her botched eyelash extensions – which left her being rushed to hospital.

When Dyreante Notto booked herself in for the beauty treatment, she had no idea that the luxury treat would take a horrifying turn.

Instead of getting long, lush lashes, the 24-year-old was left with an infected eye that doubled in size and leaked puss.

Sharing the before and after clips on TikTok, viewers have been left horrified with 1.7 million viewers so far.

Woman hospitalised after botched eyelash infection leaves her with infected eye qhidqhidrtiqkuinvDyreante has not had lash extensions since the incident and now advises others to thoroughly research (Jam Press/@itsdyreante)
Woman hospitalised after botched eyelash infection leaves her with infected eyeHer eye became infected, doubled in size, and leaked puss after the appointment, causing intense burning and swelling. (Jam Press/@itsdyreante)

"I noticed things weren't right almost a few hours after the appointment because my eyes would not stop burning," Dyreante, who is a student, said.

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"I then began to see my eyes start to swell.

"I didn’t want to go back to the salon and let them take the extensions out because I already felt they had messed my eye up.

"So, I begin to take the lashes off with oil and the right side came off with ease.

"However, on the left side, those lashes didn't want to come off at all and I even tried to cut them down to access them more – but nothing!"

Woman hospitalised after botched eyelash infection leaves her with infected eyeAttempting to remove the lashes herself, Dyreante had no success, leading her to suffer through the symptoms in the hope they would subside. (Jam Press Vid/@itsdyreante)
Woman hospitalised after botched eyelash infection leaves her with infected eyeAttempting to remove the lashes herself, Dyreante had no success, leading her to suffer through the symptoms in the hope they would subside. (Jam Press/@itsdyreante)

After having no success at removing the right lashes, Dyreante decided to suffer through the burning and swelling, hoping it would go down, as she had an important exam to attend to.

However, symptoms only worsened and the student eventually ended up rushing to the hospital.

She said: "As I began preparing for the exam, I told myself I could do it even though I could barely even see.

"I proceeded to place a large bandage over my right eye to stop my left eye from constantly leaking.

"However, immediately after my exam, my sister had to rush me to the hospital because my eyes were in so much pain and my vision was completely blurred.

Woman hospitalised after botched eyelash infection leaves her with infected eyeHer TikTok video documenting the ordeal gained over 1.7 million views (Jam Press/@itsdyreante)
Woman hospitalised after botched eyelash infection leaves her with infected eyeDyreante has not had lash extensions since the incident (Jam Press/@itsdyreante)

"At first I went to an urgent care centre, but I was immediately told to go straight to the hospital.

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"My eye was infected and began to leak puss and fluids, so while in the hospital they gave me an IV and monitored me.

"They gave me medicine to stop the swelling, infection and pain."

In the TikTok, Dyreante, from Louisiana, US, shares a picture of her lashes just after she had got them done on 24 May.

It then skips to various videos of her eye swelling further as time goes on.

Dyreante then shows pictures and videos of herself in the hospital receiving treatment for the infection.

The video has over 198,000 likes and thousands of comments from shocked users.

Lee'Anna commented: "New fear unlocked."

Someone else wrote: "This why I sticking to strips cause ain’t no way." [sic]

"Why they sticking straight up like that. She would’ve had to take them off soon as I looked in the mirror," wrote someone else.

Mariah said: "Y’all make me want to stop wearing lashes in general." [sic]

One person commented: "This so scary… qlad you getting better." [sic]

Constance added: "Coming from a lash tech, I hope you got a refund or something ma. I’m so sorry this happened to you." [sic]

Someone else wrote: "That would be my first and last day wearing lashes."

Dyreante has not had her eyelashes done since and is now urging others to do research before getting lash treatments.

She added: "It took almost a week for the swelling to go down in my left eye.

"I have not had lash extensions since and it has been about a month.

"I only wear strip lashes now.

"I would say to people who want to get lash extensions to please do your research!

"Do your research on the lash technician, do your research on the products that are going to be used, and do research on your eyes."

Emmie Norton

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