Clara has known for a long time that she will have some kind of intervention. The drooping eyelids, which in some cases can prevent vision, run in her family and several have had operations. A few years ago, she heard about the non-surgical Plasma pen treatment.
She found a clinic with good reviews. Any major side effects, or that it would hurt a lot, were not mentioned during the consultation or on the website. Before the procedure, she received an anesthetic cream, but the pain was still great.
– It really hurt a lot, it started bleeding and smelled burnt, I wasn’t prepared for that, once I was there I understood that it hurts. Then it felt bigger than a facial.
Woke up with infection – could barely see
After the procedure, the eyelids swelled up and a stye formed, which was an expected side effect. But then it only got worse and when she woke up on day two she could barely open her eyes.
She sent a picture to the clinic and asked if it was normal, and was allowed to enter the salon. There they applied an ointment and gave her cortisone tablets.
– They were calm and said that it looks nice underneath the product.
Saved by his followers
Clara updated about the infection on her account @karen_in_real_life and it was only when her Tiktok followers who were nurses and doctors raised the alarm, that she understood the seriousness of the situation.
She went to a doctor, who did not hesitate to give her antibiotics. According to the doctor, just taking cortisone tablets was not the right solution.
– He said it was lucky that I came in now and not later. You can get sepsis and the consequences can be very serious. It is sensitive around the eyes where you have thin blood vessels.
Warns others
Now Clara is critical of the clinic not advising her to seek medical help. She also feels that she has been naive.
– It was a little uncomfortable that I trusted the salon so much, they work with this and have IDs and certificates. Then it is unpleasant to understand that they were not quite the right recommendations and that it could have been worse if I had followed them.
Clara has received the money back and has been paid for the medical care and medicine. The clinic has also apologized.
She would not have redone the procedure today – and she wants to warn others against taking the risk.
– I say that they should not do it completely honestly.