Botched nose job: Chinese actress shares photos of ‘nightmare’ after cosmetic surgery

Gao Liu posted images on social media showing part of her nose blackened with dead flesh in a warning on the dangers of cosmetic surgery

She says she needed follow-up operations after an infection, spent 61 days in hospital and lost US$61,800 in work

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Gao Liu posted candid pictures of her post-surgery face showing part of her nose blackened with dead flesh. Photo: Weibo

Published: 7:31pm, 5 Feb 2021Updated: 9:59am, 8 Feb 2021

A Chinese actress has shared shocking photos of her “nightmare” botched nose operation, warning fans of the dangers of cosmetic surgery.

Gao Liu posted candid pictures of her post-surgery face on China’s Twitter-like Weibo platform, which showed a part of her nose blackened with dead flesh.

She wrote to her 5 million followers that the experience had left her feeling suicidal and cost her several acting jobs.

“I had thought that these four hours [of surgery] would make me more beautiful, but I didn’t realise that they would be the beginning of a nightmare,” she wrote on Tuesday.

Plastic surgery is booming in China, with over 15.2 million patients estimated to have gone under the knife last year, according to a report by Chinese market research firm iiMedia.

The actress said the experience left her feeling suicidal and cost her several acting jobs. Photo: Weibo

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