I-Team: Las Vegas woman has warning after cosmetic procedure gone wrong

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) – A Las Vegas woman warns others that she has had a medical problem after undergoing cosmetic treatment.

Justine Hill says she worked hard to get back in shape after giving birth four years ago.

“I was just so excited that I lost so much weight because I lost nearly 120 pounds,” she told the I-Team.

But Hill felt there was a stubborn section.

“So I wanted to restore some volume to my buttocks area,” she said. “… I lost a lot of volume. So it almost looked like cellulite, but it was like a very large skin cavity, as if some volume was missing. It was like it was out of shape, no matter how I trained. ”

Hill tells us that she went to a woman she believed was a beautician to have her buttocks injected.

“It was starting to get very painful,” she said.

She says the pain got worse, which led to an infection.

Hill’s injection site

When Hill reached out to this woman again to learn more about what she had injected into her body, the answer was Macrolane.

If you look for information about the filler, you will find a horror story from abroad after it was allegedly injected into the breasts. You will also discover concerns as to whether it could affect cancer screenings.

“If someone uses Macrolane here, it is not with the blessing of the FDA,” said Dr. Jeffrey Roth, a plastic surgeon. “And it would be really interesting to see how they get their hands on it because they’re not supposed to be selling it here in the US.”

He adds, “The problem we have plastic surgeons is that people go to people who are not plastic surgeons, not even doctors, and we’ve had a couple of deaths even here in town.”

Roth, chairman of a committee for the Nevada State Medical Association, also points out state law which reads as follows:

“A person must not inject skin or soft tissue fillers unless the person is a doctor or nurse, dentist, nurse, or podiatrist.”

The surgeon explained, “Okay, no one else. The other thing is where can you inject? Right? So there is also a law because people were injected at the pools on the Strip, etc., etc. So it has to be in a medical facility or doctor’s office. ”

Roth says I-Team enforcement needs to get stronger. He says he’s treated patients trying to solve problems like Hills.

“I had a long conversation with myself and said, ‘We’re going to fix what I screwed up. We’re going to fix the karma I caused, but for everything else I have to find a natural way to do it, ‘”Hill shared.

She works in the cosmetics industry. She says she felt the need to look perfect, but now:

“It’s a nice thing to get old and older, you know, to have scars, you know, my caesarean scars that my kids came out of me, you know,” said Hill. “For example, it’s … it’s like any stretch mark and every thing is like a story.”

She’s worried that she might have scars from those bad injections, but she says she learned.

“Do your due diligence and love yourself,” encouraged Hill.

Authorities such as the Nevada State Board of Pharmacy, Medical Board, and law enforcement are investigating incidents involving illegal substances such as macrolane, injections given by someone who is not authorized to do so or in a location not allowed under Nevada state law is. These examinations are often based on complaints.