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'I got lip filler dissolved - my lips were left looking minutes from exploding'Kimia Ahwazi, 24, from Leiden, in the Netherlands, has told how she was left panicking after her lips ballooned
in size due to an allergic reaction when she went to have lip filler removedCommentsNewsTim Hanlon News Reporter19:42, 04 Jun 2025 A woman who had her lip filler dissolved says her lips
appeared "minutes away from tearing open” after having an allergic reaction to what should have been a regular beauty fix.
Kimia Ahwazi, 24, went in to have her lip filler dissolved but instead walked out of a clinic with lips that had ballooned in size. The shocking look stayed with Kimia for around three days
before her lips started to go back to normal and she now says that the experience has made her more mindful when going for beauty treatments. She immediately felt something was wrong and was
very worried.
Kimia told how she suffered an allergic reaction(Image: Kimia Ahwazi / SWNS) “I had an allergic reaction to the substance which made my lips swell up. First I was very concerned because I
immediately realised something was wrong,” she said.
Kimia from Leiden, in the Netherlands, had decided her lip filler days were coming to an end and finally made the decision to get it removed. Unfortunately, her decision left her with
gigantic lips, which was quite the opposite of what she was hoping for.
She told how the swelling caused her to panic but after visiting her doctor, she was assured that it was just a minor reaction to the substance which would soon go down. Kimia explained that
it wasn't so much the pain that was the problem but the anxiety and she was panicking, believing that her lips could split at any second.
Article continues belowHer lips ballooned in size(Image: Kimia Ahwazi / SWNS) She said: "After it started swelling so much, I called my usual doctor, and she told me to keep an eye on it and
it will probably go down. So, from there on I was calm but thought it was very funny looking.
"It stayed growing and swelling up for up to five hours then started going down. After two/three days my lips looked normal again. It wasn’t necessarily super painful, but the tension was
uncomfortable as it literally looked and felt like my lips were minutes away from tearing open.
"I don’t regret it since fortunately nothing bad happened, but I am more cautious now with where I go for beauty treatments. I would add for women to really listen to their intuition. That
the best clinic might not work for you like it does for others. Quality over pricing always!"
Kimia had gone to have lip filler dissolved(Image: Kimia Ahwazi / SWNS) It comes as people have been warned over cheap lip treatments that could leave people with a nasty infection - or even
blind. Dr Paige Shaw, a specialist in facial aesthetic treatments dentist at Ever Clinic in Glasgow, Scotland, said the cut-price fillers put you at risk of a 'lifetime of pain'.
Article continues below She says that patients receiving lip fillers abroad have been left with black, 'necrotic' or rotting lips as a result of poor treatment standards and dodgy
procedures. If not treated in time, sufferers can face a lifetime of corrective treatments, costing them thousands more than their cheap deal appeared to save them.
One particular area of danger comes from vascular occlusion, where substance injected as lip filler enters a blood vessel and blocks blood supply. Dr Shaw said: “We are seeing increasing
numbers of patients who are desperate to have complications fixed.