According to the Daily Mail, Amelia Greville, 24, bought B2,600 deal for Juvederm lip fillers from Groupon Thailand, which normally costs B21,000 in the United Kingdom.
She told the Mail she thought Groupon in Thailand was a trusted site like in the UK.
After the injections in April last year, she said her lips initially looked nice. But within two months, a lump formed on her top lip and another on her bottom lip.
When Ms Greville returned to the clinic two months later, staff injected her with another fluid they claimed would rectify the problem.
Instead, her lips started to swell and turn blue. Later, more yellow, painful lumps formed on top of the initial lumps.
She then went to see another doctor who said he believed the clinic had used silicone, a much cheaper and illegal substance in Thailand.
“The doctor I spoke to contacted the Juvéderm supplier in Thailand to check whether they have ever had an order from this clinic; they confirmed, they have not,” Ms Greville told the Mail.
She was referred to a surgeon at Samitijev Hospital in Bangkok, who said he could fix her lips with surgery and a fat graft, but the cost will be B75,000.
Miss Greville believes the repair job she is fundraising for will prove she was injected with silicone and allow her to take action against the clinic.
“Not only do I need the surgery to deal with the lack of confidence this ordeal has given me, but also so that I can prove to the Thai authorities and the Thai FDA that this clinic is injecting people illegally, and have them prosecuted and shut down permanently,” she said.
She has also complained to Groupon, which refunded her money and took the advertisement for the deal off its site.
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