Pete Burns’ botched lip implant

Tuesday February 20, 2007 | Posted in: Plastic Surgery Procedures
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Pop singer Pete Burns of 1980s band Dead or Alive is an example of someone who has had a botched lip implant surgery. He definitely looked weird as he sported a remarkably huge set of lips that don’t really fit to be worn by a man. He must have realized that the fish lips don’t work for him anymore so he decided to take the lip implants out. Unfortunately, this move has led to one of the worst scenarios of his life.

This Is London tells more.

In 2000 Burns went to Dr Maurizio Viel at the London Centre for Aesthetic Surgery to have a lip implant removed.

But instead of having the original implant taken out, he was injected with a filler called Evolution and then later with another called Outline.

Despite complications, Dr Viel persisted and injected more of the substance - only for the problems to escalate, causing swelling, blisters, discharge and lumps.

Eventually the singer was left so disfigured he could not eat normally, could only drink through a straw and did not leave his house for months. He said his career would have been at its peak if it were not for the botched surgery, as he was about to record with the Pet Shop Boys and pursue a number of solo projects as well as launch a greatest hits album.

This case is definitely one of those that involve choosing the wrong surgeon to perform the operation. The filler injection was so wrong already, considering that Pete wanted his implant out, not to add more to it. May this serve as a lesson to those who are planning to augment their lips. First and foremost, make sure that lip implants would really look good on you. There are not so many Angelina Jolies in this world, and you to need to ensure you can be one of them before you make a move.

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