A woman was left unable to close her eyes after undergoing plastic surgery with a “fake” Russian doctor.
Alleged “pseudo” plastic surgeon Tatyana Stankevich, 38, who denies any wrongdoing, has been placed under house arrest pending trial.
One of her patients, named Lyubov, 53, from Moscow, came to her for blepharoplasty to remove excess skin from his lower eyelids, but says he suffered serious complications.
“After the surgery I had huge bruises under my eyes,” Lyubov said. “My eyelids started turning inside out, they started watering severely.”
She was unable to close her eyes. ‘I realized something was very wrong. But (the surgeon) kept convincing me that the symptoms would pass, the skin would tighten.
‘She injected medication into the lower eyelids. I think I was lulling myself into a false sense of security.
“Then she went on vacation… I was getting worse and worse.”
She went to another clinic for advice and was immediately told she needed urgent treatment to rectify the horror.
The patient named Lyubov, 53, from Moscow, underwent blepharoplasty but was unable to close her eyes.
Alleged “pseudo” plastic surgeon Tatyana Stankevich, 38, has been placed under house arrest pending trial.
Lyubov continued to report what had happened to the authorities.
The consultation took place in Stankevich’s apartment in Moscow, from where he ran his business “Beauty Therapy.”
But investigators say she was only a beauty therapist and was not qualified to perform surgery.
He reportedly operated on several people and clients did not ask him his qualifications.
The company director told her patients that she had performed surgeries at home before and they had always turned out well, according to reports.
However, two other patients also filed complaints with the Russian Investigative Committee.
One of them required intensive care treatment after reportedly undergoing surgery at a medical facility.
Police raided Stankevich’s home and allegedly discovered that she was not qualified to perform surgeries.
“During the searches, the suspect’s mobile phone was found, which contained images of the procedures she had performed,” the committee reported.
The patient, named Lyubov, is from the Moscow region. He complained to police after a second surgeon told him he needed urgent intervention.
She was unable to close her eyes. ‘I realized something was very wrong. But (the surgeon) kept convincing me that the symptoms would pass and the skin would tighten.’
‘Unregistered medications were also found. It was established that the operations were performed both in the absence of a corresponding license in a medical center and at home by a doctor who had no training in plastic surgery.
‘The suspect was arrested. They put her under house arrest.
‘This is completely false. It is a criminal case, there is simply no crime. If the patient herself says that she is happy with everything, then there is simply no crime,” Stankevich insisted.
Police raided Stankevich’s apartment and said they found “unregistered medications.”
Stankevich will remain under house arrest until a court hearing on January 29.
‘No operation was carried out in the apartment. They were both at the clinic. But one of the patients knew my home address. Once she came late in the afternoon so I could help her,” says Stankevich, according to REN TV.
‘The second patient, the one with the eyelids, violated all the recommendations, she self-medicated,’ he added.
Lyubov maintains that Stankevich decided to operate on her at home and had done the same with “many other people,” as well as at “clients’ homes.”
Police are continuing to investigate, including looking into whether more patients seeking cheap surgeries may have been affected.
He will remain under house arrest until a court hearing on January 29.