Elaine Young was blonde, pretty, and popular, with a wealthy father that worked in

Hollywood, but no matter what she had, no matter the success she found in her

work, she felt that it wasn't enough and she couldn't compare to the other gorgeous women that were living in Beverly Hills.

When she learned about silicone injections, Elaine thought she finally found her answer, a way to keep up with the other

beautiful people around her. After about three years of injections, though, she realized that

the silicone in her face seemed to be moving and growing.

She told the New York Times that she became, quote, ugly and grotesque, and when she tried

to alert her doctor, he stopped returning her calls.

Elaine tried speaking to other doctors, but they didn't know how to help her.

In fact, the silicone in her face had become so hard that it was impossible to remove

and a different doctor injected steroids to try and reduce the

inflammation. It wasn't a long-term solution though and the pain in Elaine's face

became excruciating as the silicone grew up into her eye. As for that initial doctor, the one that injected her in the first place,

he had taken his life and both his practice and reputation were in ruins.

Elaine not only had no form of recourse against him, but she needed multiple surgeries, including

facial transplants, to undo the years-long damage.

A modern horror story, right?

Well, not exactly. This story comes from a 1988 New York Times article, and so that

means things have drastically changed since then, right? Regulations are for the better

and this would never happen in the modern day.

Also no, not exactly.

90s era supermodel Linda Evangelista told the world in 2021 that the side effects from a fat-freezing procedure left her brutally

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