A woman left disfigured and traumatised by an addiction to lip filler injections has issued a warning to others searching for the perfect pout after the plastic chemicals nearly killed her. Financial researcher Lauren Smalley, 30, from Bristol, has endured hours of painful treatments and surgery to remove the product Bio-Alcamid from her face which promised to provide her with permanently plumped lips. But instead of a perfect pout Lauren's mission to change her face nearly ended on her deathbed when the Bio-Alcamid formed tiny tumours called granulomas in her face. The infection which followed caused her to be hospitalised with suspected septicaemia and a surgeon was forced to cut the product from her top lip in an invasive three-hour surgery.
AN expectant mum suffered crippling contractions lasting a gruelling two months, due to complications from a rare condition .
THIS is the moment one irritated pelican nearly swallows the entire head of his unlucky competitor .
An American man continues on his mission to document his journey around the globe by completing a world map tattoo on his back .
Meet the real life princess who has spent £10k transforming herself into nine Disney beauties .
STRETCHING his little legs in the air, a smiley leaf-tailed gecko breaks free from his old, scaly skin .
HOTSPOT MEDIA - EVANDER HOLYFIELD VISITS SICK KIDS: Evander Holyfield in Birmingham children's hospital, where he was giving presents to sick kids .
Pinning a purple flower into her bleach blonde hair, pretty Ava admired herself in the mirror .
A British jewellery designer with a passion for London's iconic Gherkin has created a pen with an INK-REDIBLE price tag of £27,500 .
LIFTING their heads high and bumping beaks, these aggressive pelicans clash over fish .
HUNDREDS of colour coordinated yarns lie abandoned in this once thriving textile mill .
A Brit photographer has captured one of the world's most camera-shy species of fish - during a game of underwater peek-a-boo .