A quest for cosmetic enhancement took a harrowing turn for a young woman when her pursuit of beauty left her with lasting scars, allegedly at the hands of an impersonator posing as a doctor.
In a startling case from January 2020, Dingrui Wang, a 34-year-old resident of Newton, Massachusetts, is accused of performing a double eyelid blepharoplasty on a 22-year-old woman in Allston. This information comes from the Suffolk County District Attorney, Kevin R. Hayden.
Despite claiming to be a licensed physician, Wang reportedly did not possess a valid medical license in Massachusetts. Authorities allege that during the procedure, she administered a local anesthetic and non-FDA-approved dermal fillers, which resulted in permanent scarring for the young woman.
The situation escalated when, after enduring surgery on one eyelid, the victim experienced “extreme pain” and attempted to flee. However, as per the DA’s office, Wang forcibly restrained her, pushing her back onto the table and preventing her departure.
The DA’s office alleges that Wang injected a local anesthetic and non-FDA-approved dermal fillers into the victim’s eyelids during the surgical procedure, causing permanent scarring.
After Wang completed surgery on the first eyelid, the 22-year-old woman was in “extreme pain” and attempted to leave, the DA’s office said. Wang, authorities said, pushed her back onto the table and prevented her from leaving.
Wang also misrepresented herself as holding current aesthetician, massage therapist and hair salon licenses on a loan application to the American Lending Center, the DA’s office said.
A Massachusetts woman is charged with unauthorized medical practice after allegedly performing dangerous eyelid surgery without proper license or training. (Karl-Josef Hildenbrand/picture alliance via Getty Images)
She has been charged with four counts of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, one count of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon causing serious injury, one count of kidnapping and two counts of larceny over $1,200 by false pretense.
She has also been charged with unauthorized practice of medicine and improper use of the title of physician and receiving payment for a surgical procedure based on that misrepresentation, Hayden’s office said.
Botox injection in Regensburg, Germany. (Isa Foltin/Getty Images)
She was indicted by a Suffolk grand jury on Thursday, Jan. 29 and will be arraigned on Thursday, Feb. 5.
“Physicians are licensed for very good reasons, primary among them the assurance that patients are going to be treated by someone trained and certified to deliver safe, effective medical procedures. When misrepresentations are made the results can be devastating,” Hayden said.
Fox News Digital has reached out to Suffolk County’s District Attorney’s Office for additional comment.
