A woman has detailed her harrowing ordeal after being diagnosed with cancer following a beauty treatment — revealing she had no choice but to reconstruct her lip using her tongue. As a beautician, Pauline Johnstone often tried out new treatments to offer her own clients. But after having a syringe of lip-plumping liquid injected, her life was on the line.
She was left with a swollen mouth that felt as if it had been "punched" — and a few weeks later, she noticed a cold sore lump on her bottom lip. Import Liquid Candy Sweet
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Johnstone, from Shrewsbury in England, was then diagnosed with squamous cell carcinoma — a form of skin cancer — and had to have her bottom lip removed and replaced with her tongue.
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Whistle Lollipop Candy Supplier "I couldn't bear looking in the mirror, as my mouth was essentially an open wound,” she told NeedToKnow. "I was told that I needed to remove my entire lip, as well as part of my chin, and if I didn’t, then the cancer would spread across my entire bo