Viewers showered an influencer with compliments after she revealed she regrets getting 'botched' lip filler dissolved: 'All my confidence has gone'

• Influencer Ellie Scales said she got her lip filler dissolved after a series of "botched" procedures.
• When she revealed the results, she said she was struggling to feel confident in her new look.

A British influencer is being flooded with support online after she posted a tearful video saying she regrets removing her lip filler.

On January 9, Ellie Scales could be seen holding her hand over her mouth and appearing to cry in a video with an on-screen caption that read, "Balling my eyes out cos I got all my filler dissolved."

"I cant stop crying I HATE IT idk if this is the best or worst decision ive ever done," an additional caption under the post, which received 12.9 million views, read.

The influencer did not remove her hand to reveal what her lips looked like in the clip. In a previous series of posts from the first week of January, she said that her lips had been "uneven" for years because she had a series of "botched" procedures using "different techniques" and by "different people," saying that she was planning to get the filler dissolved — a process that involves injecting hyaluronidase treatment to reverse the effects of filler intended to plump the lips.

When Scales posted a "reveal" video showing her lips on January 11, she said that she did not like the result, even though her friends and family had said positive things about it.

"For me, I'm so used to having lip filler. It's what I've been looking in the mirror at for the last, like five years. So this is a drastic change, and my confidence has gone. I feel that my nose looks much huger, my face looks longer," she said adding, "Even my teeth look so much bigger guys."

Scales said there was still some filler in her bottom lip that she was going to get dissolved in a few days, adding that her lips felt "wrinkled and shriveled and dry" and that she was planning to get lip filler put back into her lips again.

Commenters flooded the influencer with support under her video, which received 2.3 million views, complimenting her new appearance.

One top comment with over 20,000 likes read, "They look so good Ellie...you look so much younger and fresher!" Scales responded to the comment, thanking the viewer.

Top comments were overwhelmingly positive with people saying she looks "beautiful," and "gorgeous." One commenter wrote, "Your natural lips are perfect, and your smile is breathtaking! I hope you get your confidence back."

The influencer has previously spoken out about receiving online hate and negative comments about her lips and for having lip fillers.

In one post from January 9, she said: "When I had my old lips, on a daily basis it was comments, and DMs, messages, whatever, getting hate for my lips, and I never took that hate personal because I knew I was botched."

Scales thanked commenters for being supportive of her new look in a TikTok posted on January 18.

"I did not expect all this love and all these nice comments," she said.

Scales, whose Twitter account says she is based in London, has over 280,000 TikTok followers and 21,400 Instagram followers, and has an OnlyFans account priced at $13 per month.

She typically posts make-up tutorials and clothing hauls. In addition to sharing a series about removing her lip fillers, Scales has also previously talked about her experience traveling to Turkey to get veneers — a thin layer of composite or porcelain that covers the teeth in order to alter their shape or appearance — explaining what the process was like for her in response to questions her followers asked her.

According to data from the American Society of Platic Surgeons, lip augmentation has become increasingly popular in the US, with the number of procedures rising by 84% from 2000 to 2020. Advertising for lip augmentation and other forms of cosmetic surgery is particularly prevalent on social media, where young influencers have reported being offered free and discounted filler in exchange for promotion on their platforms, according to a report from NBC.

Insider previously reported that it is rare for lip injections to lead to serious problems, but that possible side effects of the procedure include bruising, infection, and scarring, and that customers should seek out a qualified plastic surgeon or dermatologist to perform the procedure.

Representatives for Ellie Scales did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.

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