“What happened is also extremely painful for me as a surgeon. I still think about this every day. But I don’t feel guilty, I am in pain, a lot of pain, yes. But guilt is different. I have not committed any medical malpractice.” This is what the plastic surgeon from Brussels says who administered the lip fillers to Astrid (23). She died after the fillers caused a thrombosis in the brain. Her family wants to warn of the consequences by telling her story. “And I understand that,” says the doctor involved.

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