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A MUM feared she'd contracted HIV when giant crusty, boils oozing pus and blood erupted across her face after having £60 anti-wrinkle jabs. Kat Ramsey has been getting "confidence-boosting" injections for the past four years to make her look younger and relieve tension headaches . 7 Kat Ramsey, 41, had been getting anti-wrinkle injections for years Credit: Kennedy News 7 But she feared the worst after her face erupted in boils Credit: Kennedy News 7 The boils emerged in the exact spots she'd had injections.

leaking pus and blood Credit: Kennedy News 7 Kat feared she's contracted HIV but was told the reaction was a result of cross contamination Credit: Kennedy News But around a week after her at-home appointment in March, the 41-year-old said she was unable to get out of bed and rang 111 who suspected she had contracted sepsis. Large boils erupted around Kat's eyes, forehead and frown lines the following day, which she claims are "the exact places" the injections had been administered. Kat admits four oozing marble-sized boils on her face lowered her confidence so much she refused to leave home, fearing people would stare at her.



After a four-week course of antibiotics and a dermatologist consultation, Kat said she was told they were a result of "cross-contamination". Terrified, Kat urgently booked an HIV test that came back negative, but one stubborn boil still remains and she fears the scars from the others will never fade. The mum-of-two, who says she's never experienced i.

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