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BEIJING (AP) - Liu Chang no longer has full use of her left hand, and the headaches get more piercing each year. But the egg-sized lump in her cheek is the most unbearable reminder of how an injection that was supposed to make her prettier destroyed her life instead.
Liu was in her mid-30s when a doctor in the southern boomtown of Shenzhen recommended a "shaping" shot of a so-called miracle gel to shave years off her face. Instead, the procedure led to disfigurement, chronic pain and depression. So last fall, she joined more than 50 other women in a lawsuit against the maker of the gel.
"People stare at me like I'm a monster," said Liu, now 45 and living with her mother in Beijing. "I have no boyfriend, I have no job... I finally decided I had to do something."
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