A nurse who injected out-of-date filler into the wrong patient’s face has been struck off.
Company director Shona Ovenstone, 64, also carried out the procedure without a legally required prescription for the cosmetic process.
She failed to have a required face-to-face meeting with the patient prior to the injections to check it is safe for them and didn’t record a follow-up appointment after the patient suffered painful facial swelling.
Ovenstone, of Leven, Fife, carried out the injections while working for her company SO Youthful Beauty Aesthetics, which is still in operation and advertises on social media.
The Botox jag was carried out without a legally required prescription for the cosmetic process
Nursing and Midwifery bosses carpeted Ovenstone but she failed to turn up at her disciplinary hearing and was booted out of the profession.
The watchdog said in a statement: ‘Mrs Ovenstone had a duty to be open and honest with the patient and disclose the Botox she was using was for another patient.
‘She also didn’t follow correct procedure for administering that Botox to the patient.
‘Her actions – which included dishonesty – were significant departures from the standards expected of a registered nurse, and are fundamentally incompatible with her remaining on the register.
‘The findings demonstrate Mrs Ovenstone’s actions were serious. To allow her to continue practising would not protect the public, and would undermine public confidence in the profession.
‘The panel determined the appropriate and proportionate sanction is a striking-off order.’