Gao said the botched cosmetic surgery left her with recurring infections as well as necrosis of the nose.

A 24-year-old Chinese star, Gao Liu, has shared pictures of her blackened nose with dead flesh on social media saying that ger nose has fallen off following botched cosmetic surgery. Gao said the botched cosmetic surgery left her with recurring infections as well as necrosis of the nose. The Chinese actress took to China's Twitter-like Weibo on Tuesday to share her ordeal and warned her 5 million followers about the potential danger of cosmetic surgery.

1. Who is Gao Liu?

2. Gao's ordeal

Gao took to Wibo to reveal that she underwent the nose job at the Xi Shi Shi Guang clinic in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou. Gao added that the operation lasted for around four hours during which the doctors removed cartilage from her body and used it to reshape her nose. "I didn't expect these four hours to be the beginning of a nightmare," she wrote.

3. Why Gao underwent cosmetic surgery?

Gao said she hoped the surgery would play a part in improving her acting career.

4. What went wrong?

Gao said that the 'micro-adjustment' to graft cartilage onto the tip of her nose left the nose infected and required repeated follow-up surgeries.

5. What is nasal necrosis?

Gao also suffered from nasal necrosis, which means that the tissue at the tip of the nose lost life.

6. Gao's ordeal continues

Later, Gao found out that the hospital was not qualified to carry out the plastic surgery.

7. How much loss did Gao suffer?

Gao remained hospitalised for two months. She lost GBP 45,200 in work and is facing an additional of GBP 225,621 for breaking her employment contracts.