MIAMI – A woman who says she’s a victim of a woman accused of performing unlicensed cosmetic procedures — and subsequently arrested by Miami police earlier in May — is cautioning others about her ordeal.
Miami police arrested Angelina Andreoli, 29, of Miami Gardens, on May 9 after an undercover sting at Hamilton Health Center, located in an office at 1801 SW 22nd St.
Andreoli is facing three felony charges, including practicing medicine without a license. Authorities said she charged $350 to $400 for Botox and $400 for lip fillers and falsely claimed to be a doctor.
The victim, who asked not to be identified, is now warning others about similar unlicensed providers. The woman said she went to the Coral Way clinic in November.
“I asked her if she would do the procedure, is she a doctor,” the victim said. “And she said she is a doctor and she would be doing the procedure. She made me feel comfortable.”
But the woman says Andreoli “didn’t explain anything” about the procedure.
“When I laid down and she did the first injection, it started burning,” she said. “I said, “Is it supposed to feel like this?’”
The victim said the injections continued and she passed out.
“I was in so much pain and I was still weak,” the woman said. “An ambulance came, I went to the hospital.”
Sources told Local 10 News that following her release from jail, Andreoli was back to performing procedures illegally.
When Local 10 News stopped by on Wednesday, no one was at Hamilton Health Center.
Rebecca Juliao, a licensed injector and nurse practitioner, said the public needs to be aware of the dangers of not doing the proper research as well as those posed by the illegal procedures themselves.
“If it’s too good to be true it’s because it’s good to be true,” she said.
Injections not given by a properly-licensed provider can cause “permanent disfigurement and death,” Juliao said.
“There are people who are just injecting oil, they’re injecting silicone,” Juliao said. “These things don’t go away. They have to get surgically removed.”