MORE women have come forward saying they received botched cosmetic procedures at a Glasgow salon including a woman who claims she was forced to seek out emergency hospital treatment.

Alison McQuade is alleged to have fraudulently claimed she was a nurse to attend a training course in injectable facial treatments including Botox aimed at health professionals.

A number of women say the experienced problems after treatments at the Dash salon in Partick and were given unsafe advice, reinforcing calls from experts for stricter regulation of the industry.

Botox, a brand name for “botulinum toxin” can only be prescribed by a doctor, nurse practitioner or dentist.

Lip plumping ‘fillers’ can be administered by “anyone in the back of a van” according to a leading practitioner despite the treatment actually being more risky if not administered correctly.

It is understood that Ms McQuade could face prosecution. The Nursing and Midwifery Council said fraudulently claiming to be a nurse could be treated as a criminal offence.

The salon’s Facebook page appears to have now been removed.

One women has come forward saying she was treated in hospital after receiving botox at the salon.

Janette Mckenzie Mackay said: “I ended up at A&E and I’ve had to take time off work.

“She put too much Botox in my eyebrows lift. It infected the lid of my eye.

“Her advice was to get eye drops.

“My doctor and hospital staff that there’s no such thing. My eye is still the same I’ve tried to call her but had no reply.”

Heather McNary says she was left with burnt lips and gums after undergoing a teeth whitening treatment.

She said: “She told me she was a dental nurse when whitening my teeth.

“Her shops like a freezing cold box room.

“Not very professional at all, the whole experience is weird, and she’s very strange and nervous.

“Never been back after the first time, for the fact she allowed me to decide when the whitening stuff came off yet she’s a professional, and the pain was so bad afterwards I could barely even open my mouth to speak.

“I had to take extra strong pain killers. My gums and lips were all burnt ,

“The whitening lasted like a week.

“Should have done better research unfortunately, should be able to trust people doing these things.”

Ann Ramsay said: “My lips were swollen inside and outside for weeks and.Black and blue for two weeks. “Horrible experience.”

Another woman said: “What a disgrace. My work are dealing with lots of people who have gone here.”

The Evening Times was shown an email from The Face Academy which states that Alison McQuade “fraudulently attended one of the training days with the understanding that she was a nurse practitioner who already provided aesthetic treatments.”

Marie Snapp, 35, from Greenock, claims the salon owner told her she was a “prescriber nurse”, who have the power to prescribe medicines and treatments.

Dr Nestor Demosthenous, who is a member of the British College of Aesthetic Medicine, said he had been contacted by a number of women who have experienced problems after being treated by Ms McQuade and had advised them to contact the police.

Glasgow City Council’s environmental health team said they are investigating a complaint against Ms McQuade.