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Lunchly ‘Mold Cheese’ Controversy: Does Rosanna Pansino have beef with Mr. Beast?

YOUTUBER MrBeast finds himself embroiled in a food scandal after Rosanna Pansino blasted his new snackbox brand.

Pansino was horrified to find moldy cheese inside a snack pack during her review of MrBeast’s Lunchly brand.  

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MrBeast is being called out online about the mold found in his branded snack box
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While MrBeast fans accuse Rosanna Pansino of faking the mold discovery in her review
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The YouTube trio that includes Logan Paul, MrBeast, and KSI launched a pre-packed school lunch called Lunchly on September 16, 2024. 

Lunchly boxes include a bottle of Prime Hydration, a Feastables milk chocolate bar, and a processed food option like The Pizza, Turkey Stack ‘Ems, or Fiesta Nachos. 

The brand faces harsh criticism, as well as Pansino, after MrBeast fans questioned the validity of her claims due to the bad history between the two YouTubers.

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Rosanna Pansino previously accused MrBeast of manipulating a video that featured her and other content creators[/caption]

Who is Rosanna Pansino?

Born on June 8, 1985, in Seattle, Washington, Rosanna Pansino is an American YouTuber, baker, entrepreneur, and author.

She launched her YouTube channel in 2011 and has since garnered over 4.6 billion views.

Boasting over 14.5 million subscribers, she is one of the most-watched personalities on the platform.

She’s also reportedly one of the highest-paid content creators with a net worth of $9 million, according to Celebrity Net Worth.

Pansino has authored two cookbooks, one of which became a New York Times bestseller.

In 2021, she hosted the show Baketopia on HBO Max.

What did Rosanna Pansino say about MrBeast?

Pansino posted her online review comparing Lunchly’s to the rival snackbox known as Lunchables on October 20, 2024.

Within seconds of opening the snack packs, she complained about finding moldy cheese in a Lunchly meal that was still two months away from its expiration date. 

“This is disgusting,’ wrote Pansino on X

“I was filming a video comparing Lunchables to Lunchly and was shocked when I opened ‘The Pizza’ Lunchly. The cheese had mold!

“The expiration date was still two months away! 

“I checked online and found at least a dozen other people posting that their Lunchlys were moldy too.”

This is not the first time Pansino has criticized MrBeast and some fans have accused her of faking the Lunchly footage. 

In response, Pansino took to her X page once again, this time posting an unedited clip of her review and said: 

“Had a lot of #MrBeast fans spread the lie that I was faking the moldy @Lunchly vid and would never post the full clip with no cuts.

“Well, here you go.

“I’m sure they will still not believe this is real, but maybe the dozens of other videos online showing moldy mozzarella cheese in Luchly’s will convince them.

“Again, please be careful eating these if you have them.”

The YouTube review also includes appearances from DogPack404 and Jake Weddle, who have been the most involved with the workplace allegations made against MrBeast on September 16, 2024.

Pansino also accused Mr Beast of editing her out of a video that is part of the YouTube Creator Games challenge, which she participated in in 2021.

In a guest appearance on fellow content creator Trisha Paytas‘ podcast Just Trish, Rosanna Pansino accused Mr Beast of editing her out of the Creator Games series, alongside other internet personalities including Logan Paul and Zach King.

In the game Extreme $1,000,000 Hide and Seek, influencers played a large-scale hide-and-seek game in SoFi Stadium in California.

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Jimmy Donaldson, Mr Beast, , Jimmy Donaldson, more commonly known by his online alias MrBeast, is an American YouTuber notable for his expensive stunts
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Pansino claims that she came in third place, while magician Zach King and gamer Quackity came in first and second, but the final video posted on YouTube did not reflect that.

Instead, it showed that Zach King, Larray, and Logan Paul were the final three.

Pansino issued a statement on X, formerly Twitter, to explain further, but deleted her posts after receiving backlash.

“When the video was released I was shocked, disappointed, and felt hurt. MrBeast (Jimmy) had edited the video to make me look like I performed worse than I did,” she initially wrote.

“This was extra upsetting because I genuinely believed him when he said that his videos are ‘authentic and real.'”

She later backtracked and shared an apology, saying that she should have dealt with the issue privately.

“I would like to apologize to MrBeast,” she tweeted.

“I should have expressed my feelings privately and handled things directly.

“I will be removing all of the posts where I talk about Creator Games and Jimmy.

“I will be honest in that the thousands of death threats I’ve received today are a contributing factor, but I do also sincerely hear the feedback from so many of you.”

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Has MrBeast spoken out about Rosanna Pansino?

MrBeast has yet to issue a statement regarding the mold scandal. 

However, a spokesperson for Lunchly has insisted:

“All Lunchly products go through a stringent review process to ensure the quality and safety of its products.

“‘That process consists of multiple inspections and approvals, including that of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), before any product can even leave the manufacturing facility.”

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KFC launches $5 chicken meal deal to rival McDonald’s and customers scream it’s a ‘deal for real’

KFC is adding a brand new recipe box to its line-up – and foodies are seriously happy. 

It comes after the Louisville-based chain has spent 2024 bringing out deals that give customers more bang for their buck, including a new $20 family value meal.

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KFC has launched a brand new value meal for just a few bucks[/caption]

The eatery has also released individual value meals, with options spanning chicken nuggets, bowls and its classic bone-in fried chicken

Fast forward to now, KFC bosses have unveiled a new value box for just $5. 

For the tasty figure, you can nab an Original Tenders Box.

The meal deal includes three tenders, a portion of seasoned fries and two dipping sauces

Among the dipping sauce options are the signature KFC sauce, Sticky Chicky and the all-new Comeback sauce,

Last month, KFC bosses announced a makeover to its popular chicken tenders.

The strips are now double hand-breaded and coated in the “finger licking good” signature 11 spices and herbs.

The new Original Tenders Box has been designed to showcase the transformation. 

The only catch is that KFC’s value meals don’t include a drink, so you’ll have to purchase that separately. 

Foodie Stacey Harmon took to Facebook to alert fellow Americans to the deal.

“To all my peeps, KFC got a great deal going on right now,” she wrote.

“A three piece tender box with fries for five bucks – that is a deal for real.”

Tucking into a KFC takeaway is a treat enjoyed by many, but often our eyes are bigger than our stomachs.

Fortunately, you can reheat your fried chicken pieces.

Fast Food meal deals

Here are some of the current value meals offered by popular fast food joints.

Taco Bell’s $7 Luxe Cravings Box:

  • Chalupa Supreme
  • Beefy Five-Layer Burrito
  • Double Stacked Taco
  • Chips and nacho cheese sauce
  • Medium drink

McDonald’s $5 Meal Deal:

  • McDouble or McChicken sandwich
  • Four-piece Chicken McNuggets
  • Small fries
  • Small soft drink

Wendy’s $5 Biggie Bag:

  • Junior Bacon Cheeseburger or Crispy Chicken Sandwich
  • Four-piece chicken nuggets
  • Junior fries
  • Small soft drink

Burger King’s $5 Your Way Meal:

  • Whopper Junior, Chicken Junior, or Bacon Cheeseburger
  • Fries
  • Four-piece chicken nuggets
  • Soft drink

If you realise that you have way too much chicken in your bucket, simply put it in a container and store it in your fridge.

As long as your takeaway is stored the right way, it is safe to reheat it the next day.

Ideally, you should reheat it in the oven or air-fryer for 10 to 15 minutes at 180 degrees celsius. 

We do not advise reheating your KFC in the microwave though.

This is because the quality of the chicken coating will not remain the same — it will become soggy and soft, and the chicken might also turn rubbery.

But if you’re at work and a microwave is all that’s available, a two to three minute blasting (depending on watts and the size of your portion) should do the trick. 

You can only reheat your KFC chicken once.

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Who were the Railway Killers’ victims Alison Day, Maartje Tambozer and Anne Locke and how were they killed

A Channel 5 documentary series will tell the harrowing story of the Railway Killers, who were responsible several rapes and murders during the 1980s.

John Duffy and David Mulcahy strangled three women to death and dumped their bodies in a six-year crime rampage.

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Duffy and Mulcahy had been friends from school[/caption]

Who were the Railway Killers’ victims?

John Duffy and David Mulcahy are thought to have launched their first attack on July 1, 1982, when they raped a woman close to Hampstead Station in London’s Hampstead village.

For the next 12 months, women were assaulted across London and its suburbs.

In autumn 1983 the attacks suddenly stopped, with police later finding out this coincided with Duffy’s separation from his wife.

The attacks started up again in early 1984.

In July 1985, three women were brutally raped on the same night, all in the Hendon and Hampstead area.

Duffy and Mulcahy are thought to have brutally attacked at least 19 women, killing three of them.

Alison Day

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Alison Day was the first victim of the Railway Killers to be murdered[/caption]

Alison Day, 19, was the evil pair’s first victim to be murdered.

Day was on her way to keep her fiancé company while he was working overtime at a printers by Hackney Wick station in East London.

She was grabbed by Mulcahy when she got off a train on December 29, 1985, and Duffy produced a knife.

She was raped repeatedly after the men took her to the River Lea.

Fearing she could identify them, they decided to kill her.

Police found her body face down in the adjacent river.

Maartje Tambozer

Maartje Tamboezer, 15, was abducted from Horsley station in east Surrey on April 17, 1986.

She was last seen riding her bike after school to buy some sweets from a local shop.

The pair lay in wait in trees near a path and after watching her ride past knowing she would return the same way, they tied a fishing line across the path to trip the bike up.

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Maartje Tambozer was raped and strangled with the serial killers then burning her body[/caption]

After she was raped, Mulcahy turned on her, saying she had been looking at him, and struck her across the head with a stone and she fell to the ground.

After being raped and strangled, the teenager’s body was set on fire and dumped in nearby woods.

Anne Locke

Anne Locke, 29, worked for London Weekend Television as a secretary and had been asked to go in on May 18, 1986.

She left work at 8.30pm but never made it home to Brookmans Park, Hertfordshire.

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Anne Locke was the third victim of the Railway Killers to be murdered with her body being found in a field near railway tracks[/caption]

Mulcahy and Duffy hid her bike, intending to snare its owner as she went to find it.

She was grabbed, forced down the railway tracks to a field where she was raped and murdered.

Her badly decomposed body was found two months later in undergrowth.

The men had attempted to burn her body.

In a TV appeal, her husband Lawrence choked back tears as he said: “Please, let us know that you’re alright, and if you can’t just hang on we’re looking for you we’re going to find you. 

“I love you and I want you to come home.”

Duffy was put on trial in February 1988 and was convicted of two murders and four rapes, though he was acquitted of raping and killing Anne Locke.

He was given a minimum sentence of 30 years by the judge.

Cops suspected Mulcahy had been involved for several years but didn’t have the evidence to charge him.

It was only after Duffy implicated him 15 years after he had been convicted that they could act.

Mulcahy, a married father of four, had been tracked for several months by police prior to his arrest.

DNA tests which were not used in the original trial but were now available managed to provide the evidence to convict Mulcahy.

He stood trial in 2000 with Duffy appearing as a witness, giving graphic evidence over 14 days.

Mulcahy claimed he was innocent, but on February 5, 2001, he was given three life sentences for murdering three women.

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Police issued handout of David Mulcahy when charged in 1999. Mulcahy was found guilty of the murders of three women at The Old Bailey, Friday February 2, 2001. Alison Day, 19, was strangled at Hackney Wick, east London, 29/12/85, Anne Lock, from Hertfordshire was killed as she returned to her home at Brookmans Park, Hertfordshire. Maartje Tamboezer, 15, was strangled near her home in Horsley, Surrey, 17/04/86. Mulcahy was also found guilty of seven other rapes and five charges of conspiracy to rape between 1982 and 1985. The court heard that Mulcahy was joined in the series of attacks on women by his childhood friend, John Duffy. Duffy, 41, was jailed for life in 1988 for two of the murders and rape but was cleared of murdering Mrs Lock. PA Photo. See PA story COURTS Mulcahy Substitute.
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Mulcahy was found guilty of the murders of all three women in 2001
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He received 24-year jail terms on each of the seven counts of rape and 18 years each for five conspiracies to rape, to run concurrently.

Mulcahy remains behind bars at HMP Full Sutton near Pocklington in East Yorkshire while Duffy is an inmate at HMP Frankland, County Durham.

The documentary, The Railway Killers, combines dramatisation of the murders with interviews with key figures involved with the case.

The three-part series delves into the devastating impact of the crimes committed by Duffy and Mulcahy, culminating in the shocking revelation of their identities as the killers.

The first episode focuses on the disappearance of Alison Day, who went missing in December 1985 after stepping off a train.

In the second episode, the police intensify their hunt for the culprits responsible for the murders of Day and teenager Maartje Tamboezer.

The final episode explores the events nine years after Duffy’s eventual capture and sentencing to life imprisonment for murder and rape.

The Railway Killers is available to stream on My5.

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Putin’s ‘murdered’ arch-foe Navalny’s final diary entry penned in ‘Polar Wolf’ gulag warns Vlad’s days are numbered

THE final diary entry of Vladimir Putin’s arch-foe Alexei Navalny vows “victory is inevitable”.

The persecuted freedom fighter wrote the brave words inside the sadistic “Polar Wolf” gulag where some claim the Russian tyrant had him murdered just days later.

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Russian freedom fighter Alexei Navalny died in a Gulag in February[/caption]
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Navalny in a court appearance six days before he wrote his final diary entry[/caption]
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The final entry comes in his posthumous memoir Patriot[/caption]
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Navalny addresses supporters during an unauthorized anti-Putin rally in 2018[/caption]
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Western leaders accused Vladimir Putin of having Navalny killed[/caption]

Navalny, 47, died in the Siberian prison on February 16 after he was reportedly poisoned on Putin’s orders.

His final diary entry has been revealed in a new book – Patriot – a posthumous memoir released Tuesday.

The entry, dated January 17, 2024, vows that Putin will be defeated and his rule built on “nothing but lies” will “crumble and collapse”.

The jailed opposition leader writes: “The Putinist state is not sustainable. One day, we will look at it, and it won’t be there.

“Victory is inevitable.”

The entry also calls on the reader to never give up their principles and to be willing to face consequences for them – just as Navalny did.

He writes: “And if you’re not prepared to do that, you have no convictions. You just think you do.

“But those are not convictions and principles; they’re only thoughts in your head.”

His final words in the entry ask the reader to fight for what they believe.

Navalny writes: “But for now, we must not give up and we must stand by our beliefs.”

The resistance leader stood up for his beliefs and was poisoned by Putin with the feared nerve agent Novichok for them.

When he returned to Russia, he was then imprisoned for 19 years on trumped up extremism charges as Putin sought to cement his iron grip.

Navalny denied the charges but was dumped in the hellhole gulag in the brutal act of political repression.

Prison authorities claimed that he felt unwell after a walk, then lost consciousness and died.

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Navalny and his wife Yulia Navalnaya in 2013[/caption]
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Navalny was poisoned by Putin using Novichok in 2020[/caption]

But backers, like the Estonian President and Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky, accused Putin of murder.

Allegations have also arisen that Navalny was brutally tortured before his death.

Gulagu.net – which is headed by Russian dissident Vladimir Osechkin – claimed: “The forensic expert was pressured to conceal the discovery of blood clots….in the calf muscles and arms”.

Those blood clots imply a disruption of his normal circulation.

A source told the organisation that the forensic physician concluded “that four to five hours before the onset of biological death, the prisoner was tied up and his arms and legs”.

His limbs “were tightly tied just so that the blood stagnated and blood clots formed in it, which then clogged the pulmonary artery and blood vessels of the brain”, said a statement from the organisation.

But those findings have been hidden by Russian spies looking to cover up the death, the site claims.

Tragically, his death came just before he was poised to be freed in a prisoner swap his aide claimed.

Maria Pevchikh said he was ready to be handed over for FSB killer Vadim Krasikov, before Putin changed his mind.

Navalny’s open-casket funeral in March brought crowds onto the street of Moscow as they bid farewell to their hero.

Footage from the scene showed a large crowd of people clapping and shouting Navalny’s name as the hearse transporting his body arrived at the Church of the Icon of the Mother of God Soothe My Sorrows.

Mourners were heard chanting: “Putin is a killer”, “We won’t forget”, “Freedom for political prisoners”, and “Russia without Putin”.

His wife Yulia Navalnaya has now vowed in an interview with the BBC to return to Russia and run for president.

Who was Alexei Navalny?

PUTIN’S best known opponent Alexei Navalny, 47, has died in prison.

Here is a timeline that took the leader of the opposition from the face of freedom in Russia and the Kremlin’s biggest foe to a hellhole Siberian prison and onto an early grave.

June 4, 1976 — Navalny is born in a western part of the Moscow region.

1997 — Graduates from Russia’s RUDN university, where he majored in law.

2004 — Forms a movement against rampant over-development in Moscow.

2008 — Gains notoriety for calling out corruption in state-run corporation.

December 2011 — Participates in mass protests sparked by reports of widespread rigging of Russia’s election, and is arrested and jailed for 15 days for “defying a government official”.

March 2012 – Further mass protests break out and Navalny accuses key Kremlin cronies of corruption.

July 2012 — Russia’s Investigative Committee charges Navalny with embezzlement. He rejects the claims and says they are politically motivated.

2013 — Navalny runs for mayor in Moscow.

July 2013 — A court in Kirov convicts Navalny of embezzlement in the Kirovles case, sentencing him to five years in prison – he appeals and is allowed to continue campaign.

September 2013 — Official results show Navalny finishes second in the mayor’s race.

February 2014 — Navalny is placed under house arrest.

December 2014 — Navalny and his brother, Oleg, are found guilty of fraud.

February 2016 — The European Court of Human Rights rules that Russia violated Navalny’s right to a fair trial.

November 2016 — Russia’s Supreme Court overturns Navalny’s sentence.

December 2016 — Navalny announces he will run in Russia’s 2018 presidential election.

February 2017 — The Kirov court retries Navalny and upholds his five-year suspended sentence from 2013.

April 2017 – Survives an assassination attempt he blames on Kremlin.

December 2017 — Russia’s Central Electoral Commission bars him from running for president.

August, 2020 – Navalny falls into a coma on a flight and his team suspects he was poisoned. German authorities confirm he was poisoned with a Soviet-era nerve agent.

Jan 2021 — After five months in Germany, Navalny is arrested upon his return to Russia.

Feb 2021 — A Moscow court orders Navalny to serve 2 ½ years in prison.

June 2021 — A Moscow court shuts down Navalny’s Foundation for Fighting Corruption and his extended political network.

Feb 2022 — Russia invades Ukraine.

March 2022 — Navalny is sentenced to an additional nine-year term for embezzlement and contempt of court.

2023 — Over 400 Russian doctors sign an open letter to Putin, urging an end to what it calls abuse of Navalny, following reports that he was denied basic medication & suffering from slow poisoning.

April, 2023 — Navalny from inside prison says he was facing new extremism and terrorism charges that could keep him behind bars for the rest of his life.

Aug 2023 – A court in Russia extends Navalny’s prison sentence by 19 years.

Dec 2023 – He disappears from his prison as his team fear he could be assassination. He then reappears weeks later in one of Siberia’s toughest prisons – the ‘Polar Wolf’ colony.

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Russians walk towards Navalny’s grave against Putin’s wishes[/caption]
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I was left in agony with horror burns all over my face after ‘botched’ acne treatment – and the clinic blamed ME

A WOMAN claims she suffered second degree burns on her face after getting microneedling to treat her acne – only to be blamed by the clinic.

Melia Nielsen had been visiting a clinic for months to receive chemical peels while battling spots and decided to have a £75 microneedling treatment to treat her acne scars in July.

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Melia Nielsen, 24, claims to have been left with chemical burns after a microneedling gone wrong[/caption]
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The finance worker got microneedling to feel ‘confident’ without makeup[/caption]
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Melia claims her clinician ignored her and then tried to turn the blame on her[/caption]
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She went to A&E and was told she’d sustained a chemical burn[/caption]

But the 24-year-old claims her clinician started ignoring her messages when the “entirety” of her left cheek swelled up and became “horrible” and “purple” – so was forced to dash to A&E.

Doctors reportedly confirmed it was a chemical burn and Melia, a payroll officer, was forced to endure months of “soreness”.

She first underwent the microneedling treatment to feel more confident without makeup and has now been left with a “huge scar”.

Microneedling is a cosmetic procedure that uses tiny, sterile needles to puncture the skin and to stimulate the production of collagen and help reduce the appearance of acne scars or wrinkles.

Screenshots of messages appear to show the clinician, who had allegedly only completed a two-day training course, blaming Melia for the burn and asking “you haven’t gone on any medication or changed any products at home?”.

Melia shared the horrifying photos documenting her ordeal on social media and claimed the burns were the result of “incorrect methods by the practitioner”.

She is now speaking out to urge others to “to thoroughly research, have consultations and choose your skincare wisely” – in the hopes that no one else will suffer the same consequences.

Melia, from Grimsby, Lincolnshire, said: “I wanted to feel confident without makeup.

“Now I’m in an even worse position because I’ve got a huge scar across my face instead of just a few spots.”

Melia said she’d been getting chemical peels at the clinic to help clear her acne and had moved onto microneedling to address scarring.

“I’d already had one session of it before that was perfectly fine. When I went for the second one, that was when it happened.

“While she was doing it she was going over and over that same area to a point that it actually wore away the first one or two layers of my skin. So then it was essentially raw skin.

“At the time she never said anything about it but I was actually bleeding.

“She only said five or six days later over a message that she’d noticed that I was bleeding quite a bit.

“Because I was bleeding she was cleaning the area with, I don’t know if it was a toner or something, but it burned that brand new, raw skin.

“At the time it was stinging quite bad and she kept asking ‘are you okay’. Now I understand why she was asking that.

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Melia clinician told her over text that she’d noticed her skin bleeding during treatment[/caption]
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She said her skin was weeping, purple and swollen the day after her procedure[/caption]

“Afterwards there was a little patch in the middle where it wasn’t red, it was white.

“She just said to me to keep an eye on it and don’t use anything harsh on it.

“By the time I’d driven home, that patch of my face was weeping. I was like ‘surely this isn’t normal’.

“I was panicking the night that it happened. I washed it with water and didn’t put anything on it.”

Melia messaged her practitioner and sent her pictures of her skin, but claims she was ignored until she said she was going to A&E.

It was wet to touch. It was really, really swollen. It was pretty much the entirety of my cheek all the way up to near my eye

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“She was completely ignoring my messages, until the next day when I said I was going to A&E because I think I’ve got a chemical burn,” the 24-yearold said.

“When I mentioned A&E she replied straight away.”

Melia took herself to A&E the morning after her treatment was told she had a chemical burn.

She recalled: “When I woke up the next morning the whole thing looked bruised. It had gone all horrible and purple.

“It had stopped weeping but it was wet to touch. It was really, really swollen. It was pretty much the entirety of my cheek all the way up to near my eye.

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Melia was told her skin could have gotten infected[/caption]
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She’s been left with a scar following the procedure[/caption]

“I was seen within half an hour of getting to A&E.

“They took me in and said they’d seen me that quick because of the nature of the burn and the fact it was on my face and how bad it must’ve looked to everyone else.

“They confirmed it was a chemical burn. They gave me this water-based cream that I had to apply every hour for 10 days.

“Thankfully it didn’t get infected but they did say if the swelling hadn’t gone down after a couple of days I’d have to go back.

“They said what should’ve happened at the time is if she thought something wasn’t right she shouldn’t have carried on doing what she was doing.

“She shouldn’t have let me leave with my skin the way it was.”

‘No accountability’

The payroll officer, who had been visiting the clinic since November 2023, admitted she was “upset” by the clinician’s lack of “accountability” for her injury.

Melia said: “The thing that upset me the most was that I’d been going to her for seven to eight months and gotten to know her really well.

“As soon as she eventually did reply she was just trying to basically say that it must have been something that I’ve done.

“It absolutely wasn’t anything I’d done. I’d not changed anything that I used.

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Melia regrets getting the treatment and is urging others to do their own research[/caption]
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‘If I rub my finger over [my scar] it’s a completely different texture to the rest of my face,’ she said[/caption]

“All of the skincare products that I was using were what she’d recommended for me to use. I’d not had any problem at all with any of the other treatments I’d had.

“The way it was handled didn’t seem right.

“I asked her if she was insured in case I needed any help paying for treatment elsewhere to rectify it.

“She just brushed it off and just offered me complementary treatments to try and help it.

“I was just like ‘um, it’s okay, I’m booked in with someone esle who’s medically trained. I’m okay thanks’. There was no accountability.”

How to ease acne

Acne is a common skin condition that ranges from a few spots on the face, neck, back and chest, to a more severe problem with solid painful lumps under the skin. It may cause scarring.

Spots often pop up during puberty and most people will experience some form of acne during their lifetime.

In most cases, it goes away by the time you reach your early to mid-twenties.

For others, it can go on for longer.

At present, there isn’t a ‘cure’ for acne but treatments can be very effective, preventing the formation of new spots and reducing scarring.

The first step is to use skincare products suitable for blemish-prone skin, which may be labelled as ‘non-comedogenic’ or ‘oil-free’.  

Active topical treatments (those applied directly to the skin) can be bought over the counter without a prescription.

These include benzoyl peroxide, azelaic acid and nicotinamide – speak to your pharmacist for advice about these.

Most treatments take two to four months to produce their full effect. 

If you have acne but have had no success with over-the-counter products, then it’s worth visiting a healthcare professional.

Acne treatments fall into the following categories: 

  • Topical treatments, i.e. those that are applied directly to the skin  
  • Oral antibiotics, i.e. tablets taken by mouth 
  • Oral contraceptive pills  
  • Isotretinoin capsules 
  • Spironolactone tablets  

You can also try other treatments like light and laser therapy for inflammatory acne and to reduce scarring – only go to experienced practitioners for these.

Other techniques may include steroid injections, chemical peels and microneedling, but these aren’t available on the NHS.

Source: British Skin Foundation

Melia admitted she regrets getting the £75 cosmetic procedure as she “didn’t really need it”.

Now she fears the scar will “never fully go away”, leaving her struggling to apply makeup.

Melia said: “It’s made me realise that I actually didn’t really need it and I’ve first hand seen how things can go wrong.

“I wouldn’t ever want to risk going through that again.

“I suffered from hormonal acne. I just wanted to get to a point where it was clear and I didn’t have to keep piling makeup on to try and cover it. I wanted to feel confident without it.”

Instead, Melia was left in agony for weeks and her skin may never be the same.

“It was painful. It was so sore for weeks. It was itchy, it was swollen, it was horrible,” she said.

“Even now if I rub my finger over it now it’s a completely different texture to the rest of my face. It’s never fully going away.

“The first time I put makeup on was only about a month ago. Because it’s such a sensitive area now, even wearing makeup for a day really made it flare up.”

Do your research

The ordeal has permanently put her off cosmetic procedures and she now urges other people to do their research first.

Melia said: “I’ve been going to somebody who has helped me with the journey of trying to heal it. I’ve been going there every month for a rejuvenation peel to try and help it fade as much as it can.

“Other than that I don’t think I’ll really ever put anything harsh on my skin again.

“I just want people to actually look into the background of who is doing things like that.

“The girl who did it to me did two days of training. She did a two day training course and was allowed to put needling tools and chemicals on people’s faces.

“I just want people to go to somebody who might have a little bit more experience or even actually have proper thorough consultations and stuff to avoid anything like that happening.”

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Who was John Wayne Gacy and how many people did he kill?

CHANNEL 5 is looking into the lies behind one of the worst serial killers in American history.

John Wayne Gacy killed and sexually assaulted at least 33 boys and young men using the guise of a clown before he was eventually caught.

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John Wayne Gacy was convicted of killing 33 boys and young men[/caption]

Who was John Wayne Gacy?

John was thought to have had quite a normal childhood after being brought up in a working-class family, however, his dad was known to be an alcoholic.

Following his childhood, he married and had a son and a daughter.

He often performed as a clown at charitable events and children’s hospitals as “Pogo the clown or “Patches the clown”.

He was convicted of sexually assaulting a teenage boy in 1968, four years before he went on to commit his first murder.

His wife divorced John following his conviction.

Following his release in 1970, John went on to become a fairly successful independent contractor and bought a house in Chicago.

How many people did John Wayne Gacy kill?

John is thought to have killed 33 people over six years.

He claimed his first victim in 1972, Timothy McCoy, a 16-year-old boy who he stabbed to death after picking him up from a bus terminal.

It was at his Chicago home where he would claim his victims.

He would trick boys and young men into his house and pretend to perform a magic trick on them, often in his clown persona.

After convincing his victims to put on a pair of handcuffs, he would rape and torture them before killing his captive.

He would then bury many of his victims under his house.

The most recent victim of John to be named is James “Jimmie” Byron Haakenson.

Haakenson had run away from his Minnesota home in 1976 and crossed paths with John in Chicago.

Jimmie’s body was found among dozens found in a crawl space of John’s Chicago-area home in 1978.

The remains were only recently identified thanks to DNA technology that wasn’t available then, the Cook County Sheriff’s Department announced.

2K096XB John Wayne Gacy (March 17, 1942 - May 10, 1994) was an American serial killer and sex offender known as the Killer Clown who assaulted and murdered at least 33 young men and boys. Gacy regularly performed at children's hospitals and charitable events as "Pogo the Clown" or "Patches the Clown", personas he had devised.
John was known as the Killer Clown due to performing as a children’s clown
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At the time of John’s arrest, he had claimed to investigators that the total number of murder victims could be as high as 45.

However, only 33 victims were ever linked to John. 

Investigators excavated the grounds of his property until they had exposed the substratum of clay beneath the foundations, finding 29 bodies.

How was John Wayne Gacy caught?

Police were investigating the disappearance of teenager Robert Piest with John, the last person thought to have been with the 15-year-old.

After securing a search warrant to John’s home, police discovered the bodies of 29 boys and young men while four other bodies were found in the Des Plaines River.

The smell of the bodies had been building up for years but John dismissed the questions by saying it was just a build-up of dampness.

During the trial, John tried to persuade doctors that he suffered from multiple personality disorder. 

(Original Caption) Chicago: Six more bodies have been found under the home of suspected mass murderer John Wayne Gacy, 36, seen in this undated file photo bringing to 15 the total of bodies dug up under his home and garage. Gacy, a convicted sodomist who acted as a partime clown for neighborhood children, is charged with the slaying of a suburban Des Plains youth and is suspected in the sex slayings of as many as 32 young men and boys.
John was eventually caught during an investigation into a missing teen
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He claimed to have four distinct personalities: a hard-working, civic-minded contractor, a clown, an active politician, and a policeman named Jack Hanley, whom he called “Bad Jack.” 

The defence portrayed John as a Jekyll-and-Hyde figure, presenting several psychiatric experts who had evaluated him. 

Three of these experts testified that John was a paranoid schizophrenic with multiple personalities. 

However, prosecutors contended that John was fully sane and in complete control of his actions.

Prosecuting attorney Terry Sullivan stated: “John Gacy has accounted for more human devastation than many earthly catastrophes… I tremble when thinking about just how close he came to getting away with it all.”

John was found guilty of 33 charges of murder. 

He was also found guilty of sexual assault and taking indecent liberties with a child.

At the time, his conviction for 33 murders was the most for which any person in US history had been convicted.

The inhuman murderer was imprisoned for 14 years, before being put to death by lethal injection in 1994.

Now, three experts trained in exposing the lies behind serial killer’s public persona examine the crimes of “The Killer Crown” in a new Channel 5 documentary.

Watch The Killer Clown: 33 Murders & Counting on Channel 5 at 10 p.m. on Sunday, October 27.

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