Cops are investigating a glamorous plastic surgeon for carrying out horror procedures that left at least three patients disfigured, with one of them admitted to intensive care.

The Civil Police (Brazil’s investigative police force) of the Federal District is investigating at least three complaints into plastic surgeon Milena Carvalho.

The patients allege she committed negligence in the postoperative period and medical malpractice.

One patient said that after undergoing a tummy tuck and liposuction at the surgeon’s hands, she was hospitalised for 12 days, of which she spent eight in intensive care.

Her medical report stated she had necrosis in the lower abdomen and the beginning of a generalised infection.

Dr Carvalho has been registered by the Regional Medical Board for 10 years and works in a clinic in the upscale administrative region of Lago Sul.

She promotes the cosmetic procedures she performs on social media, where she boasts over 25,000 followers.

The unnamed woman who was hospitalised said she paid BRL 30,000 (GBP 4,050) for the procedure, which was carried out on 1st July.

She said bruises appeared all over her body the day after the procedure, with the surgeon telling her the reaction “was normal during this period”.

The patient told news portal G1: “My surgery lasted eight hours and I was discharged 24 hours later, even with this complication. On 12th July, the incision opened and a liquid with a strong odour began to come out, looking like something infected.”

She said she got in touch again with the surgeon, who again told her the reaction was normal during the recovery process and asked her not to go to A&E.

The patient’s condition worsened and she contacted the surgeon yet again. However, Dr Carvalho was not in town at the time and referred her to another professional, who sent her straight away to hospital, where she had to undergo a blood transfusion and two operations.

Following the operations, the woman got in touch again with Dr Carvalho, who told her the complications were her own fault.

The patient said: “I was very psychologically shaken. The doctor even said that these complications were my fault, because, according to her, I was obese.”

She is currently undergoing psychological counselling and will need to undergo another operation to reconstruct her abdomen.

Another patient, who paid BRL 13,000 (GBP 1,750) for a breast lift and breast enlargement in November last year suffered necrosis and lost part of her right breast and areola.

She said: “It was supposed to be a dream come true, but it ended up turning into a nightmare. The doctor didn’t provide any kind of assistance after the surgery.”

A third patient underwent mammoplasty and liposuction and was hospitalised for 30 days after her stitches opened several times, which had to be redone, and she developed a hospital bacterial infection.

Dr Carvalho has denied the patients’ claims and has said she “follows strict care protocols and monitors her patients before, during and after the procedures”.

She iterated her willingness to cooperate with the authorities as the investigation continues.