Lyn May says supposed collagen injections contained cooking oil and baby oil

Updated 14:22 16 Oct 2026 GMT+1Published 11:34 16 Oct 2026 GMT+1

Actor Lyn May believed that she was having fillers, but was actually being injected with cooking oil and baby oil

An actor who suffered facial disfigurement after bad cosmetic procedures has warned others about the risks.

Lilia Guadalupe Mendiola, whose stage name is Lyn May, was known for her stunning good looks in the 1970s and 1980s.

She began her career as an exotic dancer in cabaret, before breaking into Mexican cinema in movies such as Tívoli in 1974, Carnival Nights in 1978, and The Loving Ones in 1979.

Her captivating beauty helped her in becoming a star, but things would go horribly wrong for May, who is now 75, after she decided to undergo a cosmetic procedure,

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In the 90s May was considering having some cosmetic procedures, and claimed that a 'jealous' friend persuaded her into this despite her beauty.

Ultimately, this led to her getting unregulated fillers, with disastrous consequences.

Lyn May believed she was receiving collagen injections (instagram/lyn_may_)

May was convinced by a scammer to have the unregulated filler injections, being told that she was being injected with the proper medical fillers, according to OkChicas, believing this would give her a younger appearance.

But while they had promised it would help to maintain her appearance, in reality May had been injected with a mixture of baby oil, cooking oil, and water.

This didn't affect her at first, and everything seemed alright, but as time passed she began to get hard lumps and abscesses in her face as the horrid mixture she had been injected with began to deteriorate.

Eventually her face was completely changed from how it was when she was younger, leaving her with a life-changing disfigurement.

Since then, May has also undergone further procedures in an attempt to mitigate the damage which was done to her.

May still performs (instagram/lyn_may_)

However, a surgeon was able to only remove a fraction of the mixture of oil that she was injected with, leaving her stuck with the change to her appearance.

It has since been reported that she is working alongside a 'legitimate doctor' in the hope that they are able to help her to 'reverse some of the effects of what happened to her'.

Images of May have also gone viral on social media as many people shared their anger and disbelief that someone would trick her into such an appalling situation, The Sun reported.

One person posted: "Omg it's awful that her 'friend' did this to her. What a horrible thing to do to someone."

Another reflected on her friend, writing: "I hope her 'friend' is in jail. Who needs haters when you have friends?"

Many agreed with this, with one person writing: "Omg it's awful that her 'friend' did this to her. What a horrible thing to do to someone."

Others were left upset by just how much it had affected her, with one writing: "She was so beautiful wtf," while another wrote: "She was pretty before all that, how sad."

Featured Image Credit: instagram/lyn_may_

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