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Impersonating Doctor Charged After Botched Surgery Scars Patient

2/5/2026

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Dingrui Wang, a 34-year-old Newton, Massachusetts resident, has been charged with assault, kidnapping, impersonating a doctor, and unauthorized medical practice.
In January 2020, she performed a double eyelid blepharoplasty on a 22-year-old at an unlicensed clinic.
The procedure caused permanent scarring and she allegedly injected local anesthetic and non-FDA-approved fillers without a license.
Wang was indicted on January 29 and will be arraigned on February 5.

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Dingrui Wang, a 34-year-old Newton, Massachusetts resident, has been charged with assault, kidnapping, impersonating a doctor, and unauthorized medical practice.
In January 2020, she performed a double eyelid blepharoplasty on a 22-year-old at an unlicensed clinic.
The procedure caused permanent scarring and she allegedly injected local anesthetic and non-FDA-approved fillers without a license.
Wang was indicted on January 29 and will be arraigned on February 5.