Celebrity esthetician sued for $71K after client says she was left severely burned and permanently scarred

An LA woman is suing celebrity esthetician Sonya Dakar for fraud, alleging she was not authorized to perform the chemical peel that gave her “severe burns and permanent scarring.”Victoria Nelson claimed in her suit that she visited Dakar’s Beverly Hills clinic — which has welcomed the likes of Gwyneth Paltrow, Drew Barrymore and Sofia Vergara — in April 2021 and “left with severe burns to her face, including to both cheeks, under one eyebrow and to her forehead.”“During that facial, Defendant Sonya Dakar intentionally placed an unknown substance, likely acid, onto Plaintiffs face, causing severe burns and permanent scarring,” claims the suit filed last week in LA court.Nelson is seeking about $71,000 from Dakar, not for her reported burn injury, but for allegedly making “false representations” to her about “her professional qualifications and licensure, the nature and legality of the treatments provided, and the accuracy and authorization of the charges” to her account.The Post reached out to Dakar and her clinic for comment.Nelson, founder and CEO of Undeniable Entertainment, said that her acne prompted her to seek out Dakar in 2019 at the age of 26.Nelson claimed that Dakar charged her $70,972.27 for treatments between Nov.7, 2019, and Nov.

5, 2023.On TikTok, Nelson has described herself as a frequent client of Dakar’s, even after the alleged 2021 chemical peel burning.She said she returned for about 30 sessions to fix her face.Dakar’s bill was one issue Nelson raised in her suit.“Many of the charges, in addition to being obtained through fraud, were unauthorized by Plaintiff and Plaintiff still does not know what she paid for,” the suit claims.For example, Nelson questioned the purpose of an alleged $6,495 charge on Nov.

5, 2023, saying she is “certain that she did not purchase anything” from Dakar at that time.Another issue is the licensure for Dakar and her clinic.Dakar’s establishment license for her famous Beverly Hi...