Wednesday, August 21, 2024 -A woman who went to Turkey for a tummy tuck surgery has revealed how the botched operation has left her in so much pain and wanting to die due to the pain and disfigurement.
According to a report
by ITV, Sara Platt, 33, from South Wales, had an operation in Turkey
to reduce the size of her stomach. She lost 12 stone, but was left with excess
skin, causing sores and an unpleasant smell, as it rubbed together.
Her only option to get rid of the
skin was further surgery, but as she was not able to have the operation on
the NHS, she said getting it done privately would cost around £33,000 in
the UK.
Looking for a cheaper option, she
researched and found a surgeon in Turkey, who had numerous five-star reviews
who would perform the loose skin removal as well as a breast uplift and
implants, all for £15,000.
In addition to the price of the
operation, Sara was lured in by the promise that she'd be able to recover from
the extensive work under the Turkish sun.
However, this was not the case, and
instead, she was left to rot in a dingy hotel room because of botched surgery,
which has led to her requiring nine corrective surgeries on the NHS, as well as
permanent disfigurement that at one point left her hospitalised.
Previously speaking about the surgery, she said: "My body is mutilated: I've got two holes in my stomach, I've got no boobs, I've got a hump on my back and I'm in constant pain. What happened over there has ruined my life."
She added: "Surgery in the UK
would be £33,000, which was beyond my means.
"I found a place where it would
cost £15,000 in Turkey. It wasn't the cheapest, but the clinic and the surgeon
had plenty of five-star reviews although I have since found out they were
almost certainly fake."
She flew to Turkey for the operation
in February 2023, but realised as soon as she woke up from the 13-hour
procedure that something was wrong.
She has said she was in horrific
pain, and couldn't breathe as the surgeon had taken so much skin that she
couldn't expand her lungs.
Speaking to ITV, she said: "I
remember coming round and my Dad being by the side of me and saying, 'you need
to breathe Sara, you need to breathe'. There were loads of nurses around
me and I was like 'kill me, tell them to kill me, Dad, you need to tell them to
kill me. I can’t do this, you need to tell them'."
According to the mother-of-four, the
pain was so intense she had never experienced anything like it before, and
"wanted to die" because she "couldn't deal" with it.
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