Monday 27 June 2022 12:51 PM Stay-at-home mum, 45, left with gruesome scars on her new 36FF breasts after ... trends now
A mother was left with gruesome infected scars after a botched 'mummy makeover' in Turkey.
Tracy Marriott, 45, flew to Istanbul to have a cut-price tummy tuck and boob job which she hoped would improve her self-confidence.
The stay-at-home mother-of-three, from Eastbourne, East Sussex, paid about a third of the price the surgeries would have cost in Britain.
Her dress size went down two sizes, from 18 to 14, and her 36DD breasts were increased to a 36FF following the procedures — but they were far from a success.
She woke up 'in a lot of pain' and was 'having trouble breathing', leaving her bed-bound in the foreign hospital for five days.
'I felt like I was dying and I wouldn't make it back home,' she said. 'My mum video called me whilst I was in the hospital and she said she could barely recognise me, I looked so unwell.'
By the time she mustered up the strength to get on a flight home, the scars on her nipples had become filled with pus and turned green.
There has been a surge in Britons travelling abroad for cosmetic surgery, particularly during the pandemic.
Tracy Marriott, 45, flew to Istanbul to have a cut-price tummy tuck and boob job which she hoped would improve her self-confidence
Her dress size went down two sizes, from 18 to 14, but she was left with bad scarring which became infected
Her 36DD breasts were increased to a 36FF, but the scars on her nipples became filled with pus and turned green.
Mrs Marriot was told by Turkish doctors that her scarring was normal and just a sign 'my body was healing'.
But British doctors revealed that her wounds were not stitched properly, which may have led to her breasts and tummy becoming infected.
Mrs Marriot said: 'I immediately went to the NHS who couldn't believe the stitching, the type of stitches and how it had been done.'
She was admitted to hospital and put on an IV drip in case the infection had spread to her bloodstream, where it can turn deadly.
The body is vulnerable to infections after surgery, particularly if equipment is not sterilised properly.
Bacteria from the skin, the operating room, surgeon's hands or other surfaces can be transferred into open wounds.
Days after returning home, Mrs Marriot revealed that holes starting appearing on her breasts that would cause 'stuff to ooze out'.
She has since had her procedure revised in Belgium and says she now feels much better. 'I guess the saying is true - you get what you pay for,' she added.
