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A woman whose breast implant fell out of her chest weeks after a botched surgery in Turkey has told how the complications left her ‘depressed’.
Kelly Young, from New Malden, Greater London, spent £3,700 on boob surgery in September, more than two decades after she first underwent the procedure.
The 48-year-old opted for a cut-price clinic in the destination, where thousands flock each year for cut-price surgery, which she quickly found.
But Ms Young, a driver, was forced to seek NHS care after the botched procedure resulted in implants spilling out of holes in her chest.
Kelly Young (pictured before surgery in September), from New Malden, Greater London, spent £3,700 for her second breast surgery in September at a cut-price clinic she quickly found, so she could fly with a friend who was also he was having work done to his teeth
The 48-year-old had undergone surgery to increase her cup size to a double D in the UK 24 years ago, but her right implant ruptured in 2018.
Young (pictured after surgery in December) admitting to not having done much research beforehand, chose the clinic because “Turkey was the cheapest place to do it.”
Admitting that she hadn’t done much research beforehand, Ms Young chose the clinic because “Turkey was the cheapest place to do it.”
Typically, breast implant surgery costs around £3,500 to £8,000 in the UK. Generally, this does not include the cost of consultations or follow-up care.
Speaking of her ordeal, she said: “I didn’t think there would be complications and I didn’t think if there were, then seven weeks later they would tell me I couldn’t have any more surgery.”
Within days of returning home in September, the scar under her right breast had begun to open and the implant, covered in pus, was protruding.
Ms Young, a mother of two, added: “When I got back, my daughter went to change my bandage and said the stitches had come undone and she was crying.
‘My doctor said I was infected and prescribed antibiotics. He saw the district nurses every day to keep an eye on him and dress him. He started to ooze more and get bigger.
“They had to pack batting inside the hole every day to keep it from growing any more than they could any longer.
It was too big and getting worse every day, so I had to go to the ER.’
Despite being advised not to fly back to Turkey by an NHS breast surgeon, she returned in November for revision surgery.
“I had to get on the plane with the implant hanging, I was scared,” she added.
After the surgery, she woke up worried about blood loss from the surgery wound.
But her surgeon told her “it was normal” and would stay that way “for a few more days,” so she decided to fly home, she said.
But when she found a second hole in December that was expanding by the day, a UK breast surgeon told her her second implant had become infected and she should wait at least six months before undergoing further implant treatments.
“I was sick of having holes in my breasts and having to dress them up every day,” she said.
So I went back to Turkey. They said there was nothing they could do, they would take him out and he shouldn’t get any more treatment, no elevation or anything.
She said she had very little chest and some loose skin and that was it. I went home because I was depressed.
After having her implants removed, Ms Young revealed that she has now been prescribed antidepressants and is looking for another surgeon to repair the damage as her confidence has been shattered.
Although she was not charged for the two revision operations, Ms Young shelled out £6,200 in total. in the initial surgery, flights and accommodation.
“I am very unhappy with them, I feel like a 12-year-old again. I don’t let my boyfriend see me, everyone knows me with my boobs,’ he said.
I have three batches of scars with a flat chest. I feel like a different person.
“I have to do them, I couldn’t wear a bikini, summer would be a nightmare.”
He added: “People need to do their research, look at all the complications that can occur and make sure they don’t pay cash because if you pay by card you have more rights.”
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