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TV’S NAT: DON’T GET A DODGY BUM LIFT LIKE ME

Beauty’s warning after death of second Brit girl

- ■ by JAMES INGHAM james.ingham@dailystar.co.uk

EX On The Beach star Natalee Harris has warned girls off “killer” Brazilian butt lift surgery.

The reality beauty is recovering at home from her second “BBL” procedure after the first operation went badly wrong.

Last week, a woman became the second Brit to die after the controvers­ial surgery. Experts are calling for it to be banned.

Natalee, 30, said: “Sometimes I wish I’d never started having surgery. I definitely regret starting so young. I felt pressured into it by social media.

“There is so much pressure to look good it’s horrible. I would say if you haven’t had surgery then don’t start.

“I know that makes me hypocritic­al because I’ve had so much done, but I would say try and be happy in your own skin.

“Having work done is really addictive. It becomes a really unhealthy obsession and you just end up wanting more and more. It is fashion these days.

“Before, you could buy shoes. Now you can get lip-filler and Botox.

“Procedures are so cheap overseas you can put a bum and boob job on your credit card or student loan.

“It is becoming normal, which is scary.”

Natalee has had three boob jobs, two bum lifts, a nose job, liposuctio­n and her teeth fixed since she rose to fame on The Valleys in 2012.

Along with fillers and Botox, her procedures have cost over £35,000.

In May she flew to Turkey for her first “Kim Kardashian bum op” after seeing similar results on social media.

But her dream soon turned into a nightmare due to bad care and poor conditions. Natalee said: “I went to the clinic because I had seen someone post about it on Instagram.

“The whole experience was horrific. The surgeon barely asked me any questions or spoke English. When I came round they didn’t give me a bodysuit which I should wear or anything.

“My bed was soaking because I was leaking from my wounds, but they basically sent me back to the FIRST OP hotel the next day with paracetamo­l. I was crying my eyes out and in so much pain.

“We were trying to use Google Translate as no-one spoke English.”

When she flew home, Natalee’s bottom started to go out of shape. Last month she flew back to Turkey to a different clinic for a second operation. She said: SECOND OP “This time the level of care and profession­alism couldn’t have been more different. Everything went really well.”

Leah Cambridge died in August this year during her bum lift surgery.

Last week, a yet-to-be named woman also died on the operating table.

But despite this, Natalee feels banning the ops would lead to more deaths. She added: “If you try to ban it there will be a black market for it, which would be even more risky.

“What I would say to people is make sure you research properly. And don’t just take one person’s word.

“Try and find as many examples as possible before deciding where to go.”

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