‘Botched op almost left my girl without a mum’
Woman tells of makeover horror in Turkey
ADAUGHTER was almost left without a mum after a ‘mummy makeover’ went wrong in Turkey.
Danielle Hunt has spoken out about the ordeal, after spending £6,795 for breast implant replacements, a tummy tuck and liposuction in October 2022.
The 35-year-old visited the Istanbul-based clinic after reaching out to a Turkish surgeon on Whatsapp.
A friend showed the mum from Middleton the Instagram page of the clinic.
Once she had reached out, Danielle claims she was asked by a receptionist for photos, which she promptly sent over and the procedures were agreed upon.
“They asked me to let them know when I’d booked my flights,” aesthetics practitioner Danielle said.
“There was no consultation. They didn’t ask me if I took any medication, had any health problems or drank.”
Danielle flew out to Istanbul for the procedures and, as promised by them, had waited for a driver to pick her up from the airport.
An hour and multiple phone calls later, the driver finally arrived after accidentally going to the wrong airport.
Arriving at her hotel, the mum-of-one was taken to the clinic for a pre-consultation appointment and claims staff did not use globes or take her blood.
She also claims her results got mixed up with another woman named Danielle who had booked the same procedures.
The three surgeries were booked for the following day, but things went from bad to worse.
Despite only booking in for breast implant replacements, Danielle claims the surgeons said she needed breast uplift surgery to reshape her breasts into a higher position.
She was also handed four 10-page long consultation forms that needed to be signed within five minutes or she’d lose her surgery slot.
“I signed them without reading them,” Danielle added. “I panicked.”
The mum then asked surgeons to let her know when she’d be put to sleep, but this was reportedly not done. The next thing she knew, Danielle woke up in extreme agony.
She continued: “I was asking for pain relief before it was due because I was in that much pain.
“They discharged me the next day and I got back to the hotel with only paracetamol as pain relief.
“I rang the clinic and told them I was in dire pain. I was crying asking them if I could go back, I didn’t mind having to pay.”
A nurse visited Danielle in her hotel several times for pain relief, but she claims she couldn’t even walk three steps in her room.
She said: “It took me 30 minutes to walk to the shower. I wasn’t getting any sleep or resting at all.”
A day earlier than planned, Danielle flew back to Manchester where she was met by her partner and put in a wheelchair.
It took Danielle eight weeks to walk properly again, but her breast implants were still causing tremendous discomfort.
As a result, she visited Royal Bolton Hospital and was told by the doctor that the bruising she exhibited was the worst he’d seen in his career.
An oozing green puss would constantly come out of Danielle’s wounds after becoming infected.
On New Year’s Eve, Danielle contracted sepsis and had to be rushed for emergency surgery and had her breast implants removed.
“I contacted three different clinics and all three refused point blank to treat me because of how the original surgery had been done,” she continued.
Her daughter, sevenyear-old Minnie Rose, is non-verbal and autistic, but as she was in so much pain and out of work for three months, the proud mum was unable to look after her.
“I’ve got a severely autistic child, she’s seven and non-verbal,” the mum added. “I couldn’t be a mum for a few months.
“That had an effect on her because she likes routine. I found it really hard because of the pain I was in.
“She’s quite strong, so if she pushed me, it would have been another hospital visit because I was in that much of a weak state. I felt like I was failing as a mother.
“I was having nightmares and waking up dripping in sweat.
“I was constantly checking my breasts every two hours to make sure there was no leakage under the dressings.
“I couldn’t go swimming because I was constantly
anxious thinking people were looking at me. I couldn’t even look at myself in the mirror.”
Not only did the procedures have a physical affect on Danielle, but three months after the surgeries she was diagnosed with PTSD.
“You hear of the odd person dying from gastric sleeve surgery but it’s just getting worse,” she continued.
“My surgeon said he’s seen more cases to correct. They’re all botched.”
After struggling to find any surgeons to take on her
case, she eventually found a doctor who would perform reconstruction surgery.
This had to be done privately, costing Danielle a further £6,500.
Now out of the other side, the mum is raising awareness of the botched surgeries and warning others to consider the risks before going under the knife.
“Going over to Turkey for surgery is not worth risking your own life,” she said.
“My little girl was nearly left without a mum. Turkey surgery is cheap but you cannot put a price on your life.”