A mother who flew to Turkey for a £5,300 ‘mummy makeover’ surgery has revealed how she was left with just one breast after infection set in.
Jade Tyler 31, from Braintree, Essex, was left unhappy with her body after having five children and wanted a makeover.
She booked the boob job, tummy tuck, Brazilian butt lift, and liposuction at a clinic in Istanbul, Turkey for just over £5,000 – around £15,000 less than it would have cost in the UK.
She went under the knife for the nine-hour surgery, but later was still in agony and bleeding.
However the mother-of-five claimed she was reassured it was normal and returned to the UK.
Once back to her home in Essex, infection set in, leaving her with a 50p-sized hole in her breast and at risk of developing sepsis.
No medication or treatment helped, and eventually doctors said their last move was to remove the implant – along with almost all of her right breast tissue.
Jade spent four months with just one breast, having to stuff her bra with a ‘fake breast’, before she could get a new set of smaller, lower-risk implants.
Jade Tyler, 31, from Braintree, Essex, got a £5,300 Turkey ‘mummy makeover’ surgery and was left with just one breast after an infection left her with a 50p-sized hole. Pictured before her surgery
She has now ended up with the same size C-cup size breasts she started with – but has been left needing therapy and regrets ever going under the knife.
The stay-at-home mother said: ‘After my last child, I was overweight, had a “mummy pouch” and had saggy boobs.
‘I decided I wanted to go to Turkey to get my old body back.
‘But the whole thing was one big, agonising nightmare and I’m still not happy with how my body looks.
‘I wish I’d never done it. It felt so important at the time but I look at old photos and feel sad now.
‘I see now that having a perfect body isn’t important – my message is to love yourself the way you are.’
Jade decided to head out to Istanbul to splash £5,300 on the treatments – which could have cost more than £20,000 in the UK.
Jade was left unhappy with her body after having five children and wanted a makeover but now regrets going under the knife (pictured after recovering from surgery)
She went under the knife for the nine-hour surgery, but later was still in agony and bleeding. Jade is pictured following her surgery
She booked the boob job, tummy tuck, Brazilian butt lift, and liposuction at a clinic in Istanbul, Turkey
Once back to her home in Essex, her right nipple began to turn black before a gaping hole developed in the breast which leaked fluid and smelled (pictured: Jade’s breasts immediately after after her boob job in Turkey)
Jade spent four months with just one breast before she could get a new set of smaller, lower-risk implants (pictured: Jade recently)
She wanted to tackle her ‘saggy boobs’ and ‘mummy pouch’ on her stomach and booked her operations, plus flights and a hotel for January 2024.
Excited to get her ‘brand new body’, Jade flew out on January 4 with her teen nephew for company, and went under the knife the very next day.
But days on, her wounds from her breast implantation began to bleed and her right breast swelled up.
Regardless, she was discharged and flew home – and Jade got in touch with a local UK breast clinic seeking help.
She was put onto a drainage pump to remove the building fluid, but things took a turn – culminating in her full breast being removed.
She said: ‘I was going to get my wounds re-dressed every week but it got worse.’
Jade decided to head out to Istanbul to splash £5,300 on the treatments – which could have cost more than £20,000 in the UK
Jade said UK clinics refused to touch her because of the work that had already been in Turkey
Jade admitted that she now mourns her pre surgery body and regrets going under the knife
‘The skin began to split and then my breast tissue was literally falling out of the bottom. It was hell.
‘The smell was the most awful thing – like rotting meat – and nothing seemed to help.
‘Several appointments later, they said there was a risk of sepsis and the implant needed to come out – along with almost all my breast tissue.’
Instead of getting back her pre-pregnancy body and a full, perky bust, she was left with just one boob.
Jade said UK clinics refused to touch her because of the work that had already been in Turkey.
She was left so embarrassed that she spent months stuffing her bra on one side with a fake breast, and wearing baggy clothes to hide it.
She said: ‘The effect on my mental health was terrible – I felt so depressed.
‘Even doing the school run – I’d have to remember my keys, phone and fake boob.’
She was left so embarrassed that she spent months stuffing her bra on one side with a fake breast, and wearing baggy clothes to hide it
Jade now wants to use her experience to warn other women not to go under the knife – and instead to ‘love yourself’
But it left Jade feeling so insecure she ran out of options – besides going back a clinic run by the same company that did her surgery – to go under the knife for a new corrective pair of implants.
She said: ‘I desperately didn’t want to go back – but I looked down at my chest and thought ‘I can’t live like this’.’
After travelling back to Istanbul on October 21, she had a surgery to remove her existing implant and get a new set.
She was warned larger implants would cause issues again – so she had to get C-cup implants – leaving her the same size as she started.
Jade now wants to use her experience to warn other women not to go under the knife – and instead to ‘love yourself’.
She said: ‘I was worried I would die at points throughout this journey. I knew there were risks but I thought it wouldn’t happen to me, until it did.
‘The whole thing is one massive regret, I look back at my before photos and cry because I miss my old body.
‘My message is just love yourself the way you are – I look back and realise getting the work done wasn’t important.
‘I have my children and I need to be there for them – and I nearly wasn’t! I wish I had never gone in the first place – now I’m just happy to be alive.’
