Coronation Street is set to air a storyline in which Lucy Fallon’s character, Bethany Platt, has her life changed over a botched cosmetic surgery abroad. In the new story, Bethany will contract sepsis which leaves her with a permanent stoma. It comes as Bethany decided to undergo liposuction at a clinic after she accepted a job with a cosmetic surgery company to write an advertorial on their new facility in Turkey.

Following the procedure, Bethany’s family has to work out how to raise funds to get her discharged as she did not declare the surgery on her travel insurance. Coronation Street to air botched cosmetic surgery with Bethany Platt View this post on Instagram A post shared by Lucy Fallon 🍒🐆🍒 (@lucyfallonx) Fallon said: “When I first heard about it I was pleased that they have trusted me with it because it’s an important storyline and, of course, I really enjoy doing issue-based storylines. “Obviously, this is really hard-hitting, which is exciting from an actor’s point of view, but it does come with quite a lot of pressure and responsibility to get it right because this happens to real life people.

“The storyline is also incredibly important as there (are) countless horror stories out there of people talking about their experiences of cosmetic surgery abroad. “I really hope this storyline can make people rethink going abroad for cosmetic surgery.” Corrie's Bethany has an operation and is given a permanent stoma after the procedure and, for th.