SARA Platt weighed 24st and was utterly miserable. She was taking steroids to treat her endometriosis, and piled on a significant amount of weight as a result. 5 Sara Platt before her Turkey surgery nightmare Credit: SWNS 5 The mum-of-four's excess skin after losing 12st Credit: SWNS In 2021, she flew to Turkey to have an operation to reduce the size of her stomach.
And it worked. Sara, from South Wales, lost a staggering 12st. However, such a dramatic loss left her with excess skin that she said rubbed together, causing sores and an unpleasant smell.
She decided that after such a positive experience the first time round, she would travel back to Turkey for corrective surgery. READ MORE ON HEALTH TRAGIC END Death of woman, 93, after she 'mistook for sweets' prompts coroner's warning TRAGIC CASE Mum lost baby after midwives ignored her cries for help when she was bleeding The 33-year-old spent 17 months researching her options before deciding which firm to go with for her "dream body". Then, in February 2023, she underwent what is often dubbed a ' mummy makeover ', which involves excess skin removal, a breast lift and implants.
But within minutes of waking up from the £14,000 procedure in Antalya, Sara knew something had gone terribly wrong. "I remember coming round and there were loads of nurses around me and I was like, ‘Kill me, tell them to kill me. I can’t do this, you need to tell them'," the mum-of-four told ITV News .
Most read in Health ASK DR ZOE I had horrible .