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Eye-lift for my 50th birthday was botched...

and left me looking like a basset hound READ MORE: Mum left fighting for life after Turkey liposuction led to sepsis By Rebecca Whittaker For Mailonline Published: 11:45, 7 October 2024 | Updated: 11:50, 7 October 2024 e-mail 1 View comments A mum-of-three's bid to get rid of her eye bags for her 50th birthday left her 'disfigured' after an op in Turkey left her with drooping eyelids 'like a basset hound'. Anita Brawders, 51, from Kilkenny, Ireland, paid £830 (€1,000) for nip tuck in which surgeons made a small incision under the eye and pulled the skin up. But just days after arriving back home she noticed the area below her eyes was beginning to droop — exposing her lower eyelid.



The bar manager was forced to return to Turkey for revision surgery but claims the lower lids dropped once again within a matter of days. As a result, Ms Brawders said she was too embarrassed to attend family weddings and even her own 50th birthday party. Anita Brawders, 51, from Kilkenny, Ireland, paid €1,000 (£830) for the operation in which surgeons made a small incision under the eye and pulled the skin up Now, she wants to warn others against travelling to Turkey for surgery.

Just days after arriving back home she noticed the area below her eyes was beginning to droop 'I was coming up to 50 and just wanted to feel better about myself. 'It was a little birthday present to myself,' Ms Brawders said, recalling why she decided to go ahead with t.

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