I flew to Turkey for a mummy tummy tuck on my nan’s inheritance but it ate me alive – I felt like I was splitting in two
A MUM was left in so much pain she felt her body "was going to split in two" after undergoing a botched tummy tuck in Turkey.
Carrie, 36, went through "hell" after a £4,500 op to her stomach - paid for with her nan's inheritance - triggered a rare flesh-eating disease.
Carrie, from Slough, Berkshire, paid £800 to fly to Istanbul after booking herself in for liposuction to remove a pouch she developed after the birth of her two children.
But three-hour standard procedure ended up taking six hours and resulted in her stomach turning “black”.
"When I woke up, everything was painful – I knew something wasn’t right,” she said.
“It was a really tight feeling to the point I felt like my body was going to split in two.
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"I wanted to take the pain away.
"My stomach started turning black and they said I had necrotising fasciitis.
"I had to go back to surgery to wash everything out.
“They cut me open and did it while I was awake while putting a screen up in front of me.
"That went on for around 45 minutes. It was hell.”
Carrie had her tummy tuck in 2022 but is now sharing her story to encourage women to get surgery in the UK rather than fly to Turkey.
She added: "I regret it one million percent.
"If I could turn back time, I would never have got it.
“If you want to change your stomach, just diet and hit the gym.
"It still affects my mental health and I have to position my clothes so you can't see my stomach because I look deformed.
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"I've had to get on with it. I can't change it and if I keep dwelling on it my mental health will suffer.
“I try to stay positive and think that I'm lucky to be alive and see my kids grow up.”