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Turkey plastic surgery warning as Brits targeted with Christmas deals for deadly Brazilian Butt Lift operations
With one in 3,000 procedures resulting in death, the hourglass shape comes at a high price
BRITS are being offered deadly Brazilian Butt Lift surgery before Christmas by so-called "experts" with NO medical credentials, it has been reported.
Dental and cosmetics firm Magic Touch Turkey allegedly promoted the risky plastic surgery during free 30-minute consultations at an event in Hull last weekend.
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The medical company, based in Antalya, outlined a treatment plan for people interested in travelling to Turkey, according to .
At the event "patient co-ordinator" Sevil, who has no medical credentials, reportedly said Brazilian Butt Lift (BBL) surgery "never" went wrong.
She said: "You put an implant and you get the really good result and no risk. That's why [there is] no need to be worried."
But with , the hourglass shape comes at a high price.
Sevil allegedly offered a discount on flights and said: "It's better to come before next year because there is a change – at the beginning of next year they change the price of the hospital."
She quoted £7,000 for the procedure and accommodation and said a surgeon with 15 years' experience would perform the procedure.
The plastic surgery company is also said to have offered consultations in Southampton, Manchester and Edinburgh, with another planned next month in Middlesbrough.
The operation involves taking fat from areas like the stomach and back, and transferring it into the bum.
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The death rate is at least ten times higher than most other cosmetic procedures.
Melissa Kerr, 31, travelled from Norfolk to Istanbul to undergo the £3,200 procedure at Medicana Kadikoy hospital.
Melissa was killed when the injected fat entered a vein and blocked her pulmonary artery causing an embolism.
Last year, a British grandmother died in Turkey after having three cosmetic procedures at a clinic in Istanbul.
Carol Keenan, 53, paid £7,000 for a BBL and a tummy tuck, and was then offered a third procedure for free - stomach muscle repair, purportedly to give her more definition.
She went under the knife for six hours, and suddenly collapsed outside her hotel six days after her procedures.
Carol went into cardiac arrest on her way to the hospital, and tragically died soon after.
Just a month earlier, Sophie Hunt, 34, also passed away just after her weight loss surgery in Turkey.
The Sun has contacted Magic Touch Turkey for comment.
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