I flew to Turkey for a cheap face lift but now i’m botched with stitches hanging out – they won’t give my money back
AS it becomes more common to see celebrities post about their cosmetic treatments, it’s no wonder that there has been a rise in people getting surgery.
Many people now have the chance of having nearly anything on the body nipped and tucked these days.
A recent survey found that women between the ages of 31 and 45 are requesting popular procedures such as breast augmentations, liposuction and tummy tucks.
But in the UK, it doesn’t come cheap as treatments can cost up to £20k.
However, if you head overseas to countries like Turkey it is known to be considerably cheaper.
But it comes with a big risk.
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The bottom line is, medical equipment and standards simply aren’t as highly regulated in Turkey as they are in the UK and EU countries.
As Turkey isn’t part of the EU, they do not comply with the strict guidelines that our surgeons and hospitals have.
Sharon Savage Maxwell recently went to Turkey to get a face lift, but ended up botched.
Four weeks after surgery she has still got stitches hanging at the side of her face, and has had to be put on antibiotics.
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She is now trying to raise awareness about the dangers.
Sharon has taken to TikTok to share her story.
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She says: “So I have got stitches hanging out the side of my face, I got told I had dissolving stitches and they’re not dissolving and they’re not willing to pay me back the money for the work that wasn’t carried out.
“They want me to go back over there.”
And Sharon is not the only woman this has happened to.
She says: “But I’m on a group chat with about 16 girls who have been with this company, and they’ve all been watched.
“A few of them are back over and they’ve been re-botched.”
Sharon claims that the company she went with is trying to silence her.
I’m not afraid to talk, I’ve told them the only way they are going to silence me is if they pay me my money back
Sharon Maxwell
She says: “There has been a gag put on some of the people to talk about it from the Scottish government.
“Which is very very strange.
“I’m not going to be silenced about this, am I hell.
“Too many things are happening to girls over there.
“Turkey is not a bad place to go and the people in Turkey are lovely, I am not slating the country at all.
“It’s this company.”
She is also urging celebrities to stop advertising surgery out there.
Sharon says: “They (celebrities) are getting paid to get this work done, and they are getting paid to advertise, this should not be allowed.
“Celebrities should not be allowed to promote plastic surgery, it’s damaging to people like myself, even to men, girls, women, children damaging, it shouldn’t be allowed.
“I’m not getting my money back for the work that wasn’t carried out, I’ve been left with stitches handing down the side of my face and that’s about four weeks later.
Stitches hanging down the side of my face
Sharon Maxwell
“I’ve been on antibiotics since I’ve come home.
“I’m not afraid to talk, I’ve told them the only way they are going to silence me is if they pay me my money back.”
The video has been viewed over 160k times, with many people rushing to the comments section to share their concerns.
One wrote: “Where did you go Sharon? Wonder if it was the same place I went. I ended up in hospital when I got back too. I know of many others through Instagram.”
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Another added: “I nearly died. I had threats of being sued and jailed and had to have four surgeries on return . Only returned £2000 of my money reluctantly ! xx.”
A third said: “Jesus I wanted to go turkey for a mummy makeover, probs not gonna even look into it now Jesus! I hope you get your pennies back xxxxxx”