I saved £31k on a home deposit but spent it on 13 surgeries – I don’t have my dream house but I’ve got my dream body
A WOMAN has revealed how she blew her entire £30K house deposit on cosmetic surgeries in a bid to achieve her ‘dream body.’
Scarlet Black, who ballooned to 25st during lockdown, spent her hard saved cash on a whopping 13 surgeries, ranging from a gastric sleeve to a BBL and buttock lift.
The 27-year-old, who had saved the deposit over two years, says: “I might not be getting my dream house, but at least I get to live in my dream body.”
The social media influencer saved her money every month for two years, for which she later saved £30,000 to buy her future home, but after using some of it to have her first cosmetic surgery, a gastric sleeve, she realised she wanted to spend the deposit on something else, her dream body.
Her addiction to spending thousands on her body saw her spending over budget, which was £31,500, but this didn’t matter for Scarlet, as she struggled massively growing up with her weight.
“I was always big growing up, on and off yo-yo diets with losing loads and gaining loads,” the social media creator explains.
“I was stuck in a vicious cycle that I couldn’t get out of.
“Lockdown happened, I stayed in more, binged more on takeaways, and stopped walking as much.
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She adds: “I’d eat portions made for families.
“For a meal, I’d have a large pizza, garlic bread, fried chicken, and wedges on the side which would be washed down with a 1.5 litre of cola and a big cookie pudding.
“Some days, I’d have three takeaways a day.
“My health was deteriorating, I heard about the gastric sleeve, and that for me was my last resort for help.”
After having the gastric sleeve back in February 2021, Scarlet’s confidence skyrocketed and decided to have a tummy tuck, muscle repair, arm liposuction, and an arm lift that was later booked for November 2021.
These surgeries were to help the aftermath of the gastric sleeve due to having loose skin, as she happened to shed a whopping 14st.
She says: “My first operation was a gastric sleeve, which helped me lose weight.
“I lost 14 stone altogether, so I was left with loads of loose skin, so these surgeries that I had done in November 2021 helped get rid of it all.”
In March 2022, Scarlet booked her breast augmentation which added another dent in the 30k, costing her £6,000.
Scarlet's surgeries:
February 2021: Gastric sleeve, £3,500
November 2021: Extended tummy tuck, muscle repair, arm liposuction & arm lift, £7,000
March 2022: Breast augmentation, £6,000
August 2022: Thigh lift & breast augmentation, £7,000
August 2023: Periareolar, breast augmentation, BBL, liposuction & a buttock lift, £8,000
“I actually had three boob jobs, which a lot of people always say to me, ‘What? You had three? What the hell?’ and what people don’t really know unless you’ve had a boob job, is you must go up in little stages to slowly stretch your skin,” she explains.
“Otherwise, if you don’t, you get a lot of complications.”
Following on from her March surgeries, she later went back to Turkey in August 2022 to have a thigh lift and breast augmentation, which summed up to £7,000.
A year on from that, the 27-year-old went back to her surgeon this August, to add some curves back into her body which ended up costing her £8,000 and using up all her deposit.
The £8,000 paid for her Periareolar, breast augmentation, BBL (Brazilian Butt Lift), liposuction, and buttock lift.
“When I was bigger, I was obviously more curvaceous, and I just missed having some curves as they always made me feel feminine,” she says.
“So, I gained some extra weight which ended up being 2st and booked myself in for the BBL and other procedures.
“It was a bit triggering when I was getting it done, as they needed me to have enough fat to suck out of me, to put back into me.
She adds: “I just kept thinking to myself, ‘Oh god, I’m doing the opposite, I’m putting weight back on’, but you know what, after the surgery, I feel really good and it’s the best I have ever felt.”
With Scarlet’s house deposit all gone, she has no regrets.
“I’d do it again in a heartbeat to see myself in the mirror now and actually smile back at my reflection,” she says.
“At the end of the day, money comes back but it’s helped me mentally and physically all these surgeries and I do not regret it.
“I’m currently saving again to buy a house next year or the year after, you live in your body more than your own home, so to me, it’s just self-investing.”