A mum says getting a Brazilian butt lift (BBL) in Turkey was 'the biggest mistake of her life' after dying on the operating table and needing to be resuscitated - leaving her with life-long heart problems. Courteney Smith flew to Turkey for a BBL - where fat is transferred from the abdomen to the buttocks - in August 2020 after finding a cosmetic surgery company on social media.
The 25-year-old says she regretted the op the moment she woke from surgery in excruciating pain and was then forced to spend days at the clinic's private villa without any doctors on hand to care for her. After waking up from surgery two hours later than expected on her back instead of her front, and with an unusual mark on her chest, the mum suspected that something hadn't gone to plan but says doctors denied any issues.
But when she returned to the UK and visited her GP with chest pain, she claims she was told the bruise was from being resuscitated, which she says doctors in Turkey eventually confessed to. Courteney says she has now been left with heart problems for life as well as other lasting issues from the surgery despite not even getting the result she had hoped for.
