A MUM who bought a tummy tuck off a Facebook as nearly died after an infection ate her stomach from the inside out.
Soreena O’Malley, from Hull, saved up for years to undergo the knife but was left “crying every single day” and a future in a wheelchair.
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The cosmetic procedure saw her bedridden with a gaping wound across her stomach.
The 34-year-old said she has “no tummy” left after the 360-degree liposuction in Turkey.
Soreena told Hull Live: “It is not very nice having to be bed-bound three months after a surgery that I have paid for because I was so self-conscious about my body.
“I wouldn’t wear bikinis on holiday. It really did take me a long time to save this money because it was something I have wanted since having my child.
“I have no tummy. My whole tummy is gone and it could take well up to two years to heal. It is a massive hole.”
Her husband Declain added: “She nearly died from it.”
Soreena recalled arriving at Turkish hospital and being handed consent forms with no English translation.
She is now warning people against opting for surgery abroad, and buying into dodgy advertisements on social media.
The 34-year-old required a skin graft and specialist care when she returned to the UK.
Her family have set up a GoFundMe to help cover medical fees, and support Soreena’s daughter.
Declain told how donations would help “give my little girl her mum back” after the ordeal tore their family apart.
The couple are desperate for funds to cover corrective surgery, a wheelchair and legal action.
Soreena fears her mobility may never return and says the nightmare has devastated their mental health.
NHS England was contacted for comment but had not responded at the time of publication.
This comes after another woman told how she was left rotting in a dingy hotel and wanted to die after a £15,000 botched tummy tuck.
Sara Platt, 34, is now taking the Turkish doctor who operated on her to court.
Speaking to the Mail, she said: “I was left with three days to live. I suffer with nightmares every night. I’ve got extreme PTSD.
“If somebody touches my stomach straight away, I can feel pain and that’s going to be with me forever.”
As soon as she woke up from the 13-hour operation – which included the tummy tuck, a breast implant and three other procedures – she knew something was catastrophically wrong.
The pain was so severe that she begged her dad to let her die – while her right breast was purple, she claimed.
Over the following days, Sara’s health deteriorated further – as brown liquid began to seep from her body.
She later spent eight weeks at the Welsh Centre for Burns and Plastic Surgery.
Now, the traumatised mum, who claims to be suffering from PTSD, will be forced to return to Turkey for medical examinations – as part of legal proceedings against the surgeon.
Elsewhere, another mum underwent the same horror when she contacted sepsis after a failed tummy tuck abroad.
Mum-of-one Cennet Lo went under the knife within hours of getting off her plane in Turkey with plans to have a tummy tuck, liposuction and Brazilian butt lift.
But the 28-year-old has been left traumatised from the ordeal after she regained consciousness during the invasive procedure.
Once she was under, the mum recalls horrifically waking up and witnessing her own operation.
Risks of plastic surgery overseas
OVERSEAS surgeons are not subject to the same rules, regulations and training as doctors in the UK.
That means you can’t guarantee the safety of the equipment or material they are using.
Unsterile equipment dramatically increases your risk of infection, which could lead to necrotising fasciitis (flesh-eating bugs), sepsis or even death.
On top of that, if you are opting for fillers or injections anywhere on the body there is no way of knowing if doctors are using dangerous substances.
Cosmetic surgeons have warned against cut-price surgery as there is a real risk you will be injected with “unsafe substances”.
Prof Ash Mosahebi, honorary secretary of the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons’ (BAAPS), said most patients either opt for cheap injections or implants to boost their bum.
“If they are having injections then god knows what they are being injected with, if it is safe, or if it is sterile,” he told The Sun Online.
“Oil, for example, does make it look bigger for a few days but then it deflates and it’s likely infection like sepsis can kick in.
“I know of silicone oil being used, which shouldn’t be used for medical purposes.
“I’ve heard of cement but I haven’t seen it myself, I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s things like that.
“Most of the time the injections end up having a lot of bacteria in them as well because they aren’t sterile.”