![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/brit-mum-left-with-rotting-belly-after-flying-to-turkey-for-4300-tummy-tuck/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/1_PAY-Kennedy-News-and-Media-4.jpg&description=WARNING, GRAPHIC IMAGES: Janet Smalley spent nine days in hospital and may still need a skin graft after a tummy tuck and liposuction in Turkey left her suffering from sepsis and necrotic skinJanet Smalley's 50th birthday treat backfired A mum's 50th birthday treat of a tummy tuck backfired when she ended up hospitalised with sepsis and a belly covered in rotting flesh from the botched procedure in Turkey. Janet Smalley opted to get the surgery done ahead of her upcoming birthday in January, flying to Istanbul for the operation on September 26. But just days after going under the knife she began "shivering uncontrollably" and "burning up" intermittently and claims nurses at the Turkish clinic reassured her everything was "normal". After returning to the UK, Janet's symptoms continued so she visited her GP, who opened her compression garment to reveal infected wounds with black, dead skin. The 49-year-old was then admitted to hospital suffering from sepsis and is still at risk of needing a skin graft to replace necrotic skin on her stomach. After being "dismissed" by the Turkish clinic, the account manager has now shared shocking photos of her infected wounds to warn others about the risks of getting plastic surgery abroad. Janet, from Accrington, Lancashire, described how she noticed things weren't right a few days after the surgery. She said: "Things weren't too bad at first because you're sleeping - you're in a lot of pain but you don't know what's normal and what's not so you just get on with it. "Day three I was sent back to the hotel and things started getting really bad. I was shivering uncontrollably to the point where my teeth were chattering. "I contacted the coordinators to get a nurse to come to the room. She did my blood pressure and it was really low but she said 'it's absolutely fine, it's just from the anaesthetic'". Janet was hospitalised with sepsis after the botched procedure ( Kennedy News and Media) Janet also had liposuction, including on two ar){kind=link}
WARNING, GRAPHIC IMAGES: Janet Smalley spent nine days in hospital and may still need a skin graft after a tummy tuck and liposuction in Turkey left her suffering from sepsis and necrotic skin
A mum’s 50th birthday treat of a tummy tuck backfired when she ended up hospitalised with sepsis and a belly covered in rotting flesh from the botched procedure in Turkey.
Janet Smalley opted to get the surgery done ahead of her upcoming birthday in January, flying to Istanbul for the operation on September 26.
But just days after going under the knife she began “shivering uncontrollably” and “burning up” intermittently and claims nurses at the Turkish clinic reassured her everything was “normal”.
After returning to the UK, Janet’s symptoms continued so she visited her GP, who opened her compression garment to reveal infected wounds with black, dead skin.