A MUM has revealed the terrifying moment she was told her young daughter had just minutes left to live after a botched Brazilian butt lift.
Hairdresser Louise Taylor, 28, paid £1,500 for the BBL of her dreams only to be left dangerously ill after the first round of filler injections and being rushed to hospital.
Janet Taylor with her daughter Louise before the young hairdresser’s life was changed due to a botched BBL surgery[/caption]
Louise was rushed to hospital after suffering from shooting pains down her leg for emergency surgery[/caption]
Louise was left unable to walk due to being in so much agony[/caption]
Heartbroken mum Janet remembers Louise phoning her up to say a harrowing “goodbye” when the pain from the BBL surgery became unbearable.
Louise arranged to get the surgery done over WhatsApp in October 2023 and paid £435 upfront to a practitioner who boasted about working with celebrities online.
When she arrived for the operation, Janet said her daughter was greeted by a different surgeon with the one she had been messaging no where to be seen.
Louise wanted to leave the surgery and take some time to consider her options after feeling “stuck” but due to the cash already spent being non-refundable she decided to stay.
Janet has since come out on her daughter’s behalf and said “it felt like they’d sold her the dream”.
After the BBL injections, Louise said she started to feel a “shooting pain” down her leg, according to a written police statement.
They repeatedly caused her to “scream” in agony, it added.
In the days following the procedure, Louise experienced extreme swelling, pain and redness all around the injected area.
She complained to the clinic but was told to just take routine antibiotics.
Days later and she was left unable to walk – forcing her to take time off work.
The family then rushed her to hospital fearing the worst only four days after the initial BBL surgery.
Louise phoned up Janet from Salford Royal’s A&E department before she had treatment on her leg as she left her mum a harrowing message.
She said: “Mum, I think I’m going to die.”
Janet continued: “I remember getting a call from the hospital, they said they needed to operate on Louise, or she was going to die, there was no doubt about it.
“They were preparing Louise for surgery, she was refusing because the surgeon couldn’t tell her what he was going to cut off, she was so frightened and rang me for advice and to say goodbye.
“Knowing what we know now, if she had not gone to the hospital when she did, Louise wouldn’t be here.”
Doctors were left battling to save Louise’s leg after her blood pressure continued to rise due to the pain she was in.
The rate of infection was now travelling so fast that medics believed they had only 10 minutes left to begin operations before it was too late.
“It was so surreal. I couldn’t believe what I was hearing,” Janet added.
“There are all these things going through your head and you can’t break down at that point because it’s like you’ve got to make decisions.”
Thankfully, Louise survived the operation after doctors managed to remove all the dead tissue out of her body.
Her entire left buttock was said to have operated on at the time leaving Louise needing even more in the future.
Multiple corrective surgeries to the area affected are still needed with it unsure how long she will have to wait before another surgery goes ahead, Janet said.
The mum has also noted a huge change in Louise’s attitude since the wrong surgery went ahead.
“She’s a lot quieter these days, she doesn’t talk about it,” said Janet.
“I think it’s taken it out of her, she hasn’t been able to work since. It’s affected her mental health and her self-confidence massively.”
Greater Manchester Police confirmed they received a police report on the surgery claims and are looking into the allegations.
A spokesperson said: “When we were made aware of this incident, we took a statement from the victim and passed this evidence onto our colleagues in Essex.
“They have primacy in this investigation due to the reported offence location and will lead on enquiries in terms of any further action.
“We will continue to support their investigation as required.
“As with any investigation, if new information comes to light officers will conduct further enquiries and provide assistance where possible.”
What are Brazilian Bum Lifts and why are they so popular?
BUTTOCK enlargement surgery – known as a Brazilian bum-lift (BBL) – is used to make the bum look bigger, rounded and lifted.
Surgeons transfer fat, inject filler or insert silicone-filled implants.
It is the fastest growing cosmetic procedure but also one of the most dangerous, according to the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (BAAPS).
Many patients are travelling to the likes of Turkey or seeking out unregistered surgeons in the UK and are not given full information on the risks.
BBLs carry the highest risk of all cosmetic surgeries – with more than one death occurring per 4,000 procedures.
Due to celebrities undergoing such ops, many women are hoping to emulate their looks.
Consultant clinical psychologist Dr Anu Sayal-Bennett, a chartered member of the British Psychological Society, told the BBC: “Despite there being so much about body positivity, there are pressures for women – and men too – to look a certain way.”
Many people travel abroad for the procedure because it is cheaper and advertising is “terribly seductive”, combined with the idea of a beach holiday, added Dr Sayal-Bennett.
BBL surgeries have been widely scrutinised in recent years after a string of preventable deaths and injuries.
Tragic mum Alice Webb was the first UK victim of BBL surgeries with her death feared to be just the tip of a very grim iceberg, the Sun can reveal.
The mum-of-five, 33, was having the cosmetic treatment at a studio in Gloucester when it “went wrong” and she died in hospital the following day.
Police later confirmed two people had been arrested on suspicion of manslaughter over the horror.
In the past few years at least 28 Brits have died abroad — seven in Turkey — after complications from BBLs.
But there are plenty more who have undergone the procedure in Britain with disastrous consequences.
Elsewhere, a Brit mum-of-three who died days after undergoing a Brazilian butt lift of her own did not consent to the procedure, an inquest heard.
Demi Agoglia, 26, died in Turkey after a “barbaric” operation contributed to by neglect with “no proper pre-operative care and advice”, a coroner warned.
Demi also learned about the procedure from influencer ads on social media which did not highlight the dangers of BBLs.
Alice Webb passed away shortly after having the BBL surgery[/caption]
Demi Agoglia, 26, died days after undergoing a Brazilian bum-lift operation in Turkey[/caption]
