Mum stuck in Turkey ‘could lose entire breast’ after botched boob job

A mum-of-five who had a boob job in Turkey is stuck there seven weeks later after a further operation to save her nipples and breast.

Nurse Chloe Roiser, 31, from Norfolk, went under the knife in an Antalya hospital but could now lose her entire breast.

She initially travelled to Turkey in April for the £3500 surgery but was forced to return at the end of May after removing her dressing, which revealed a severe infection.

She is currently stuck in Turkey, having spent thousands more for accommodation as she gets treatment to fight severe infection, nipple necrosis, and to save her breast.

‘I’m a mother, it was meant to be a confidence boost. I never should have touched my body at all. We’re never happy with our bodies. Now, I could potentially lose my entire breast,’ she said.

The surgery on April 24 required an overnight stay, but Chloe didn’t notice anything out of place.

She explained: ‘I was on strong painkillers, I was really, really sore. I had drains on my boobs I had to empty myself every day after surgery and I couldn’t really see anything, there were bandages over it all.

‘I had a course of antibiotics and painkillers for three days in the hotel they’d given us. We were stuck in the middle of nowhere, and there were building works, so I had to change hotels.’

Chloe said the hotel issue raised a few red flags, but after a check-up four days later, all seemed fine, and the hospital redressed her scars.

Doctors gave Chloe some paperwork about after-care, and the former healthcare professional was cleared to return to the UK.

She said: ‘I followed all the aftercare. I have a nursing degree, I’m not silly, I know what I’m doing. They gave me all the bits and pieces I needed to redress, and I did all the redressing.

‘I did notice on the boob that’s infected, the stitches looked like something was going on. The tape around it was slightly raised, but you couldn’t take it off, so I couldn’t see anything. And I had no feeling in my nipples, so I couldn’t feel pain or anything.’

When Chloe could take the tape off her breasts at the end of May, she noticed the edge of her nipples was red and raised, but didn’t notice any ‘major’ signs of infection.

However, within a week, her breast was visibly infected, and Chloe immediately contacted the clinic after her auntie said it looked like necrosis.

‘I immediately booked flights back. I’ve got four kids to deal with at home, and I’m trying to arrange care. My mum is retired, she’s disabled looking after two of my sons. My son is pushing her around the supermarket in her wheelchair,’ she said.

Once she arrived in Turkey, doctors gave her six shots of antibiotics and local anaesthetics into her breasts, before scraping out the infection.

‘They said I’d lost that part of my nipple, and they confirmed it was necrosis at that point. They gave me antibiotics by injection into my boob and then two antibiotics to take for seven days,’ she said. ‘Then, they told me I needed to stay longer.’

The initial £3500 price of the surgery would be on the lower end of the expected surgery price in the UK, according to NHS guidance, but the problems Chloe has faced mean her expenses skyrocketed.

Chloe, who used to work as a nurse until suffering health problems, said: ‘The flights in total cost me £550, I’ve got a stop-off on the way home because it was the cheapest flight and I’m not in a position to spend any more.

‘I had to move my hotel closer to the clinic because the clinic moaned about that, so I had to pay for two hotels for £1500, they’re so expensive here, and you can’t really get anything cheaper.

‘Then general costs of living, food, and drinks, which is a bomb. The surgery was £3500. Antibiotics I’ve paid for myself.’

Chloe said she’s asked for the clinic’s insurer, but is nervous to do so because she fears they won’t treat her if she raises issues.

‘I’m feeling drained from it all, mentally and financially drained. I’ve got such bad anxiety at the moment. The doctor said to my partner, it’s not 100% the infection won’t come back.’

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