I spent £8.2k on a mummy makeover in Turkey – I look so good I can’t stop buying clothes to show off my new body
A mum-of-three who grew sick of shopping in the plus-sized section of stores decided to get a mummy makeover in Turkey.
Kim Irving, 36, flew to Turkey and spent £8.2k on a new body, leaving her looking almost unrecognisable.
The mum from Selby, North Yorkshire, underwent a gastric sleeve followed by a ‘mummy makeover’, which included a tummy tuck, a breast lift with fat injections and a mons lift.
A mons lift, also known as a monsplasty removes fatty tissue from the pubic bone area which can be difficult to shift even with weight loss.
Kim is now a healthy 9 stone 12 pounds after previously tipping the scales at 17 stone.
She piled on the pounds as a teen, after she got a job in a Chinese takeaway and would get a free meal four times a week after work.
Kim then went on to have three kids, Maddison, 18, Lily, 15, and Aiden, 14, in the space of four years.
But now she looks and feels amazing in her new size 10 body.
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Kim, a makeup artist, added: “I tried lots of diets and managed to lose two stone, however, I hit a wall and couldn’t lose anymore.
“So I decided to look into weight loss surgery, and I have never looked back.
“I’ve shed over 7st and I feel better than I have ever felt.
“However after losing weight, I still wasn’t happy with how my body looked. I still couldn’t wear all of the things I wanted to because of my loose skin.
“So I decided to go back to Turkey for the mummy makeover package.
“And I am so happy with my new body.
“Although I was big, I was never really miserable. I was just the fat and funny friend.
“Although I always had to shop in the plus-sized section of shops and I just got sick of it.
“I wanted to be able to buy the beautiful dresses that I would see on Oh Polly and Pretty Little thing.”
Another factor that made Kim want to get surgery was the pressure of looking a certain way from working in the make-up industry.
After doing some research online, Kim decided to opt for a gastric sleeve and she was going to fly to Turkey for the procedure.
She says that the procedure cost her £2.7k compared to the cheapest UK price she found, which was £8k.
Whilst the cost of surgery can cost less abroad than in the UK, the NHS website warns it does come with its own risks as safety standards may not be as high as they are in the UK.
The website advises people who are looking to travel abroad for surgery to; have a consultation with the surgeon beforehand, find out what qualifications they have, how long they have been practicing, and plan for things going wrong such as insurance and how to get home in an emergency.
Kim said: “The difference between the prices is crazy, it was a no brainer.
“I paid £600 for my flights, and then in August 2019, I boarded the plane with my husband and off I went.
“I couldn’t wait to get it done because I had seen so many amazing before and after pictures.
“It was the first operation I had ever had but I knew it was going to be worth it.
“After returning home from Turkey, I lost 13lbs in nine days. I couldn’t believe my eyes when I stepped on the scale, I nearly passed out.
“Two years after my weight loss surgery, I’d lost 5st 12lbs, not including the weight I had previously lost from dieting, and I felt amazing.
“However it was a mental battle to go from a size 20 to a size 10, and although I had lost so much weight I still didn’t feel like I could wear the clothes and swimwear I’d been dreaming of because I had a lot of loose skin.
“I knew I should have been happy because I’d lost lots of fat, but it still wasn’t quite right.
“So I started looking into plastic surgery and booked myself in for a trip back to Turkey for a mummy makeover and went under the knife again in September 2021.
“The package included a tummy tuck, a breast lift with fat injections and a mons lift that cost £5.5k.
“I wasn’t nervous about the surgery, I just couldn’t wait to see the results. The hospital had taken such good care of me the first time, I wasn’t worried about it.”
Six weeks after her surgery, as the swelling went down, Kim started really noticing the results of her plastic surgery.
She couldn’t wait to see her new stomach after hating the stretchy skin in that area so much.
Kim said: “When I first saw myself I couldn’t believe that it was my body I was looking at. My stomach was so tight and my belly button was perfect.
“I formed a shopping addiction because I couldn’t wait to try on clothes and bikinis, without having to worry about my loose skin or wearing hold-in underwear.
“I was getting clothes deliveries every day.
“I love my body now and I am filled with so much more confidence. I’ll never have to go under the knife again.
“It feels amazing to be happy in my own body and be able to dress the way I have always wanted to.”
Mummy makeovers have become increasingly popular over the last year with many women flying over to Turkey to get the surgery done at a low cost.
However, there are plenty of risks to think about when flying to another country, like Turkey for cosmetic and plastic surgery.
Social worker Abimbola Ajoke Bamgbose, tragically died last August after paying £5,000 for an overseas package deal which she kept secret from her husband.
The 38-year-old social worker from Dartford, Kent, was fed-up with being told she looked pregnant but decided that bum lifts in the UK were too expensive so opted to head to the Mono Cosmetic Surgery clinic in Turkey.
A post-mortem later found that complications caused by the liposuction she received led to her inner abdominal wall inflaming which caused multiple organ failure.
Assistant coroner Alan Blunsdon said: “This is a tragic case, the more so because the surgery was elective cosmetic surgery.
“Whilst Mrs Bamgbose was determined to have it performed, her husband had not seen it in any way as necessary.”
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For more ‘mummy makeovers’ check out this woman’s body transformation for £16k to fix saggy boobs and lumpy stomach.
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