EXCLUSIVE I went for a Brazilian butt lift in Turkey...
this is what REALLY happens: JOHN JAMES books cut-price cosmetic surgery in Turkey - where 28 Britons have died in the past five years MailOnline went undercover in Istanbul posing as a BBL patient We signed up on WhatsApp and were invited to Turkey without seeing a doctor Once we arrived we were pressured to sign contracts over Google Translate By John James In Istanbul Published: 08:21 BST, 17 June 2024 | Updated: 08:31 BST, 17 June 2024 e-mail View comments I'm standing at the front desk of a large hospital next to a traffic-choked dual carriageway on the outskirts of Istanbul, repeating my name to the two receptionists: 'It's James...
Henry James...
I'm here for a Brazilian butt lift.' But this only generates blank looks. The Atakoy Hospital in the suburbs of Turkey's largest city is where I have arranged to be treated by a surgeon from GMC, a private medical firm that advertises extensively in the UK offering a range of cosmetic procedures.
But the receptionists seem to have no record of my appointment. Finally they call over a passing man, who, after fumbling with his iPhone , eventually gets into the Google Translate app - and holds the device up to me so I can explain what I want and he can understand me. I repeat that I am booked in for a BBL - an increasingly popular 'bum lift' - and finally there are signs of recognition and nods to confirm that I am indeed booked in.
MailOnline travelled to Istanbul to investig.
