One patient dies and nearly half need further surgery after returning to the UK, largest-ever BAAPS study reveals
Britons chasing cut-price cosmetic surgery abroad are returning home with serious complications that are leaving the NHS to pick up a bill of up to £1.8 million, according to the largest UK study ever conducted on cosmetic tourism.
The study from the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (BAAPS) analysed almost 200 cases of patients treated in the UK after undergoing cosmetic procedures overseas.
The findings paint a stark picture.
Nearly three in four patients required medical procedures or surgery after returning home, while almost half needed an operation under general anaesthetic to correct complications.
The most common problems included severe infections, wounds splitting open, tissue death and fluid...
