Adult star's Turkey BBL horror that left her 'vomiting blood' and 'paralysed'
An OnlyFans star has revealed the horrifying aftermath of her Brazilian Butt Lift (BBL) that left her "vomiting blood" and undergoing emergency revision surgery after flying to Turkey for a cut-price procedure.
Kayla Jade, 30, who boasts 2.2 million TikTok followers and is originally from New Zealand but now lives in Australia, travelled overseas for the cosmetic surgery as part of an all-inclusive deal. But what was meant to be a body-enhancing trip turned into a nightmare ordeal.
"I almost died from my first BBL," Kayla told followers in a TikTok post, detailing the "horrific experience" that still haunts her years later.
She recalled being awake and unable to move during the painful surgery, describing the sensation of lying "paralysed" on the table while tears streamed down her face.
"I remember I could hear nurses and the doctors talking and I couldn't move my body," she said.
"I was paralysed, but I could just feel like tears running down my face because I was in so much pain. There was nothing I could do. I was just lying there in my head screaming, but I could just feel all the stuff that was happening. I guess they didn't give me enough anaesthetic."
After the procedure, Kayla says she went into physical shock, began vomiting blood, and slipped in and out of consciousness. Her post-op care, she claimed, was just as alarming.
Despite the nature of BBL recovery requiring patients to avoid sitting or lying on their backs, Kayla said she was immediately placed flat and forced to leave the hospital within a day. "I was still extremely fragile from the surgery and in and out of consciousness," she said.
The mum-of-two said she had been in contact with the surgeon beforehand via WhatsApp and had believed she was well-prepared for the procedure.
"I can be quite impulsive so I definitely rushed into it without thinking of the complications that the surgery may have had," Kayla admitted.
She says she had been "gaining weight on purpose" in preparation for the surgery but was allegedly told by the doctor upon arrival in Turkey that she didn't have enough fat for a proper BBL.
"I 100 percent had enough fat for a BBL," Kayla said. "It's like he was trying to lower my expectations because he knew he was gonna cheap out and do a half-a***d job."
Kayla described the surgery results as disastrous, and claimed she needed revision surgery in Australia a year later because the fat that had been injected into her buttocks had not been preserved properly.
"They'd taken literal chunks out of my back, so [the Australian doctor] went and smoothed everything over," she told news.com.au. "The BBL didn't last because the fat wasn't taken care of when it was taken out of my body."
When the TikTok influencer had her revision surgery, she says her new doctor was concerned that medical staff had allowed her to be on her back, even calling it "crazy".
Now, Kayla is sharing her story in hopes of warning others - particularly young women - about the risks of travelling abroad for cheap cosmetic procedures.
"Please don't cheapen out like what I did and end up in some crazy situation," she urged.
While Turkey has become a medical tourism hotspot, Kaylas ordeal is a sobering reminder of the dangers associated with bargain plastic surgery.
Despite reviewing the clinic online, speaking with the doctor, and viewing before-and-after photos, Kayla says nothing could have prepared her for the trauma that followed.
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