Wayne Rooney's cousin Natalie, 19, flew to Mills and Mills medical group in Marbella with her mum for her second boob job. It's estimated 6,000 UK women have breast enlargements abroad each year and the number who have it is rising - mainly because it's cheaper than at home.
In the UK it costs a minimum of £3,200 - prices abroad obviously vary but the cheapest we found was in Cuba, where you can get them done for a staggering £800. On average, surgery abroad is 20% cheaper than in the UK.
Natalie's first operation two years ago, also in Marbella, took her to a DD cup but she felt they "weren't big enough".
To replace them, she had opted for the biggest implants available - JJs - bigger than Jordan's at their biggest.
When her implants arrived at the clinic, in separate (enormous) boxes, I couldn't believe how heavy they were. The surgeon warned Natalie she would definitely have back problems, given her tiny sizeeight frame, but she didn't care, saying she'd take Nurofen.
Natalie was extremely excited about her surgery. I, knowing I had to be in the room while it happened, was less so. In fact, I would say I was more nervous than her if it wasn't for the fact Natalie wasn't nervous at all. She skipped into the operating theatre and leapt on to the table.
I've watched more than my fair share of Holby City, but seeing someone sliced open in real life is very different.
After cutting under Natalie's boob, the surgeon reopened the original hole from the first implants - to reduce scarring - and yanked out Natalie's D cups.
Then he held her empty breast open with a scary looking piece of equipment and literally scraped out the inside to make room for the bigger implant.
It was at this point I would have lost my breakfast if I'd been able to eat any in the first place.
Yuck doesn't even cover it... but worse was to come. He used a mini blow-torch to burn away the fat inside Natalie's hollow boob, again to make room.
If you have never smelt burning flesh, you should consider yourself very lucky.
Put it this way - it will be a long time before I can think about having a barbecue.
Finally, the surgeon held the hole wide open and - there's no better word for it - RAMMED in the implant. For a moment it seemed like it wasn't going to fit, but somehow it did.
bit of jiggling and some stitches later and Natalie was all done. Well, apart from the other boob, of course.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2010/07/08/seeing-a-boob-job-op-has-put-me-off-for-life-115875-22396235/
