When Laura Damiani went in for a boob job - she expected to wake up feeling confident and ready to start her new life. But she was left in agony after surgeons botched the procedure and cut off the blood supply to her nipple, causing her to lose it.
Distraught Laura joined Philip and Christine on This Morning to warn others of the dangers of reckless plastic surgery.
"I had been self-conscious about my breasts since the age of 14. One breast was larger than the other and I felt very awkward and uncomfortable," she explains.
After years of struggling with her confidence, Laura went to see a surgeon and booked in for a operation to "fix" them.
"I did my research - checked out credentials. The surgeon had done work on my friends so I trusted him," she explains. "I went into surgery feeling confident."
But waking up from the procedure, Laura knew there was something wrong.
"I was in severe pain," she explains. "It was unbearable. I knew there was something really wrong."
Laura called the clinic and arranged to go back in to see a surgeon. "I had lost the blood flow - the circulation to my nipple. It was rotting inside - the tissue was dying.
"There was a huge amount of leakage and I needed severe corrective surgery. "The wound took a year to heal."
The trauma of it all resulted in the breakdown of Laura's relationship. Though she has now has reconstructive surgery, Laura will never be able to breastfeed.
I know there are always implications with surgery - but you never think it's going to be this bad," she explained.
"I wish I could have just accepted how I was and not gone through this."
Bryan Mayou, a surgeon from the Cadogan Clinic in London, told viewers to take certain steps if considering surgery. "Surgeons need to be in the British Association of Plastic Surgeons," he explained.
"My advice is that you go and check out the clinic, the surgeon, the aftercare package before making any decisions.
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