Hemorrhage, burns, necrosis… A 27-year-old mother from Quebec who left for Tunisia for cosmetic surgery returned home with an infected wound that left her with a scar.
It all started when Jasmine Saint-Onge, 27, saw content on social media praising the merits of Tunisia for cosmetic surgery operations.
“I went to Tunisia because I saw announcements on social networks of super good results with lower prices, like a third of the prices here in Quebec,” she explains on the air on LCN.
The words were intended to be very reassuring, and the young mother felt confident, especially since the personalities she followed promoted these clinics.
“I was following fairly well-known Quebec influencers for a little while, and you tend to believe what they say, then they share all their moments that they live there,” she added. “They told us about wonderful care, that we were going to be treated like queens, kings, that we were going to stay there with them for a period of time to be able to give us the necessary postoperative care”.
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Shortly after the operation, severe medical complications appeared, and the medical profession showed a lack of involvement in its follow-up.
“After my surgery, the next day, when my abdominal wound was unwrapped, the surgeon noticed a necrosis that was forming, and he told me that he was going to take care of me. He reassured me by telling me that everything was going to be fine,” she says.
After promising her that she would not leave Tunisia without having received all the care necessary for conventional postoperative follow-up, the doctor changed her prognosis, mitigating the seriousness of the situation.
“Once she arrived at the hotel in Tunisia, it was more like necrosis, it was like a burn,” she was indignant.
“The same evening, I started bleeding from my wound, a lot”. Once again advised by Tunisian experts not to worry, she left the wound as it was. “The next day I woke up bleeding in my hotel bed,” she says, “I didn’t even have time to get on the plane, I had to go to the toilet in the ‘airport”.
Ms. Saint-Onge wishes to issue a warning message to all those who might be interested in these practices. Research is essential to avoid finding yourself in his situation.
“I did my research for a year and a half, then here I am,” she warned. “Be careful, we trust what we are sold, but he was still asking all the questions”.
Watch the full interview with Jasmine Saint-Onge in the video above.
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