A psychologist is urging anyone who is considering cosmetic surgery to get a mental health evaluation beforehand.
His advice comes as a Dublin woman developed sepsis following a tummy tuck in Turkey.
Jade Cooney, a 22-year-old woman from Dublin, has spoken of her experience following a procedure in Turkey.
Since last October, she has suffered heavy bleeding, she still has two open wounds, and has received no after-care.
Jade says it was a disaster from start to finish:
"I ended up needing ten bags of blood, which I only got told a few days later. And when I came home, I was bleeding so much I had to go to A&E and it turned out I had an infection."
She has this advice for anyone who is thinking of going under the knife:
"Don't do it. There is places here that you can actually go and do follow ups and you have after-care. I wish I listened."
Dr. Finian Fallon - who is a psychologist who deals with obesity - believes a mental health evaluation and effective after-care are vitally important, before and after, cosmetic surgery:
"So it's really important for people to get sort've a safety baseline of their mental health I think before they go for surgery, just to make sure everything's in order and they're okay and that they have proper support if things get difficult after".
A tummy tuck can give your abdomen a more toned and slimmer appearance, but it does have its risks.
