A mum who went for breast reduction surgery got more than she bargained for after leaving with breast implants, tummy tuck and liposuction by mistake.
Tiffany Mills, from Tampa, Florida, claims the accidental procedure was passed off as 'bonus' surgery by staff at a clinic on the West Coast of the US after her records were mixed up with another patients.
She visited the clinic last year to have her 32F breasts reduced on November 2, after years of suffering from back pain due to their size.
When the mum-of-three woke up from her surgery she said she was left in the "worst pain of her life".
Tiffany, a nurse said "I woke up in the absolute worst pain of my life. I didn't qualify for the abdominal surgery as I had no extra skin to pull.
"They'd pulled my skin too tight, meaning I had a lot of scar tissue and wasn't able to stand up straight. My belly button looked like a coin slot because I'd been pulled as tight as possible.
"The incisions under my breasts ripped completely open because of the fact that they added implants, it was too much weight. It was the worst experience of my entire life."
She was then rushed to hospital after the implants tore open her skin leaving her with oozing, open wounds and blood clots in her lungs and legs, with doctors worried she would go into septic shock.
It was only the day after the surgery that the clinic admitted they had accidentally preformed the wrong surgery.
She said: " I trusted that I was only having my breasts done. From working in the medical field I know they would only mark where they're performing procedures.
"I was so confused how there was a mix-up. They told me the whole team made a mistake - they weren't maintaining surgical logs, they weren't checking their patients.
"They had no idea what they were performing or who on. They did this without my consent, I had no idea this was going on"
Two weeks later, Tiffany was admitted to hospital after the wounds beneath her breast became infected and blood clots were found in her lungs and legs.
She was left fearing for her life as doctors worried that she would go into septic shock.
"I was terrified, because I have three children, and I was scared I wasn't going to be there for them,” Tiffany said.
"I was absolutely furious at the fact the clinic was so careless. I was in the hospital for four days and then sought wound care for two months. I was probably on about five different antibiotics before the infections cleared up."
Tiffany has been struggling to get her life back to normal since the procedure, as she dealt with the financial fallout of being unable to work following the ordeal.
"I managed to dispute the surgery charge with my bank and get the money back. The clinic is trying to fight it and claiming that this is what I asked for,” she said.
She had just had another surgery to correct part of the problem the doctors caused, and said her ex-husband and her vet assistant partner Kris Harper were helping out where they could, with things like childcare.
She was still recovering, Tiffany said, from a second surgery to fix part of the problem caused, and had been asked to consider scar revision treatment for the marks left under her breasts.
The clinic did not respond to a request for comment.
