Some patients find themselves unable to trace their surgeon abroad after a botched cosmetic procedure.Doctors have warned of the dangers of 'seagull surgeons' who fly into Britain on daytrips to carry out operations, often without insurance. Sky News has seen details of patients who have suffered complications from botched cosmetic surgery carried out at British clinics. But they have been unable to trace the surgeons abroad and have been left thousands of pounds out of pocket. The British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (BAAPS) said patients need better protection - and called on the government to get tough. Kelly Dean went for a lunchtime liposuction with what she thought was an experienced surgeon in a reputable clinic.But the £4000 laser procedure was botched, burning tissue inside her legs and leaving her with lumps on her thighs. She told Sky News: "I just remember the pain, and thinking: 'Oh my God, what have I done?'""I kept telling him: 'I'm in pain, you're hurting me'. And I was crying, really crying. A solicitor tried to track the surgeon down in Italy, without success, and the clinic which had hired out the room denied any responsibility."You think you are in safe hands," she said."To them it is just money, you are just a number. They don't care about it."As soon as they take your money, that's it, bye-bye."Leeds-based surgeon Muhammad Riaz has had to treat complications in several patients after their original surgeon had returned abroad.He said all ...
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