article_snippet.sent: A woman has warned of the dangers of getting a cut-price boob job abroad after a bungling surgeon left A woman with a deformed breast that 'looked like a croissant'.
article_snippet.sent: Alison, 43, from Gloucestershire, has since had to go under the knife a further 12 times but is still living with the damage that ensued following a breast augmentation operation six years ago. '
article_snippet.sent: Badly damaged: Alison was left with a breast that resembled a croissant following an infection .
article_snippet.sent: Desperate to improve the look of Alison breasts, the retail worker has now had a 13th operation on Alison breasts, this time as part of TLC show Extreme Beauty Disasters.
article_snippet.sent: Speaking on the show, surgeon Vik Vijh, a cosmetic doctor who specialises in correcting botch jobs, said he was shocked by the damage that ensued following a breast augmentation operation six years ago. '
article_snippet.sent: Alison had an imploded breast, an imploded breast looked like a croissant.'
article_snippet.sent: More surgery, he said, was the only way to fix an imploded breast but warned more than one operation could be needed.
article_snippet.sent: Alison's problems began as a teenager when, embarrassed by Alison small breasts, Alison began using a booster bra.
article_snippet.sent: Alison, who wants to 'feel normal again', has consulted plastic surgeon Vik Vijh .
article_snippet.sent: Alison had hoped to boost Alison bust but ended up loathing Alison body (picture posed by model) '
article_snippet.sent: But when Alison decided to fix the problem by going under the knife in a bid to increase Alison cup size to a DD, it proved to be the worst decision of Alison life.
article_snippet.sent: Bacteria attacked Alison breast tissue causing her breast tissue to die so Alison was left with one shrivelled, deformed breast and one enlarged by surgery.
article_snippet.sent: Following 13 different operations to fix the damage, Alison now has the normal breasts Alison hoped for .
article_snippet.sent: Mr Vijh, who had initially thought Alison would need several operations, used fat cells from Alison stomach combined with an implant to fix the damage.
article_snippet.sent: Although a course of antibiotics was needed to keep a repeat of the infection at bay, Alison says Alison is delighted with Alison new-look breasts. '
highlights_snippet.sent: Alison, 43, from Gloucestershire, had breast augmentation six years ago .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Alison was initially pleased but an infection killed off some breast tissue .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Left with one large breast and another that was shrivelled and deformed .
  