Fitness model who got a DENTIST to perform her first boob job – and then had another disastrous op using implants that ‘flipped’ inside her – finally gets her dream breasts on Botched
- Fitness model Tia, from League City, Texas, didn’t realize her first breast operation was performed by a dentist until after the procedure
- She then underwent a second op with an unlicensed surgeon who used ‘counterfeit’ implants that were twice the size that she’d asked for
- The operations left her with implants that turned inside her body – leaving her confidence shattered by the appearance of her ‘ugly’ breasts
- Tia approached reality show doctors Dr Paul Nassif and Dr Terry Dubrow for help
A woman who dreamed of having bigger breasts as a teenager has revealed how two botched cosmetic surgery operations left her with implants that ‘flipped’ inside her body – shattering her confidence.
Tia, from League City, Texas, was just 18 when she began considering a breast augmentation, after working in the fitness industry as a model left her feeling insecure about her chest size.
However, when a friend suggested a good doctor – Tia had no idea that her cosmetic surgeon was actually a dentist – and asked him to increase her chest to a D cup.
Fitness model Tia, from Texas, revealed on Botched! that she used a recommended surgeon for her first breast implant operation, but later found out that he was actually a dentist
Tia explained to Dr Paul Nassif and Dr Terry Dubrow that she’d been left with ‘ugly’ breasts after an unlicensed surgeon put too big implants on top of the muscle – and they flipped inside her body
Tia as she looks now; she had to have the 1000cc implants punctured by Dr Dubrow before letting them settle and having new ones correctly inserted
Although her first surgery went well, she ended up with only a C cup; and decided to go under the knife again, a decision that has seen her living with ‘ugly’ breasts for 16 years.
Explaining to reality show Botched’s surgeons, Dr Paul Nassif and Dr Terry Dubrow, how she first decided to have surgery, Tia said: ‘I got into fitness modeling because I fitted the criteria but I noticed that girls that had bigger breasts were getting more gigs.’
‘One of my model friends referred me to a guy and her breasts looked awesome. He was a dentist but I thought he was a doctor.’
Dr Paul and Dr Terry look flabbergasted at her revelation but there was more to come.
Surgery with an unlicensed practitioner saw her breast implants – which were twice the size she asked for at 1000cc – flipping inside her body, leaving them looking painful and rippled
The doctors are astounded when Tia explains that a dentist performed an operation on her breasts – but she admits that she was happy with his work but wanted bigger boobs that were closer together
Confidence-shattering: The fitness model said she only wanted bigger breasts because she felt like she would get more work in her industry with them…but ended up living with the ‘ugly’ results of her surgery for 16 years
While Tia was happy with the initial results from the dentist’s work, she explained that she still wanted breasts that were ‘closer together’ but he refused to perform any more surgery. After some research, she found another doctor she liked – not realizing he didn’t have a licence to perform such surgery.
Tia explained: ‘I found this guy, after doing some research and I told him “I’m okay with the size, I just want them closer”‘.
However, when she came round from the surgery she found that instead of 500cc implants, she had 1000cc in each breast and he’d put the implant on top of the muscle, something top surgeons don’t recommend.
Back under the knife: a third operation, under the expert eye of Botched’s Dr Dubrow saw Tia finally get the breasts she’d always hoped for
The muscle in Tia’s breasts had been badly damaged by the previous operation but Dr Dubrow said he could find a way to make new implants work
The model says she’s finally happy with her breasts after Dr Dubrow let the damaged muscle heal and filled her breasts with air to get an idea of what size would look good on Tia
Problems occurred quickly: ‘I start getting rippling and the implants did backflips inside my boobs’, Tia tells the reality show.
Dr Dubrow explained that he would puncture her present implants, using the same ‘pocket’ of tissue to insert new implants and when they healed, he would insert new ones.
The muscle in Tia’s breasts had been badly damaged by the previous operation but Dr Dubrow said he could find a way to make new implants work.
Tia admitted to the production crew that she was ‘too embarrassed’ to leave the house while her breasts settled ahead of her surgery with Dr Dubrow.
After an initial procedure to fill Tia’s breasts with air – to judge what size would suit her body’s frame, the surgeon pushed ahead with the corrective operation.
Her new breasts have finally given Tia her confidence back, but she warned others against choosing a rogue surgeon to perform body-changing surgery.