A nursery worker is warning women only to get breast reductions done with the NHS after her £8,000 private op to reduce her size K boobs left her chest ‘rotting’.

Paige Harvey went under the knife at a private clinic in a bid to rid herself of agonising back pain and painful skin tears and to help her pursue her dream career of becoming a paramedic.

At just 18, the now 21-year-old took out a loan to reduce her 'ridiculous' breasts seven sizes to a D-cup and went under the knife in October 2021.

Paige claims she was turfed out of the clinic just two hours after having the surgery while still 'high as a kite’ and was driven home by her mum.

(Image: Kennedy News and Media)

Halfway home Paige said her horrified mum burst into tears as the wounds split open and left her sitting 'in a pile of her own blood' - but was allegedly told by the clinic she was fine.

Over the course of a year Paige says she took more than 30 courses of antibiotics in a bid to shift infections following the surgery.

The clinic went on to blame Paige for the infections, saying it was due to her ‘not washing her hands’.

She later developed a golfball-sized lump in her breasts that doctors said was fat necrosis - death of fat tissue due to injury and loss of blood supply.

Now Paige is urging anyone considering getting a breast reduction to thoroughly research their surgeon and try and get it done on the NHS so they can get help if things go wrong.

Paige said: "My advice to anyone looking to get a reduction is really do your research.

"If you can get it on the NHS do that because you know you'll be looked after. Companies just want the money, that's it, they certainly did anyway."

Six months post-surgery Paige discovered a hard golfball-sized lump in her left breast and was referred to Borders General Hospital in Melrose, Scotland, where it was discovered she had fat necrosis.

Paige said: "I went to my doctor because I found a massive lump in my boob, he sent me straight to hospital because it was so large.

"They said it was fat necrosis, my boob had basically died. It's smaller now but three years later if I was to wear a top with no bra you can see the grape-sized lump through my clothes."

Now, Paige's breasts have healed but she says they're lumpy due to keloid scars and she now suffers from swelling under her armpits, which is currently being investigated.

Paige said: "Everything's healed infection-wise it's just scars, swelling and three years later I'm still having to go to hospital appointments.

"I now have golfball-sized swelling in my armpit, they don't know what it is, it hangs out of my bra in a lump. I lift weights at the gym and sometimes it swells up really big.

"I paid £8,00 to go to a D cup and I'm an H cup, so really it was a waste of money, I believe I need another breast reduction.

"I think the clinic have been disgusting, I would never treat anyone the way I was treated.”