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Andy Richardson

Mum-of-eight on £30k benefits who had a boob job complains they are too small

A mum-of-eight who claims benefits has complained her boobs are too small after she forked out on surgery.

Marie Buchan, who receives a year, has been left deflated by the results of her breast enhancement op.

The 36-year-old, who once appeared on where she claimed she paid for the surgery, headed to Turkey to go under the knife.

Marie has been left in pain following the op and claims her boobs have increased from a , not the 34DD she had hoped for.

She's no stranger to controversy (BPM Media)

She told Birmingham Live : "I was shocked to discover my new boobs aren't the size I paid for.

"I want to warn people to think again (about surgery abroad) – the price might be good and you may well be looked after when you’re there but, once you get back into the UK, there is zero aftercare, which is really important.

"It’s left me feeling very depressed. I have suffered in silence because i was too embarrassed to go my own doctor or hospital and say I have been abroad to have a breast enlargement and I’ve been left in agony."

'Octomum' Marie also hit the headlines when she was  forced to have her womb removed following a cancer scare, but vowed to turn to adoption to bring the number of kids in her family to a "nice round number".

And now the ex-lapdancer and one of 's best-known mums claims to have been left with more scarring than she expected by the boob job in Turkey.

Marie, from , Birmingham, raised the money for the surgery through car boot sales and part-time jobs as a care assistant and mechanic.

She's also an 'Octomum' - and wants more (BPM Media)

But, despite working less than 16 hours a week, the former lap dancer is still eligible for her benefits and was criticised for her decision to have the procedure.

Marie previously defended her decision to enhance her assets and said: "I know the trolls will start having a go at me, but I'm doing this for me and me alone so that I feel more confident.

"I do not drink or smoke. I don't go out .

"I have been saving for two-and-a-half years from my jobs and boot fairs to raise the money.

"None of it is being paid for out of my benefits. By going abroad, I have halved the cost."

Marie and her kids live in a four-bedroom housing association property and she recently took her first job in 16 years, working one day a week as a mechanic in a garage to beat the .

Marie Buchan working as a mechanic (BPM Media)

She was also criticised in 2017 for stumping up £200 per month for a horse called Bobby.

But Marie was forced to sell the horse, who was being kept at stables in , after having a hysterectomy following an abnormal smear test result.

No stranger to controversy, she also provoked outrage when she appeared on This Morning saying life was better on benefits and she would spend her wages on a boob job.

She previously claimed she was being turned down for a job as a garage mechanic - which she said was her dream - because of sexism.

She said she had applied for dozens of positions after gaining a Level 2 diploma in mechanics.

Back in 2015 Marie worked for several months as a dancer at a .

She worked at the club in 2004 following the birth of her second daughter.

Single mum-of-eight Marie Buchan (BPM Media)

At the time she said: “I thought it would be good money and lots of people were saying I should go for it. But I wasn’t there for long. The wasn’t great as you had to pay up before entering the club.

“There was also a lot of girls working there, so there was a lot of competition.

“It was something I wanted to try and I’m glad I did it, but there is always the negative part when doing something like that."

Marie has now enrolled on a Health and Social Care course as she hopes to pick up her work again as a carer.

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