A woman left with terrible damage to her teeth and gums managed to get £30,000 dental treatment free of charge thanks to the TV show Botched Up Bodies, after she was unable to save up to pay for the repair work herself.
Lynda Dobbins, of Wallasey in Merseyside, is finally able to smile again after suffering dental problems since she was a child and becoming ‘horrified’ by the way her ‘disgusting’ teeth looked. Lynda, 42, appeared on Channel 5’s show about surgery-gone-wrong and now she has her confidence back. Having been quoted £30,000 for dental treatment, Lynda had to apply for the show if she ever hoped to get her dental health back on track – she said she was ‘looking at loans’ to try and finance the treatment, before she saw that the programme was looking for applicants.
Now, Lynda says she is ‘so grateful’ for the help of dentists Michael and Anthony Zybutz and now she is proud of her beautiful new teeth. She added ‘I am more chatty and animated, more confident and, of course, I smile more. I do still feel angry but I’m so happy with my smile I want to move forward now. I feel like I’ve become a person, a human being again. And it’s great.’