A few weeks back, we wrote about a woman in Staten Island who filed a lawsuit against her plastic surgeon, claiming her breast enhancement surgery was so botched that she effectively ended up with “four breasts.” Well, her case must have been convincing, because a court has awarded her $3.5 million.

“I hope this does give other women the courage to step forward to say something happened,” the plaintiff in the case said afterward. “They shouldn’t have to hide behind the big scarves and the big turtlenecks.”

In court, the plaintiff’s attorney argued that the doctor chose expediency over aesthetics and “slipped the implant into the only place it would fit,” ultimately causing what’s known in the boob job biz as a “double bubble” effect.

As originally reported, the plaintiff also claimed that the surgery had brought about an end to her marriage, after she became so ashamed of her scars that she and her husband could no longer be intimate. “I shut him out,” she said. “I wouldn’t sleep with him. I wouldn’t let him see me. I became detached. I pushed him away.”

S.I. Mom Wins $3.5 Million In Botched Breast Implant Suit [Gothamist]

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