'My £3k Turkey teeth made me look like a shark - now I feel like plucking them out'

A model from Manchester says he feels like 'plucking his teeth out' after getting £3,000 veneers that made him "look like a shark".

Jack James decided to get his teeth done so he could look “better on camera” and flew out to Istanbul in Turkey for the pricey procedure. The 22-year-old was initially happy with the results - but months later he said he noticed his teeth start to bleed, puss and leak.

Jack said he was left with “terrible breath” and decided to book an emergency dentist appointment. Following a check up, he was told his teeth had become infected and he'd need to pay £20,000 to fix the problem.

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Unable to afford the high costs in the UK, desperate Jack forked out £4,500 and flew back out to Turkey earlier this month to have the veneers removed. On removing the veneers he found out that his real teeth had been shaved down to look like a "shark", he claimed.

Jack has now been fitted with a new set of veneers - which he still has - but since returning to the UK one of his teeth has fallen out, he said.

The model was initially happy with the results of his veneers after having them fitted in September 2022. “They looked good until they started to bleed and hurt," Jack explained. “They started to puss and leak. My breath stunk. When they took the veneers out I saw they had shaved my teeth down so much. I looked like a shark."

Jack described the ordeal as "like something out of a horror movie".

Initially he realised he was struggling to floss but didn't think anything of it until his teeth started to bleed in May 2023. "I searched for an emergency dentist and had x-rays done," Jack recalled. "The dentist said my teeth were a mess and