Unfortunately, one woman in England fell victim to this mentality as she died on the operating table at a hospital in Istanbul during a Brazillian butt lift procedure.
From The Sun UK:
Melissa Kerr, 31, passed away on the operating table after she forked out £3,200 to have the surgery at Medicana Kadikoy hospital in Istanbul in November 2022.
Leading up to the operation Ms Kerr shared messages with a hospital worker, asking for photos of other patients and stating she was nervous.
And as the operation took place, fat taken from Ms Kerr's body entered a vein and blocked her pulmonary artery after it was injected into her buttocks.
The cause of her tragic death was recorded as a pulmonary thromboembolism, Norfolk’s Coroner’s Court heard.
Consultant plastic surgeon Simon Withey, an expert witness asked to prepare a report for Ms Kerr's inquest, said the death rate associated with Brazilian butt lifts was, shockingly, "likely to be in excess of one in 4,000".
He added it was "quite possible" that had Ms Kerr been warned of the danger associated with the procedure "before she was financially committed to proceed, she would not have done [it]."
You would never think that a procedure like this could pose such a risk, but those numbers certainly don't lie.
It's practically criminal that Kerr and others like her are not warned of the risks associated with these cosmetic procedures, otherwise, she would still be here today.
