Posted on 07/06/2025 3:52:11 PM PDT by Angelino97
A young New Orleans police officer has died days after undergoing a Brazilian butt lift and complaining of “extreme pain” following the risky cosmetic procedure...
Rosa — who was also a US Army Reservist who had just come back from deployment in Kuwait — had her pre-operative blood work done at Prestige Plastic Surgery Clinic in South Florida on March 19, and the following day, doctors removed fat from 12 areas around her body and injected it into the buttocks...
The Miami-Dade medical examiner ruled her cause of death as a pulmonary embolism from blood clots associated with cosmetic surgery, NBC6 reported.
Her friend told the medical examiner that Rosa went for a follow-up appointment the day after her surgery, where she complained of “extreme pain,” and while at their rental, she was having difficulty breathing and her blood pressure had been “drastically” dropping.
The day before her death, her friend also noted she appeared pale, had dilated pupils, her lips appeared purple, and she said she had no feeling in her legs or feet...
Brazilian butt lifts have been around since the 1960s but gained significant popularity in the 2010s — largely driven by social media trends and celebrity influence — with a 30% increase in procedures between 2014 and 2015, according to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons.
In 2024, nearly 30,000 BBL surgeries were performed in the US, representing 28% of all cosmetic procedures in the US.
However, despite its popularity, the cosmetic surgery has one of the highest mortality rates, with roughly 1 in 15,000 patients dying since safety guidelines were strictly enforced in 2019, according to the National Library of Medicine.
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So will wall squats.
Nothing like the internet to make the private public.
And turn 6 billion people into national enquirer readers.
Sick
No sympathy for fools.
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