“I sneezed and felt a sharp pain and a pop”
Christina from America, a mother of four children, gained almost 30 kg after her pregnancies, and lost no more than 3 kilos through diet. Then she decided to undergo liposuction and a tummy tuck.
After the operation, there was a deep depression on one side, to which the patient at first did not attach any importance. And one day she sneezed and suddenly felt a sharp pain and the sound of an “exhaust”. A fatty mound appeared under the depression. Although it was noticeable even under loose clothing, she was assured that everything was fine.
Christina turned to other specialists, and it turned out that her worries were not in vain. The surgeon did liposuction too “aggressively” and “overdid it”, pumping out fat even where it was no longer possible, because this could impair blood circulation.
The lift was also carried out with errors.
“If the abdominal wall is not tightened correctly, the pelvic venous system is compressed and a blood clot can form. If it comes off and gets into the lungs, then it will be one of those cases where people die from plastic surgery,” said the doctor who eventually managed to fix everything and gave Christina the flat stomach of her dreams.
Top 10 foreign stars - victims of plastic surgery:
Amanda Lepore
The future freak diva of America was a man in the past and was given the name Armand at birth. Since childhood, she was burdened by her body and from the age of 15 she began changing it: she started with rhinoplasty, and at 17 she changed her gender and took the name Amanda. Since then, she has repeatedly turned to plastic surgeons.
On Amanda Lepore's account:
- 3 lip and breast augmentation surgeries;
- installation of implants in the buttocks;
- 3 blepharoplasties;
- change in hairline;
- forehead straightening and lifting;
- removal of the lower ribs.
Amanda's mouth cannot close due to the amount of silicone pumped into her lips, but the woman is happy because she has achieved the ideal appearance. She participates in photo shoots and fashion shows, appears in commercials and is friends with Hollywood stars.
Lepore prefers not to talk about the amounts spent on operations, but calls his body “the most expensive on Earth.”
Priscilla Presley
Elvis Presley's widow became addicted to plastic surgery out of a desire to preserve her former beauty.
She is prescribed:
- rhinoplasty;
- changing the shape of the cheekbones;
- face and eyelid lift;
- numerous courses of “beauty injections”.
One of these sessions turned out to be fatal for Priscilla. She fell into the hands of a fraudulent surgeon who injected patients with technical silicone instead of cosmetic silicone. The actress needed 7 operations to remove the consequences of such injections, but this could not be done completely. Priscilla's face looks motionless and puffy, facial expressions are impaired, and there are indentations on the skin.
Janet Jackson
Michael Jackson's sister also repeatedly visited plastic surgery clinics. Since childhood, she was in the shadow of her star brother, who criticized her appearance. Even in her youth, Janet underwent rhinoplasty, which, as experts note, was not very successful.
The nose itself became shorter, and the tip acquired a bend. Janet was noticed to have had a facelift, which was also unsuccessful and emphasized the asymmetry of the eyelids . She also had mammoplasty, but systematic changes in weight seriously affected the shape of her breasts. Janet Jackson sings, produces and is constantly in public. However, she claims that she still has complexes about her appearance.
Janice Dickinson
“America's first supermodel,” which Janice proclaimed herself, has 37 Vogue covers and contracts with iconic fashion houses. Natural beauty allowed her to achieve stunning success, but under the influence of time and a riotous lifestyle, she steadily began to fade.
Not wanting to put up with this, Janice surrendered to the hands of plastic surgeons. Since the age of 30, she has constantly changed her appearance.
Behind the shoulders of the former model:
- several mammoplasties, one of which was broadcast live;
- face, neck and abdominal lifts;
- eyelid correction;
- rhinoplasty.
After all the surgical interventions, her lips stretched and lost their contour, her eyes narrowed, and the skin on her body became flabby and dried out. Janice continues to engage in modeling and does not hide her addiction to plastic surgery. She periodically gets Botox injections and continues to make adjustments to her appearance, trying to change the mistakes of past operations.
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Jocelyn Wildenstein
Jocelyn Wildenstein can be considered a victim of plastic surgery, who became completely unrecognizable in the photo and in life before and after the operation. In an effort to keep her beloved man, she reached the point of absurdity and received the nickname “Catwoman” for her extravagant appearance.
Having become the wife of millionaire Alec Wildenstein, the socialite was afraid of losing her husband and tried to keep him from cheating. For this, Jocelyn chose plastic surgery.
It all started with “beauty injections” to correct the first signs of old age, but the woman did not stop there. Her goal was to transform into a cat, which Alec loved very much. With the help of operations, Jocelyn wanted to give her appearance predatory feline features.
To do this she did:
- brow lift;
- raising the corners of the eyelids and changing their shape;
- implantation into the chin and cheekbones;
- lip enlargement
All these interventions changed Jocelyn's face beyond recognition. The eyes turned into narrow slits, the brow ridges and cheekbones became massive, and the skin became lumpy. As a result, her marriage broke up, but the socialite continues to appear in public and considers criticism of her appearance to be ordinary envy.
Donatella Versace
The sister of the fashion designer and founder of the house of Versace was also not spared by the desire to improve her appearance with the help of plastic surgery.
On her account:
- numerous Botox injections;
- mammoplasty;
- lip augmentation,
- rhinoplasty to get rid of a natural hump.
But not all operations were successful. Donatella's facial features lost proportions: her nose became larger, her lips became huge due to excessive injections. After frequent laser resurfacing, peeling and excessive tanning, the skin became thinner, dry and wrinkled.
Donatella Versace continues to manage her brother's fashion empire and admits that her passion for plastic surgery has not brought her happiness.
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Jacqueline Stallone
The mother of the famous Hollywood actor became addicted to plastic surgery in adulthood, but could not stop in time.
To combat the signs of aging, she did:
- circular facelift;
- blepharoplasty;
- lip enlargement;
- nose shape correction;
- raising the eyebrow line;
- Botox injections.
However, not all operations were successful. After lip augmentation, their outlines became distorted, and Jacqueline's mouth appears crooked. A failed rhinoplasty left her nose shapeless.
After numerous “beauty injections,” Stallone’s mother’s face looks puffy and blurry . Jacqueline herself jokes about this that she has become like a chipmunk. Despite her advanced age, which has already exceeded 90, she is professionally engaged in astrology and often appears in public.
Michaela Romanini
The lips of this socialite are called by many the largest in Italy. In an effort to change their size, Michaela was unable to stop in time. At first, she only wanted to slightly increase the volume of her already naturally plump lips. But the woman was not satisfied with the results, and she continued to take collagen injections.
From the excess of the substance, the lips swelled and lost their natural shape, and the face around them lost its elasticity and acquired wrinkles. Because of this, she had to undergo a course of Botox injections. Michaela's lips take up half of her face, but the socialite is happy with the result. She constantly appears in public and plans further interventions in her appearance.
Mickey Rourke
The Hollywood actor turned to the services of plastic surgeons not because of a desire to stop aging, but because of his sports background. During his short career as a professional boxer, Mickey Rourke suffered numerous injuries: repeated broken noses, a crushed cheekbone, and broken lips. His goal was to restore face. But the actor himself claims that he ended up with the wrong specialists.
He underwent 5 operations on his nose alone, which is why he finally lost his former appearance. The lips, like the previous oval of the face, could not be put in order. In an attempt to restore beauty, Rourke did several facelifts and eyelids, which ultimately shifted the hairline and disrupted natural proportions, corrected his cheekbones by pumping silicone into them, and changed the shape of his lips.
All manipulations only aggravated the effect, and the actor lost the appearance of a sex symbol. His face swam and began to look like a mask. Mickey Rourke continues to periodically go under the surgeon's knife to correct old mistakes.
Melanie Griffith
The actress became addicted to plastic surgery in pursuit of fading beauty and was unable to stop in time.
On her account:
- rhinoplasty;
- circular facelift;
- blepharoplasty;
- lip plastic surgery;
- “beauty injections”;
The operations ruined the shape of Melanie’s nose and changed the shape of her face and the shape of her eyes. After the operation, they practically stopped closing. Correction of the lips ruined the actress’s smile, and they themselves turned out of shape.
Abuse of Botox injections has left the face frozen and unnatural.
Melanie's ex-husband, Antonio Banderas, has repeatedly spoken out against his wife's passion for plastic surgery, but even this could not stop her. The actress regrets the interventions in her appearance and tries to maintain her beauty using non-surgical methods.
“I was given a “pig snout” with crooked nostrils”
17 years ago, Kelly Johnson was an aspiring model in New York. One of the photographers gave her advice: “If you want to make a career, first make your nose smaller.”
Kelly before the changes
The decision to undergo rhinoplasty turned out to be the worst decision of her life. Immediately after the operation, she felt something was wrong and noticed strangely protruding cartilage. But the doctor said: “It’s just a tumor, don’t worry.” “How can you not worry when your nostrils stick out and are of different shapes and widths?!”
A year later, deciding that she could not live with a “pig” nose, Kelly returned to the same surgeon, who agreed to redo the work for free. After the second operation, the nose looked normal and straight... but only for the time being.
After a couple of weeks, he began to turn to the left. “I said to myself in my heart, well, to hell with it, my dreams of a modeling career have collapsed anyway.”
It was possible to correct the hack only years later with other surgeons.
Kelly did not become a model, but received an ideal appearance as a long-awaited gift for her engagement.
“My face was swelling and my forehead was sticking out like an alien’s.”
Carol Bryan from Florida was always a beauty and attracted admiring glances.
At a certain age, when her skin began to lose elasticity, she resorted to seemingly harmless fillers. But after the next injections in 2009, her forehead became horribly swollen, so she had to secure her eyelids with tape so that her eyes could somehow open.
It turned out that two types of fillers were mixed in one syringe, including silicone, which is generally not recommended in this capacity because it does not dissolve and is extremely difficult to remove if it moves.
The consequences appeared after 3 months: “My face was swollen and my forehead was protruding, like an alien’s. It became so heavy that it began to hang over the eyes, obstructing vision.”
Corrective surgery only made things worse. “I felt like a monster, became a recluse, and when I occasionally went outside, I hid my face under large dark glasses, put on hats, and wrapped myself in scarves.”
She lived in this state for more than three years and even thought about suicide. Out of desperation, her daughter and sister began sending her photographs to clinics across America asking for help. The only one who dared to take it on was a surgeon from the University of California at Los Angeles - on the other side of the country.
He was able to return Carol to her normal appearance, but this required many labor-intensive and painful procedures that lasted 2 years. By that time, the foreign material under the skin had hardened and began to press on the tissue, causing deformation. One of the “lumps” compressed the optic nerve, blocking the access to blood, so that the patient was practically blind in one eye.
The entire disfigured forehead had to be removed down to the very bone - nothing could be done with it. All that remained was to artificially “increase” it, for which tissue and subcutaneous fat were taken from Carol’s back and transplanted to the facial area to restore the contour. The skin was also grafted from the back, choosing a flap that best matched the color.
Carol in 2016 after all the reconstructive surgeries
The surgeons wanted to do a couple more procedures to perfect the result, but Carol chose to stop. “I understand that I will never regain my natural appearance, and I have come to terms with this. I’m happy just because I can be among people again and not wear dark glasses.”
This is what 54-year-old Carol looks like today
Victims of plastic surgeons: what do stars regret?
Lera Kudryavtseva
As doctors found out, one implant began to leak several years ago and threatened with fatal consequences for health.
“15 years ago in St. Petersburg I got breast implants. On the certificate it was written in black and white - a lifetime guarantee, but the doctor said you can crush it with a tank. There was no information then, and we were still like guinea pigs. Every year I go through a check-up. They sent me for an ultrasound, then an MRI with contrast. Verdict! The left implant is torn, it’s been leaking for five or six years wherever it could have leaked,” the 48-year-old TV star shared with fans.
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Lera hopes to warn girls against rash actions and wants them to start thinking about the possible consequences when they decide to go to the doctor for new breasts.
“An urgent operation is required to remove the implants with the capsule and excise the silicone from the tissue. A very aggressive operation, very much. Girls, this post is for you. Well, I really hope you will accept me as well. Be healthy,” she noted.
Lera used to be proud of her gorgeous bust.
Lera’s sad story did not end there. She showed the same ruptured implant that had been poisoning her body for several years. The spectacle is not for the faint of heart. “For 15 years, my immune system fought against a foreign body in the body, so I constantly felt chronic fatigue syndrome. But this is my story, you will be fine. Just be healthy and get checked!” — concluded Kudryavtseva, emphasizing that from now on there will not be a drop of silicone in her body.
This implant literally poisoned Lera’s life
Breasts Project
I’m also “familiar” with implants of the same brand. Like Kudryavtseva, the singer of the hit “I Just Really Need You” experienced serious health problems, which is why she was forced to go under the surgeon’s knife again.
“I understand perfectly well what Lera is experiencing. I know the McGan brand very well. I had them too. There were some problems - my chest hurt, fortunately, now everything is fine. Now I have other implants, more expensive. The famous surgeon Hayk Babayan saved me. I had the choice to completely get rid of silicone, but in this case my breasts would turn into the same “rags” that I got rid of after my first birth,” Sasha admitted to StarHit.
Sasha had her implants removed
...that's how it got deformed
The singer recommends carefully choosing a surgeon, focusing on word of mouth rather than reviews from the Internet.
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“Every surgeon has his own small cemetery, no matter how cruel it may sound. They are all human, they may not get enough sleep, they may be in a bad mood, but no one cancels the operation. That's why even good doctors make mistakes. But there are also careless doctors who do not have a license; they are ordinary butchers. This happens often. There was one surgeon whose patients were almost all representatives of our show business, and then it turned out that he was without a license,” the artist continued.
Now Sasha has a new bust, which she is completely satisfied with
Breast implants were once removed by Yulia Nachalova
, who passed away in March.
Six months before her death, the singer became the heroine of Boris Korchevnikov’s program “The Fate of a Man,” in which she spoke about the secret. She also touched on the topic of appearance. For many years, the artist struggled with a terrible disease - gout, which, according to her, arose precisely because of the ill-fated silicone. Don't miss Doctors from the USA tried to save Yulia Nachalova.
The body rejected the foreign body, and the kidneys began to malfunction. At first, doctors could not understand what was wrong. Nachalova underwent a comprehensive examination, the results of which determined the cause of her torment. After her experience, Julia warned girls who dream of a magnificent bust about a possible mortal danger.
“Now I would say: “Girls, you don’t need to do anything to yourself.” But then I was still young and did not understand everything. I grew up in the era of Barbie dolls. All the girls wanted to be like her. Now I understand that I want to live, I want to work. I don't feel sorry for myself. If I turned to my little self, I would say: “You knew your purpose from childhood, continue to give people joy. And take care of your health,” the singer emphasized.
At one time, lush breasts cost Julia her health
A few years ago, the infamous model Olesya Malibu
boasted an impressive size six bust and overly plump lips. However, all this perfectly complemented her image of a dim-witted blonde. Over time, Malibu has changed somewhat. According to fans, the girl began to look more attractive due to the fact that she took a course towards naturalness.
True, Olesya did not reduce her lips and breasts for the sake of health. “Because everything big is no longer in trend,” she admitted.
Over the years, Olesya changed not only her hair color, but also significantly reduced her lips
, Maria Pogrebnyak also got rid of unnatural lips
By the age of 30, she realized that they made her look too vulgar. After a rather painful procedure to remove the biogel, she swore off doing such procedures.
“For 11 years I walked around with these lips. When talking to me, people mostly looked at them, it was very unpleasant. Thank God I got rid of this nightmare. At least until I'm 45, I won't go into a cosmetologist's office again. We need to appreciate the beauty that God gave us. It’s a pity that I didn’t know about this 11 years ago when I had lip augmentation using this gel. In the end, the mother of three children does not paint such voluminous lips,” she shared.
Maria Pogrebnyak has sworn off lip augmentation
Ekaterina Varnava also performed a lip reduction procedure.
. True, the artist did not comment on the changes in appearance and the reason why they occurred. But Katya’s fans still noticed this and praised her for her step towards naturalness.
Sweet-voiced Alexa
I also somehow became interested in tuning, which, according to others, did not suit her at all. From an angelic beauty, the girl turned into a middle-aged woman. Later, the ex-participant of the “Star Factory” came to her senses and “blown away” her lips. True, along with them, her nose suspiciously became smaller, and her cheekbones became more defined. Timati’s former lover prefers not to comment on the changes in her face, however, she is already extremely reluctant to make contact with the press.
Ekaterina Varnava got rid of duck lips without unnecessary fuss
Many girls go for breast augmentation after giving birth to a child. Gaining weight and feeding a baby often negatively affects her shape. Here is Aiza Anokhina
decided to make herself a new bust after the birth of her eldest son Sam. However, later the businesswoman had to pay bitterly for such beauty: she developed a terrible allergy to silicone. “I pulled everything out, now I have my own breasts,” she shared with fans.
Isa does not hide: she has a lot of complexes, many of which are related to her appearance. In order to fix this, she again went to the surgeon, but for another dream - to enlarge her buttocks.
“It was my choice. Because I am a complex, insecure ordinary woman, like many of you. Why I take this or that step, I cannot answer. But I'm going and I can't be stopped. Yes, I didn’t consider myself fat or somehow terrible. But there was dissatisfaction with myself. You are now writing that you should have gone to work out in the gym. And I have a counter question: why don’t you do it yourself? Everyone is ready to judge! If you don’t talk about plastic it’s bad, if you talk about it it’s also bad!”
Isa and her new butt
After manipulating her body, Anokhina decided not to resort to plastic surgery anymore. “Bali, where I live now, has undergone a complete rethink. I realized that I no longer needed all these operations. I can just play sports, swim, sunbathe, walk, eat - enjoy life. That's it, plastic surgery is over once and for all. Where are the guarantees that I won’t change my mind? My husband again supported me very much: he said that if I uploaded something to myself somewhere again, he would kill me,” she admitted.
Alexa also somehow went overboard with her lips
Tatyana Dogileva did not want to grow old gracefully
, for which I paid. 20 years ago, the actress turned to a plastic surgeon in hopes of becoming younger and more attractive. She had a facelift.
“I was 40 years old, and my face went downhill. I went to the doctor and had everything cut off. Now I wouldn’t go to the surgeon, for the life of me. Half the head is cut off and the scalp is practically removed. And this is how it heals - no joke. You lie covered in bloody bandages. The tragedy was that no one recognized me: that’s how my face changed. She became younger, the oval of her face changed. I said: “Hello, it’s me, Tanya Dogileva.” And everyone said: “Tanya, it’s not you!” Then we got used to it. I'm not against plastic surgery. But personally, I don’t like it when the face is motionless. The mask is young, but the eyes are not young,” said the artist.
At one time, Dogileva had a facelift
On the account of the eccentric Tatyana Vasilyeva
more than one plastic surgery. She was still not satisfied with the oval shape of her face. After one of these procedures, she almost died - they pumped her out in time.
“Before the operation, I got sick and took aspirin all day before the operation to recover, and this is absolutely forbidden to do. In general, when I began to come to my senses, everyone was surprised that I did not die, since I was bleeding heavily. The first thing I heard when I woke up was that the doctor scolded me terribly for taking medications,” the actress recalled.
Tatyana Vasilyeva is a frequent patient of plastic surgeons
The list of star victims of plastic surgeons was also supplemented by the Prima Donna of the Russian stage. At the age of 44, Alla Pugacheva
had breast correction surgery in Switzerland. Apparently, she then got an infection. As a result, the darling of millions was literally pulled out from the other world.
By the way, these are not all cases when stars regretted manipulating their appearance. Jane Fonda once got rid of artificial breasts
. “I removed my silicone breast implants. I wanted to keep them, even cover them in bronze and put them on the mantelpiece next to the Oscars, but I was told that even in this form they could pose a danger to my health,” she said.
The diva also went under the surgeon’s knife and, apparently, more than once.
In 2014, Nicole Kidman
, but two years later she chose to return to naturalness.
Former beauty Victoria Beckham underwent two similar operations, but later got rid of the implants. The pop princess of the early 2000s, Britney Spears,
had her breasts enlarged at the behest of her mother, since she considered her bust too flat. Having become more aware, the blonde returned this part of the body to its former appearance.
Photo: Legion-Media, Instagram, personal archive, still from the Comedy Woman show
“The breasts turned black, the nipples fell off”
Kirsty Adam, 24, from Glasgow, had sagging breasts after losing weight and needed breast augmentation with a lift.
She paid £6,000 for the operation in Britain, thinking it was safer than going to cheaper surgeons abroad. Moreover, she chose one of the leading clinics, prudently paid for insurance and extensive post-operative care - in case something went wrong.
But everything turned out to be worse than one could imagine. Areas of the breast turned black and tissue necrosis appeared. Every time she went to change the bandages, pieces of rotting flesh were removed - and so, little by little, she practically lost her nipples.
“I thought it was to help the skin regenerate. I saw that everything was turning black and understood that it shouldn’t be this way, but I relied on the doctors, who should know better.”
The result, she said, was as if someone had “cut up” her with a “dull, rusty knife,” leaving her with dead flesh. She saw her surgeon, but she assured her that everything was fine and returned the bandage to its place. Then Kirsty asked for another specialist, and he immediately stated that she had an infection and prescribed a course of antibiotics.
To recover, Kirsty went through a 2-year ordeal, including repeated corrective surgery and laser scar healing, during which she had the missing parts of her nipples “completed” in the form of a tattoo.
Initially, she was operated on by a Romanian-born surgeon, Vana Vasilescu, who, following an investigation, was deprived of her license to work in Britain. She left the country, but continues to practice in her homeland and, as if nothing had happened, advertises herself on the Internet.
Beauty or death: the number of victims of plastic surgery is growing in Russia
There are now several high-profile cases in the news when a trip to a plastic surgeon ended in the death of a patient. The latest tragedy occurred on April 25, when 29-year-old Marina Kushkhova from Kabardino-Balkaria died. After plastic surgery in one of the private Moscow clinics, she was taken to the Sklifosovsky Research Institute. Doctors fought for the girl’s life, but were powerless. The young woman just wanted to correct her nasal septum. The operation, in principle, is not difficult if a professional with the appropriate skills and education takes on the matter. But it also happens that people encounter impostors.
Yes, not everyone is like that. There are many respected specialists in Russia who, through their work, make people more beautiful and happier. But one cannot help but notice something else: reports of death after plastic surgery began to appear more often. How can the desire for beauty lead to the morgue ahead of time and how to avoid this?
The handcuffs clicked on my wrists. The doctors were surrounded by a convoy. Surgeon Viktor Markov is silent all the time, his colleague anesthesiologist Evgeny Yashin touchingly says goodbye to his wife. Two years in a general regime colony for each. And no medical practice.
Furniture is being removed from the Markov Plastic Surgery Center. While the owner is in prison, there is no point in paying rent. The luggage is small - tables, couches and a slow cooker. There has never been any serious medical equipment here.
Ekaterina Klementieva came to this one-story extension six years ago. I dreamed of beautiful breasts. Markov operated, anesthesia was administered by a visiting doctor from the oncology clinic, Yashin. He worked for a fee. After the painkiller injection, the girl felt ill.
“She began to choke and turn blue. Apparently, she began to wake up, they immobilized her, that is, they actually cut her alive,” said the mother of the deceased Ekaterina Klementyeva, Tatyana Verzilova.
This is known for certain today: introductory anesthesia was given only to begin the operation. The clinic did not even have basic equipment to monitor the patient’s condition during surgery. Katya died from painful shock.
The patient's death was initially ruled an accident. The criminal case was closed. The investigation was resumed three years later, when the girl’s mother made incredible efforts to obtain an independent examination. Six years passed from crime to punishment.
Marina had no complaints about her smile. She had a complex because of the bump on the bridge of her nose. Childhood trauma haunted me. She came to the Medlange clinic in the capital for rhinoplasty. They took her from there urgently to the intensive care unit of the Sklifosovsky Research Institute.
12 days between life and death. It got worse every hour. Her last call to her husband is about how her throat hurts. She stopped breathing on her own and was connected to machines. On April 24, Marina’s heart stopped.
This clinic treated everything: teeth, women’s diseases, and even had their face cleaned in the cosmetologist’s office. But the main direction is plastic surgery. Wealthy patients wanted to be beautiful, but sometimes this beauty turned out to be deadly.
Behind the shine of the marble floor and the aroma of fresh roses, the main thing was hidden here: in April alone, six women who had undergone surgery were taken away from this clinic in serious condition. Three of them died in capital hospitals. The head nurse literally walks away from the conversation.
The Investigative Committee came to Medlange with searches when the sixth victim was taken to intensive care. The previous five cases were hushed up by the clinic's management. At the same time, general director Anna Sivakova was engaged in self-promotion.
Sivakova herself had a different rule: as soon as problems arose, she changed the name of the clinic and rented a new room. There were many complaints from Roszdravnadzor. But Anna Yuryevna closed one company and immediately opened another. The scheme is common in this business.
The investigation is considering five versions of the mysterious death of women: from defective drugs to an infection that could have been brought into the operating room. The most likely: the destructive injections could have been administered to patients by a nurse who suffers from mental illness. That is, they hired people literally from the street to work at Medlange. Clients were assured that the staff were medical luminaries.
The office of plastic surgeon Vadim Bakov. Today it is empty. Here Bakov received patients. He examined it, made sketches and sent it to the operating room. On this day, the respected surgeon Bakov - the glory and pride of the private clinic "Medlange" - operated in another similar office on Myasnitskaya. We made an appointment with him over the phone, but were not allowed to see the doctor with a camera. He hid in one of the offices.
The administrator is funny. Those who have lost their loved ones are choked with tears of despair. Alexander and Evgenia Khudakova visit their daughter’s grave every day. No one was punished for her death; two grandchildren were left without a mother. But Katya just wanted to be beautiful.
Triumph Palace was recommended to her by a friend. Expensive. Prestigious. With gloss. Surgeon Grigory Perekrestov scheduled the operation for Sunday at four o'clock in the afternoon. At seven in the evening, doctors pronounced him dead. The young anesthesiologist Zeynal Nejafov - he was a visiting doctor - escaped.
Music plays in the lobby - relaxation. Administrators make appointments for patients - everything is already booked until mid-May. The founder of the clinic, Larisa Karaganova, locked herself in her office. Does not provide comments.
Only now, after the death of the patient, it became clear: the supposedly elite clinic did not have permission to conduct this type of operation. The anesthesiologist comes in, the plastic surgeon drops in from time to time. He is simultaneously registered in three hospitals.
“In our country, it’s very easy to become a plastic surgeon, to declare yourself one. And if you look at the complication rate of plastic surgery, it is enormous. Where it takes a decade to train a doctor, that’s one thing, but where it takes off and lands, he went, opened a clinic, someone invested money in him, that’s completely different,” says Alexander Myasnikov, chief physician of Moscow City Clinical Hospital No. 71.
They save on everything: there is no intensive care unit, no hospital, visiting doctors, cramped rooms, primitive equipment. This shouldn't happen.
The oldest Institute of Plastic Surgery and Cosmetology. There are seven sterile operating rooms here. Resuscitation. 24-hour hospital. And doctors on duty are with patients 24 hours a day.
“Because this is surgery. A reaction can occur even to the most banal procedure. There may be an allergic reaction that will end in anaphylactic shock,” noted Yuri Grib, chief physician of the Institute of Plastic Surgery and Cosmetology.
Today in Moscow there are one and a half hundred plastic surgery clinics. For small private owners, the interior and repairs are much more important. They like to rent offices in the historical center of Moscow, decorate the entrance with expensive signs, and maintain security. They were forced to undergo licensing, but even here they resort to tricks.
“The game with licenses, when there is a license for outpatient care and no license for inpatient care. This is misleading and convincing patients that there is a license, we will do a nose job or insert a breast implant on an outpatient basis, we will observe, we will send you home,” explained Andrei Plutnitsky, head of the territorial body of Roszdravnadzor for Moscow and the Moscow region.
Hence the sad statistics and new fatal cases. Only rarely do the perpetrators reach trial. The verdict against Magnitogorsk doctors is rather an exception.
“My chest was “cracked,” and a lump came out on my hip, like a second knee.”
Unlike her compatriot in the previous story, 40-year-old Scot Lorna Johnston was seduced by the opportunity to get free “advertising” plastic surgery abroad - in Turkey - in exchange for recommending the services of a clinic in Britain. She didn’t want major changes: just to become one size slimmer through liposuction of her stomach and hips and reduce her breasts to look more proportional.
The Turkish surgeon inspired Lorna's confidence by talking in detail about the upcoming procedures. But after the operations, a “language barrier” suddenly arose: the doctors and nurses stopped understanding English and quickly sent her home without providing proper care and rehabilitation.
At home it was discovered that an infection had occurred. No one warned her that her stitches were never removed. In the place under the chest where the incision was made, right in the middle, the skin began to separate and purulent wounds formed.
Lorna contacted the Turkish clinic on social networks, they promised to pay for her return and fix everything, but did nothing. The woman saw her GP, who prescribed her powerful antibiotics. “They cut me up like a carcass, mutilated me. I was in agony and it took many months to recover. I have terrible scars."
Liposuction was also not without consequences: there were unsightly bulges everywhere on the stomach and hips, and one, on the right leg, was the size of a pear, sticking out like a second knee.
The “free” Turkish work ended up costing £2,200, which had to be paid for the correction. Lorna was pumped out 1.5 liters of fat, which remained after Turkish liposuction in the form of clots and lumps. Another expensive operation was performed to remove scar tissue.
“I wanted it to be like the Kardashians, but it turned out to be like King Kong”
But the 28-year-old model from Rostov-on-Don, Elina Romasenko, invested more than a million rubles in her appearance: she wanted a bust like Pamela Anderson and buttocks like Kim Kardashian. As a result, she said, she got “breasts and butt like King Kong.”
The most disappointing thing was the new buttocks. Silicone “pillows” stand out ugly, distorting the natural contours, and in addition “float” back and forth.
The model states that she did everything for the sake of her groom, “a lover of good shapes,” but he ran away as soon as he saw the silicone surprise. She accused the surgeon of ruining her personal life and dreams of a career on television.
The accused doctor denies ever treating her, and she is trying to get compensation. Moreover, he does not have any supporting documents in his hands, but he scandalizes the whole country: “I’m not silicone all over your head!”
But what she is happy with are her lips, which she has enlarged several times and continues to constantly “pump up”.
