A YOUNG woman tragically passed away following a disastrous nose job.
When Karen Julieth Cárdenas Uribe underwent a rhinoplasty procedure that left her “lungs full of blood,” she was only 21 years old.
The Colombian psychology student, who had undergone surgery on January 29, passed out shortly after getting home.
She was in good physical form and never experienced any severe health issues, according to her unnamed brother.
Her family revived her, and they hurried her to the hospital, where she had numerous cardiac arrests (when the heart stops beating).
The young woman continued to faint while she was in the hospital.
The 21-year-old was brought back to life by doctors, but they decided to incubate her so she could breathe.
Karen’s brother said scans revealed the student had “considerable amount of blood in her lungs, trachea and oesophagus and she couldn’t breathe.”
“They did what they could, but after six cardiac arrests she passed away,” he added.
The family have said they will file a complaint with the Public Prosecutor’s Office to establish if any parties are culpable of medical negligence.
The American Society of Plastic Surgeons reports that with 352,555 treatments carried out in the US in 2020, nose reshaping was the most common cosmetic surgery technique.
According to the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons, rhinoplasties are still the sixth most common cosmetic surgery procedure for women in the UK (BAAPS).
But over the past ten years, the number of rhinoplasties carried out in the UK has rapidly decreased, from 4,878 in 2013 to just 1,330 in 2018.
This occurs as many women choose less risky and frequently more affordable alternatives to nose jobs.
A “nonsurgical rhinoplasty,” performed using fillers, costs less than £300 and takes as little as 10 minutes.
While people having a surgical nose job frequently have to pay upwards of £7000, spend a few nights in the hospital after the procedure, and run many health risks.
