People resort to plastic surgery because various reasons. Some people are forced to resort to them due to injuries or birth defects - in this case, surgical intervention is justified. But many go under the knife for other purposes - in the hope of prolonging their youth, changing some parts of their body or face, eliminating imaginary flaws, creating a certain image, or simply becoming a different person. These reasons are unreasonable, and the result of such intervention is disastrous. Let's take a closer look at examples of what people have achieved who have had plastic surgery for these reasons.
1. Plastic surgery as an attempt to escape old age.
IN modern world full of aging beauties and handsome men seeking to prolong their youth artificially. Among them are both media personalities and simple people. It would seem that there is a natural and correct way to prolong youth - not to grow old in soul, to lead healthy image life, constantly develop and do what you love. But the problem is that this path is quite difficult, while there is an easier way to rejuvenate in a matter of days - plastic surgery of the face and body. But this is a rather expensive method, and the result looks very unnatural, and therefore unattractive, not to mention the unsuccessful cases of operations. So here you go illustrative examples how people “transformed” after plastic surgery. Compare before and after photos and decide for yourself if it's worth it.
2. Plastic surgery to create a certain image.
Plastic surgery is used not only by those who dream of preserving youth, but also by those who simply want to change the appearance given to them by nature in the way that comes into their heads. For some reason, they perceive their face and body as a field for experimentation or as Blank sheet, on which you can draw whatever you want, or like plasticine, from which you can mold whatever you want. They find some strange self-expression in this. But the problem is that the face and body are not the material from which you can endlessly fashion something. If a person doesn’t get a drawing, he can erase it, paint it over, or simply throw it away and take another sheet of paper. But this will not work with the body - a person has one for his entire life. And any manipulations with it do not pass without leaving a trace. Those who do not understand this are fools, and will be severely punished by life for their stupidity.
3. Changing individual parts of the face and body using plastic surgery and injections.
Have you heard the expressions “More is not better” and “The best is the enemy of the good”? And some didn't hear. When people with naturally quite good looks begin to “improve” it, nothing good usually comes of it. Especially if you don’t see limits in your zeal. Fashion for big breasts or big lips- pushes women and girls to make various changes to their bodies in order to meet standards. However, more does not mean better. Doesn't mean that at all. See for yourself:
Based on the examples listed - and this is only small part such cases, we can conclude: people set themselves the wrong goals and achieve them in the wrong ways. They completely lack any understanding of the consequences of their actions and they create their own problems. They are catastrophically unreasonable.
The stars constantly resort to plastic surgery to eliminate imperfections in appearance. There are cases in which plastic surgery is unsuccessful, and the photos before the operation look much better than after.
Plastic surgery technologies are developing rapidly, but the danger of mistakes still exists. To decide to correct your appearance, you need to be completely confident in the choice of clinic and doctor. It is important to consider such points as the qualifications and experience of the surgeon and the license of the institution. It’s better to check all the formalities in advance than to spend your entire life correcting mistakes.
Consequences of unsuccessful operations in the field of plastic surgery:
The surgeon who will perform the operation must be familiar with the history and heredity of the person. Smoking and drinking alcohol can cause complications. Before undergoing plastic surgery, the patient must pass necessary tests and check the portability of the used medicines.
When dramatic changes are not needed, you can use some salon procedures.
Alternative Methods rejuvenation without surgery:
Unsuccessful plastic surgery stars, photos before and after which will be presented below, are a reason to think seriously before agreeing to surgery. Striving for the ideal of beauty, women resort to plastic surgery, not always thinking about the consequences.
Many Russian pop and show business stars have used the services of surgeons to change their appearance, but not all have received positive results.
Celebrities whose plastic surgery is visible to the naked eye:
- Masha Malinovskaya;
- Masha Rasputina;
- Olga Buzova;
- Maria Maksakova;
- Svetlana Loboda;
- Ekaterina Varnava;
- Lera Kudryavtseva;
- Alena Shishkova;
- Vera Alentova;
- Alexa.
Masha Malinovskaya
The TV presenter often received injections to enlarge her lips, which is why upper lip took on an unnatural shape, taking on the appearance of a hare. The girl also had an unsuccessful mammoplasty, during which implants of different sizes were inserted into her breasts. Fortunately, these surgical errors Now it’s possible to correct it without significant consequences for appearance and health. 
It is an unconfirmed fact that Maria had blepharoplasty, but her look became more open. The TV presenter herself admits that she has had terrible complexes about her appearance since childhood, but now, apparently, she cannot stop in pursuit of the ideal.
Masha Rasputina
Masha Rasputina always surprised the public with her extravagant images and strived to preserve her youth as long as possible. We can definitely say that the star corrected the shape of her nose, had a facelift and changed the shape of her lips. 
Not all the changes benefited her, Due to constant Botox injections, the face became like a doll's, and the singer still denies the fact that she used the services of plastic surgeons. Still, the years take their toll, and age cannot be hidden behind numerous operations.
Olga Buzova
Following star trek presenter and singer Olga Buzova from the beginning to the present, you can notice changes not only in hair color, but also in her facial features. In interviews, Olga is a supporter of natural beauty, but when comparing her photographs from 3 years ago, the changes are clearly noticeable.
The singer did:
Aesthetic procedures did not worsen the star’s appearance, but only corrected it in better side.
Maria Maksakova
Opera singer Maria Maksakova has undergone a number of surgeries to correct her face and body.
She underwent rhinoplasty and lip augmentation:
Maria changed the shape of her face and eliminated the signs of aging.
Also done:
- eyelid lift;
- breast enlargement;
- smoothing out wrinkles with fillers.
The star has radically changed her appearance compared to photographs of her in her youth.
Svetlana Loboda
It is difficult to answer the question whether Svetlana Loboda had plastic surgery, since there were practically no fundamental changes in her appearance. Plastic surgery specialists suggest that the star receives anti-wrinkle injections and corrects the shape of her lips. 
The singer's cheekbones began to stand out more sharply thanks to the introduction of hyaluronic fillers, and the skin remains smooth due to Botox injections. The singer's nose cannot be called perfect, but she does not change its shape.
Ekaterina Varnava
The plastic surgery of the star Ekaterina Barnabas cannot be called unsuccessful; the before and after photos are strikingly different. TV personality in Lately significantly changed her appearance, hair color and facial features. The elongated nose attracted too much attention, so the star decided to reduce it surgically. The tip of the nose was slightly raised, but the shape remained natural. 
Ekaterina removed Bisha's lumps to make her cheeks more sunken and her cheekbones sharper. The Comedy Woman star also eliminated facial wrinkles with beauty injections and corrected the shape of her mouth. A lift of the middle and lower parts of the face may have been done.
Lera Kudryavtseva
TV presenter Lera Kudryavtseva has repeatedly undergone anti-aging procedures, which allows her to look somewhat younger than her years. Experienced experts claim that the star used biogel injections to get rid of nasolabial folds and increase the volume of her lips.
Most likely, Valeria had a breast lift and correction after the birth of her child. The presenter corrected the unevenness of the nasal plate and tightened the skin of the eyelids.
Alena Shishkova
Alena Shishkova's face seems perfect to many, but there was some plastic surgery involved. You can find out what operations the famous fashion model had done by looking at her photo at a young age. It is noticeable that the hump on the nose has disappeared and its shape has changed slightly. Alena's lips became plump. 
The model's cheekbones became sharply defined thanks to the removal of Bisha's lumps. By tightening the skin on the forehead, the eyebrows became higher and the look became more open.
Vera Alentova
Unsuccessful plastic surgery of stars (photos before and after can be seen later in the article) sometimes attracts the attention of viewers more than creative activity. Actress Vera Alentova's passion for plastic surgery did not give the expected results positive result.
It is noticeable that the star underwent such operations as:
After interventions by unqualified surgeons:
Now Alentova has managed to slightly correct the unsuccessful plastic surgery, but still her face has changed beyond recognition.
Alexa
Star Factory graduate Alexa has ended her musical career, but some fans are still following the changes in her appearance through social media. Alexandra's first operation was lip augmentation with biogel. Then came nose surgery: removal of the hump and correction of the tip. 
The oval of the face was also changed, the cheekbones and chin were corrected. On this moment the singer's appearance has changed significantly compared to her photo at the age of 17.
Foreign stars and Hollywood idols: photos before and after unsuccessful plastic surgery
Unsuccessful plastic surgery of stars (photos before and after operations of Hollywood idols will be presented below) is the result of a constant desire for a distant ideal and failure to accept one’s natural appearance. Many foreign stars have suffered from the wrong choice of surgeon or too frequent surgical interventions.
Most striking examples can be called:
- Mickey Rourke;
- Michael Jackson;
- Donatello Versace.
These stars changed their appearance not for the better and these mistakes became irreparable.
Madonna
The queen of foreign pop music, Madonna, has not had any dramatic transformations, but she is still a frequent visitor to plastic surgery clinics.
The singer constantly does:
The contour of Madonna's face remains clear, there are no deep wrinkles or folds of the skin. For some unknown reason, the singer does not devote as much time to her hands. whose flabby skin betrays its age.
Joan Rivers
Comedy actress Joan Rivers' passion for plastic surgery was excessive. Joan was always skeptical about her appearance and sought to transform her face and body in every possible way.
The actress performed the following operations:
The star's facial features began to look unnatural, but this did not stop her in the pursuit of perfection.
Donatella Versace
Too frequent plastic surgeries turned the face of Italian fashion designer Donatella Versace from pretty to rough and swollen. The increase in lip volume made the mouth disproportionately large. The reshaping of the nose was unsuccessful; the hump and unevenness were not corrected. 
It is noticeable that due to frequent laser resurfacing and tightening, the facial skin has become thinner and looks like a wax mask. Donatella also had mammoplasty.
Jocelyn Wildenstein
The famous Catwoman Jocelyn Wildenstein reshaped her face beyond recognition. The woman constantly received collagen injections, which turned her face into a swollen mask. To become like a cat, Jocelyn had implants inserted into her cheekbones, cheeks and chin. 
swollen from frequent injections her lips and narrowed eyes further disfigured her appearance.
Michael Jackson
At the peak of his popularity, American pop star Michael Jackson began changing his appearance. The singer significantly narrowed the bridge of his nose and made contour plastic surgery faces.
An implant was inserted into the chin and an eyelid lift was performed. Correction of the shape of the nose led to the fact that it began to fail, and cartilage implantation was necessary. It is said that Jackson suffered from body dysmorphic disorder (a disease in which a person is extremely concerned about defects in his appearance).
Lindsey Lohan
Lindsay Lohan, famous for her shocking antics, often used the services of plastic surgeons. 
First, the star enlarged her breasts, and later made her lips fuller. The actress also eliminated wrinkles by introducing fillers.
Nicole Kidman
A beauty in her youth, Nicole Kidman became interested in beauty injections in adulthood. Frequent injections disrupted the actress’s facial expressions; her face became puffy and emotionless.
In addition, Nicole changed the shape and contour of her mouth, and did breast augmentation and lifting.
Kim Basinger
Unsuccessful plastic surgery of stars (photos before and after confirm this) turns natural beauty into a tense mask. This happened with actress Kim Basinger. 
After a circular facelift and blepharoplasty, it seems that Kim has a constantly surprised face. The actress's eyes narrowed and her eyebrows rose too high.
Uma Thurman
Changes in Uma Thurman's face have become noticeable. The skin of the face became tightened, plastic surgery of the lower eyelid was performed. Additional volume was added to the cheeks, and a chemical peel may have been performed. In general, the actress’s natural appearance was not affected by plastic surgery.
Renee Zellweger
Opinions differ about Renee Zellweger's plastic surgery. Many experts suggest that in her case only regular cosmetic procedures.
Renee had unsuccessful plastic surgeries, and all this for different roles in films. Perhaps the star received injections of botulinum toxins and fillers to smooth out the skin. Renee also had mammoplasty surgery.
Meg Ryan
As she grew older, actress Meg Ryan became interested in aesthetic surgery, but at one point the result stunned everyone. The star's face was so tense that it was difficult for her to smile. Apparently, numerous lifting and rhinoplasty procedures have led to such a disastrous result. A year later, she managed to correct the surgeons’ mistakes, and her face began to look more natural.
Tara Reid
Actress Tara Reid was constantly dissatisfied with her body in her youth, which forced her to adjust the shape of her breasts and undergo frequent liposuction of her abdomen and buttocks. 
These procedures resulted in an anorexic appearance with breasts of uneven volume. But the star herself likes her appearance, and she doesn’t see anything wrong with her thinness.
Armanda Lepore
It's hard to believe that transsexual Armande Lepore was once a pretty boy.
Her first operation was rhinoplasty, then gender reassignment and many operations on:
The extravagant model removed her ribs to achieve a more dramatic effect. thin waist. The number of operations on Armande’s body can no longer be counted, but she does not stop there.
Janice Dickinson
Former model Janice Dickinson periodically undergoes skin tightening and filler injections. An unhealthy lifestyle has negatively affected her appearance, and cosmetic procedures can no longer correct the mistakes of her youth.
Janice often does:
Daryl Hannah
When Daryl Hannah's youth began to fade, the actress decided to turn to plastic surgeons.
Subsequently, the following operations were carried out:
- correction of the shape of eyelids and eyebrows;
- facelift;
- botulinum toxin injections;
- lip plastic
The actress’s skin became tense and lifeless, her gaze became too surprised, and the shape of her mouth became blurred.
Dolly Parton
Singer Dolly Parton stands out with her enormously enlarged breasts. The star corrected the shape of her chin and had repeated face and neck lifts. 
Dolly carefully monitors her weight and sometimes resorts to liposuction.
Courteney Cox
The appearance of the heroine of the series “Friends” Courteney Cox has changed somewhat recently. Perhaps there were no serious surgical interventions, beauty injections or lipofilling were performed. So the star corrected the oval of her face and got rid of deep wrinkles.
Mickey Rourke
After boxing fights, actor Mickey Rourke had to go under the surgeon's knife. His face was practically redone: rhinoplasty, restoration of a crushed cheekbone, all kinds of lifts. 
But, to the chagrin of fans, he no longer looked like the handsome young man from the movie “9 and a half weeks.”
Famous idols who upset their fans by having plastic surgery
Many celebrities have made the mistake of getting carried away by aesthetic surgery in pursuit of eternal youth and beauty.
For some show business stars, plastic surgery turned out to be a bad idea (before and after photos can be seen above). For example, actress Melanie Griffith, after experimenting with her appearance, began to look older than her age.
Star of the Turkish TV series " Magnificent century“Meryem Uzerli lost her natural beauty, turning into a typical doll blonde. 
No one can guarantee the ideal result of the operation, but this rarely stops stars who always want to remain at the peak of popularity.
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Video about stars before and after plastic surgery
12 stars before and after plastic surgery:
Physical beauty has always been sought after, despite the fact that “the inner world is much more important.” Some are trying to get into the wave of imitating the sex symbols of their time, while others own ideas about the ideal appearance, which must be achieved through certain changes. But sometimes, in pursuit of harmony, people go too far, and it ends very badly.
As Dostoevsky wrote in The Idiot, “beauty will save the world if it is good.” The site’s correspondents’ selection included those whose approach to perfection through plastic surgery gave rise to evil (for their own appearance and health) and horror (for those who contemplate the transformation through a monitor screen or live).
Yvon Weldon
In 2012, this mysterious woman caused a stir in the world press. The fact is that journalists confused Yvonne with the mother of Sylvester Stallone. This happened at the premiere of the film “The Expendables 2”, when, as photographers and correspondents thought, the closest relative of the Hollywood actor appeared before the public in all, so to speak, glory.
It later turned out that this was the mother of film producer Les Weldon, who worked on the second part of The Expendables. The lady who decided to go out in public quite frightened the public with her short skirt, huge lips, over-tightened face and obvious abuse of makeup.
In the photo: left - Yvonne Weldon, right - Jacqueline Stallone
We can only add that Jacqueline Stallone, who is now 93 years old, was furious when she learned that journalists attributed these terrible photos to her. She stated that she had nothing to do with the (quote) "ugly witch with lips that could swallow a whale."
Jocelyn Wildenstein
Jocelyn's visits to surgeons began after her husband lost interest in her. The offended lady decided to keep her beloved at all costs. Wildenstein knew that her husband Alec liked cat-like representatives of the fair sex, and decided to become one of them.
Botox injections, lip and chin augmentation, eyelid surgery, cheek implants, face lifts and eyebrow lifts did their job, only Jocelyn stopped being a pretty blonde and turned, according to many, into a monster, and eventually got divorced. However, the woman likes her own appearance, and she does not see anything terrible in it.
Donatella Versace
After the death of Gianni Versace in 1997, Donatella took over the fashion empire and her brother’s life’s work. This high status brought with it thoughts of having to fit in with others in the beauty industry, and The best way achieving what you want is surgery into your own appearance.
It all started, so to speak, innocently: the list included SPA procedures and artificial ultra-violet rays. But they did not give the expected result, and Donatella went under the scalpel of a plastic surgeon. Rhinoplasty (correction of the shape of the nose), facelift, lip and breast augmentation - this is what the sister of the famous fashion designer did to herself.
After all the experiments with her appearance, Donatella Versace admitted: “I just now realized that I am a mother and wife, and not a Barbie doll. It took me too long to realize: real beauty is not outside, but inside.”
Hang Mioku
Hang was once a famous Korean singer with a pretty face, but one day her life changed dramatically. At 28, she decided to have silicone injections used for rejuvenation, and after that Mioku became hooked on them like a drug.
The dependence on injections became so strong that doctors began to refuse to accept the girl, because her face had greatly increased in size due to countless interventions, and referred the singer to a psychiatrist.
Having lost all hope of cooperation with specialists, the Korean woman decided to give herself injections containing... vegetable oil.
Consequences " traditional medicine“It didn’t take long to wait, and the girl’s face became so swollen that not a trace remained of her former features.
One day Mioku was shown on Korean television, and the residents of the country, feeling sorry for the victim of uncontrolled rejuvenation, raised funds for treatment.
During the operation, two hundred grams of oil were pumped out of the woman’s neck and sixty grams of foreign substances were pumped out of her face.
Lolo Ferrari
To achieve her dream bust and please her husband, Eva Valois (aka Lolo Ferrari) went under the surgeon’s knife twenty-two times, as a result of which in the late 90s she was included in the Guinness Book of Records as the woman with the largest bust on Earth.
The circumference of Lolo's chest was 180 centimeters, and each of the mammary glands weighed almost three kilograms and contained three liters of saline solution. Because of this, the sex symbol suffered various diseases and in all interviews she constantly said that she did not want to live.
At the age of 37, Ferrari decided to commit suicide: she took a loading dose of antidepressants and tranquilizers.
Plastic surgery is not only performed by women - in our selection there is also a place for representatives of the stronger half of humanity.
Igor and Grishka Bogdanov
In the early 80s, these young people with Russian names and surnames became very popular in the country most visited by tourists: Igor and Grishka Bogdanov, physicist brothers, were able to win the hearts of thousands of French women by launching their own science fiction show on television.
Ten years later they were forgotten (scientists began writing dissertations and left television), and then the brothers decided to undergo their first plastic surgery: despite the fact that women liked their thick dark hair, beautiful eyes and a charming smile, Igor and Grishka were never satisfied with themselves.
Since then, for more than twenty years, men have been periodically checking in with plastic surgeons: facelifts, lip augmentation, Botox injections, implants in the cheeks and chin - this is not all that the attentive (and not so attentive) have noticed. residents of France.
Let us note that the Bogdanovs themselves deny surgical intervention on their own appearance. Well, everything is clear to us even without their statements.
Pete Burns
A member of the once popular group Dead or Alive, at a certain point, he began to appear more often on newspaper pages and in the main news of online publications as a scandalous hero of gossip columns, and not as a musician. It's all about a series of unsuccessful operations that reached legal proceedings. But he just wanted to improve...
Unsuccessful interventions - eye contour correction, nose reshaping, face lift, Botox injections, piercing and lip augmentation - allowed Pete to sue the surgeon for compensation for physical and moral damage: almost half a million pounds sterling.
In Moscow, a girl was again injured and went to a private plastic surgery clinic. She wanted to have surgery to correct her nose, but during surgery the base of her skull was pierced.
The girl was hospitalized with heavy bleeding. Doctors say the patient is in serious condition.
IN last years surgical clinics and their injured patients are increasingly featured in the news coverage of incidents. The pursuit of beauty standards has cost the lives and health of many people around the world.
The Public News Service news agency decided to recall the most frightening “work” of plastic surgeons.
Jocelyn Wildenstein
dolmedia.ruOne of the most extravagant people of our time, Jocelyn Wildenstein, spent a fortune to make her dream come true. The woman wanted the attention and loyalty of her beloved man so much that she decided to resort to the help of plastic surgeons.
Having started with “light” procedures - Botox injections and a facelift, Jocelyn could not stop. During her life, the woman spent about $4 million on changing her facial features. Jocelyn herself considers herself an attractive woman and actively attends social events.
Michael Jackson
300experts.ru Michael Jackson became famous not only as a brilliant dancer and a great musician, but also as a lover of plastic surgery. It is known that more than a dozen operations were performed on the nose of the King of Pop. After that, his face began to look like a doll’s, and his nose began to sag. Materials constantly appeared in the world press that the King of Pop had lost his sense of smell.
Donatella Versace
thetrueself.me The famous sister of Gianni Versace Donatella, fashion designer and central figure of the Versace fashion house, has undergone dozens of plastic surgeries: rhinoplasty, circular lift facials, mammoplasty and many others. After which the platinum blonde looked like a caricature of herself.
At the same time, Donatella herself is quite pleased with her appearance. In her opinion, only those who look expensive and presentable can get twice as much material assets and achieve career heights.
Pete Burns
www.viralnewsman.com Pete Burns is an English singer-songwriter and freak, best known as the lead singer of the band Dead or Alive.
Pete was married, but soon realized that he himself wanted to be a woman, and began to make his dream come true, undergoing many plastic surgeries.
One of surgical interventions changes in the shape and size of his lips forced him not to leave the house for eight months and to suffer for 1.5 years recovery operations, as a result of which he almost committed suicide.
Despite this, Pete did not stop experimenting with his appearance. In a later interview, he claimed that he would continue to go under the knife even if his face fell off. However, Pete Burns' life was short-lived - at the age of 57, he died of a heart attack.
Vera Alentova
24smi.org It's not only foreign celebrities who are addicted to syringes and scalpels. The magnificent actress Vera Alentova after another plastic surgery has clearly changed not for the better.
Hang Mioku
planetamorphina.com Korean Hang Mioku had a very pretty face until she got carried away with filler injections. These seemingly innocent acupunctures disfigured her face beyond recognition.
She first consulted a plastic surgeon at the age of 28. Then Hang simply could not stop. The facial change operation followed one after another. And when Hang didn’t have enough money for expensive cosmetic procedures, she injected herself under the skin sunflower oil and paraffin.
In 2004, she appeared on television looking terrible - her head was three times larger proper size. By that time, her vision had deteriorated, her ears hurt, and she could not completely close her mouth.
The spectators took pity on the unfortunate woman and opened an account, which began to receive charitable funds, designed so that Hang could correct the consequences of unsuccessful experiments on her own face.
amazingthingsintheworld.com As a result cosmetic procedures About 60 grams of a foreign substance were removed from the Korean woman’s face; doctors removed approximately 200 grams from the woman’s neck various oils, which Hang administered to herself. Now Mioku's face looks much better, despite the numerous scars.
Fatalities
medlux75.ru Unsuccessful intervention by plastic surgeons can not only ruin the patient’s appearance, but also take his life. Unfortunately, there are quite a lot of cases where plastic surgery ends in death.
In April 2018 alone, two girls died from the consequences of operations. They both decided to improve their appearance in private Moscow clinics.
Recently, tragedies associated with unsuccessful plastic surgeries occur almost every month. At the end of May, during breast surgery in private clinic A 29-year-old patient suffered cardiac arrest. In June, a 17-year-old girl died during plastic surgery.
Today people flock to the “creators of beauty” in droves. All sorts of stars and bloggers who have decided to change their appearance talk about it as if getting size 3 breasts or a new nose is the same as brushing your teeth. And possible monstrous complications are reported only when it is no longer possible to hide the consequences. And the victim wants to punish “negligent doctors” with the help of publicity in the media.
“AiF” decided to figure out which plastic surgeons’ operations are the most dangerous and unpredictable. And what you need to know so as not to become a victim of the beauty business.
Making the nose is the hardest thing
Surgeons themselves answer this question extremely reluctantly and evasively. It’s clear: who wants to scare away potential clients horrors of the craft.
“It is difficult to distribute operations by degree of complexity, since in large quantities cases, plastic surgeons have priority areas in work and this kind of specialization allows you to apply skills honed to perfection in each case, explained AiF plastic surgeon, candidate medical sciences Sergey Petrin. — For some it’s nose surgery, for others it’s breast aesthetics, and so on. In my opinion, the least predictable operations are on bone structures, for example, nose surgery. It is also worth noting that a patient who decides to undergo rhinoplasty does not always clearly imagine final result. In other words, how harmonious the face will look.”
According to the expert, with regard to breast plastic surgery, methods have now emerged that can insure the doctor against possible future claims from a disappointed client. “3D modeling of the appearance of the breast allows the surgeon to demonstrate to the patient the new expected appearance with one click on a model of certain implants,” says Sergey Petrin. In addition, the doctor warns women who want to correct all appearance defects at once: so as not to suffer once again and save money. “It is not customary to combine many operations at once in one intervention, as this can create some risks for the patient and, as a rule, significantly increases discomfort,” warns the surgeon.
Does lidocaine kill?
But the doctor and lawyer who defends the rights of injured patients in court, the head of the Moscow branch of the Center for Medical Law, Andrei Karpenko, is sure that serious complications up to a tragic outcome can occur with any intervention, even at first glance as simple as liposuction (or pumping out fat) or increasing lip volume. Moreover, sometimes patients come to have an ingrown toenail removed, but it all ends with severe gangrene. And such cases do happen.
“Often, it is not even the intervention itself that is dangerous, but a drug called lidocaine and used for local anesthesia,” Andrey Karpenko clarifies. — This drug has a very unpleasant by-effect: violation heart rate. Moreover, such arrhythmia is then practically unstoppable and leads to cardiac arrest. For many years, forensic medical examination has attributed such fatal complications to the so-called anaphylactic shock: variety allergic reaction. They say that the body behaved unpredictably, it was impossible to foresee this. But I dare to express a different version. Lidocaine comes in different forms. There is a more expensive drug, imported, and there is a cheaper, domestic one. And no matter what the defenders of the domestic pharmaceutical industry say, their quality is also different. Let me give you the example of the well-known aspirin. An imported one costs from 250 rubles per pack, some people drink it almost every day and no matter what. Domestic acetyl salicylic acid costs from 8-10 rubles per pack, but after a few months of daily use, a person will almost be guaranteed a stomach ulcer. The fact is that any drug contains not only pure active substance, but also impurities. The more there are, the worse the quality and effectiveness of the drug. Due to production technology in acetylsalicylic acid There is always salicylic acid, without the prefix “acetyl-”. And it actively causes ulceration of the mucous membrane. So the more impurities, the higher the likelihood of a side effect, especially if a person drinks aspirin “from the heart.” The situation is similar with lidocaine. Much depends on the quality of the original substance from which the solution is made. But not only. Several years ago there was a series of deaths during operations when lidocaine was used. At the manufacturing plant the stickers were mixed up. And on ampoules with a 10% solution they put a label of 2%. A five-fold dose excess immediately caused arrhythmia and cardiac arrest in patients.
There have been many deaths during plastic surgery in recent years. There is a feeling that private clinics are saving money and purchasing the drug cheaper. Either the manufacturer is doing something wrong.”
However, in the event of an unfavorable outcome, it is not always the case that the court orders an examination of lidocaine and other drugs administered to the patient. If this were done in every case, perhaps we would already know the cause of all the troubles.
Without face and hair
It is clear that the greatest risk (in any operation) is if a non-professional takes on the matter. There was a case when a plastic surgery clinic was organized by an ENT and an ophthalmologist and they themselves operated on women’s breasts. The mutilated victims sued the would-be surgeons.
“The most risky thing is when our cosmetologists undertake plastic surgery,” continues Andrey Karpenko. - But this is already a criminal topic. Responsibility for such acts is provided for by the Criminal Code. This is as obvious as killing people on the street. But, I repeat, it is not always a matter of the skill of the surgeon. The vast majority of doctors are not inclined to experiments that could land them behind bars. Notice how similar the cases are to each other adverse outcomes after plastic surgery. First the media writes that investigative committee began an investigation, etc. And then, after a month, two, three, information appears somewhere in the news that the patient has developed arrhythmia and heart failure. Typical side effect of lidocaine.
In addition, there are such individual characteristics human body, as the rate of wound healing. For some, everything passes without a trace. And someone will definitely develop a scar. Scar is connective tissue, collagen. And he has different people is formed with different intensity. Ideally, the plastic surgeon should take into account such individual properties. But this is not always possible."
It is clear that even if the patient is alive and well, she cannot appear in society due to her spoiled plastic surgeons appearance, then such an outcome cannot be called normal either. Let’s say I had a facial skin tightening, and a month later the hair line from my forehead moved to the back of my head...
How not to suffer at the hands of “creators of beauty”?
A fundamental point: choose a plastic surgery clinic where there is a resuscitation team. And even better - intensive care unit. As a rule, these are large multidisciplinary medical centers, which includes plastic surgery departments. A team of anesthesiologists and resuscitators is always on duty there. If something goes wrong, they will arrive in five minutes from the next department. And sometimes these minutes decide issues of life and death. The larger the clinic, the higher the chance of surviving in an emergency situation.
The price can also give you an idea. If it is an order of magnitude less than the market value, then it’s worth thinking about what you saved on: equipment, drugs (the same lidocaine), professionalism of the staff. Perhaps the surgeon has not yet learned how to perform such operations, he is “training”, and he needs to attract patients.
A doctor who easily agrees to fix “anything” also raises doubts. There are patients who need consultation with a psychotherapist, and not plastic surgery at all. Because happiness and recognition, the love of a man does not at all come with a beautiful nose shape or lush breasts, as some people think.
What possible complications Are the most popular plastic surgeries fraught with risks?
Liposuction. The worst complication is fat embolism, when a piece of fat breaks off and clogs vital vessels. For example, pulmonary artery. Ends with pulmonary edema and death. World statistics show that for every 10 thousand liposuctions there is 1 death due to fat embolism. It is impossible to predict this.
Blepharoplasty(eyelid surgery). Complications are mainly of an aesthetic nature, in other words, a disfigured appearance: sunken, deep-set eyelids (“dead man’s eyes”), eversion of the eyelids (“spaniel eyes”), round eyes, which for some reason are not considered a complication only in Russia.
Facial skin tightening. Again, appearance defects are the most common. During endoscopic (very fashionable today) lifts, inexperienced surgeons often cross facial nerve. Then the eye does not really open or close, the eyebrow droops or the front teeth are exposed and the corners of the mouth rise (“dog smile”).
Mammoplasty(breast enlargement). If the implants are chosen incorrectly and the surgical technique is performed, the breasts can easily slide over time onto the stomach, armpits, etc.
Rhinoplasty(correction of the shape of the nose). The “tail” of complications can be rich and lasting. If the operation is performed poorly, breathing becomes difficult and the blood supply to the mucous membrane that lines the nasal cavity is disrupted. And this leads to the proliferation of mucous membranes and chronic inflammatory diseases.
Otoplasty(correction of ear shape). In principle, nothing fatal, but aesthetic defects are possible.
Increase in lip volume. At unsuccessful operation there may be a disturbance in the sensitivity of the lips, facial symmetry, etc.
Improving the shape of the buttocks. Severe complications are rare, displacement of implants, scars, cicatrices, etc. are possible.
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