“Those that are not satisfied with their buttocks must beware. Vanity upon vanity!” is an alarm Femi Fani-Kayode is raising over tragedy befalling celebrities and young girls who go for buttock enlargement.
According to abnews247, Onwuzuligbo Nneka Miriam, winner of the 2013 Face of Democracy Transformation, was confirmed dead on February 3, 2019 after unsuccessful buttocks enlargement surgery.
It was alleged that one Dr. Anu, an American Surgeon based in Lagos, had carried out buttocks enlargement surgery on Miriam who slumped into a coma from December 30, 2018.
In his Twitter handle on Wednesday, Fani-Kayode, a one-time Minister of Aviation wrote “Just heard about the ex-beauty queen who died during a buttock enlargement procedure in Lagos. So Sad. And what a terrible way to go. The surgeon that did the operation is now on the run. Those that are not satisfied with their buttocks must beware. Vanity upon vanity! RIP.”
The online publication described Anu as an uncertified American surgeon, who fled after failing to carry out fat transfer surgery on Miriam at her Med Contour Cosmetic Surgery.
Abnews learnt that the purported surgeon has been involved in unreported cases of surgery failures and complications and unsuccessful fat transfer surgery on her clients.
It was further gathered that two Lagos big girls were victims of Anu’s misplaced professional ethics and operations which led to the improper shift on their buttocks during surgeries.
Since the failed surgery on Queen Nneka, Anu had stopped all activities on social media including her 43k followers Instagram handle @med_contour, where she was posting frequently.
Meanwhile, Alexander Ajagbonno, organiser of Face of Democracy Nigeria Pageant, has expressed regrets over the loss of Queen Miriam Onwuzuligbo, who was the 2nd runners-up in the 2013 edition of Face of Democracy Nigeria, the result which the deceased disputed claiming that she merited the beauty crown.
She later dragged the organisers to court but the case was dismissed last year.
Straightnews found out that in 2018 more than five women died globally from illegal cosmetic procedures performed by doctors who claim to be licensed, but in reality are just unlicensed everyday people who have a syringe and no conscious.
Black Doctors Org. notes that “Butt injections can either be made from your own fat, which is taken from another part of your body, or they can be made of foreign substances, like silicone. Foreign substances may also include free silicone, hydrogels, oils and saline.
“Fat injections and silicone implants are offered throughout cosmetic surgery practices around the country. However, many fraudulent “doctors” are performing butt injections with something called free silicone — that means the silicone is in liquid form, rather than packaged like an implant. It is simply the liquid inside the implant.
“Foreign substances like silicone, paraffin, petroleum jelly, and other non-human substances which have been known to be used in black-market cosmetic procedures are not approved by the FDA for use in humans and therefore, are illegal.
“When liquid silicone is injected freely into the body, it is much more dangerous than when a person gets implants where the silicone gel is confined within a shell. However, many women, and even men, are attracted to these so-called “black market” procedures because they happen to be much cheaper than implants.
“A legal butt enhancement procedure may cost around $7,000, while unlicensed providers often charge thousands of dollars less, sometimes as little as a few hundred dollars per injection. But everything cheap isn’t always good. And what’s good isn’t always cheap. People who choose the cheaper route fail to take into account the significantly high risks associated with these types of illegal quick-fix procedures.
“Free silicone injections come with numerous risks and complications including pulmonary embolism; kidney failure or critical disruption of the kidney functions; inflammation or infection from possible impurities or poor quality silicone; appearance of abnormal nodules or bumps under the skin; nerve damage; bleeding, scarring and abscess in the butt; uneven butt augmentation or asymmetrical results where one cheek is higher or bigger than the other; chest pain, breathing problems, and in some cases, death.”
