Cosmetic Surgery Can Kill You

Elective beauty-enhancing cosmetic surgeries of all types are hotter than a pistol. Certainly, many patients need cosmetic surgery after terrible diseases, surgeries or accidents. But the liposuction, lip-sculpting, breast-bulging, lift-and-tuck procedures can be extremely risky due to the complications that may follow. Kanye West's mom, Donda, died from the complications following plastic surgery, and now word from Argentina that Solange Magnano, former Miss Argentina, has died following complications from cosmetic surgery on her buttocks.

Of course, Joan Rivers is the poster child for cosmetic surgery. And the "did they or didn't they" rumor mill questions about many stars abound. It seems many of us just can't handle the truth about who we really are. We better get some surgery to make us look and feel better about ourselves. Nature just misfired, apparently.

There are reality shows about it, women scrounging and saving for their long-dreamed-of plastic surgery to make them look and feel younger, plastic surgeries given as gifts by doting husbands. It's a little weird out there if you ask me. The cost of these procedures is through the roof. Wouldn't a less radical approach be a better way to go about looking hotter? How about diet and exercise? Plus, there are any number of very good creams, potions and lotions out there with very little risk. Why not go that route? You truly can sculpt and recreate your body and face with any number of reliable, much safer methods. There are endless articles about this subject online. Just make sure you are getting information from reliable sites.

Any surgery is extremely risky. Anesthesia carries potential deadly consequences. Then, there is always a chance that infection may set in, or a blood clot might develop as in the case of Ms. Magnano. Hers was a pulmonary embolism in the lung. Dying from plastic surgery is a long shot, but it is not uncommon. According to AssociatedContent.com, 1 in 57,000 cosmetic surgeries end in death. The chances increase if more than one procedure is being performed at the same time.

While elective plastic-cosmetic surgery appears to be the rage, the unintended consequences are often overwhelmed by the potential happiness patients believe they'll be attaining. It's a mindset worthy of disaster. Are you willing to pay with your life? Then, there's always this mortifying concern: What if you are dissatisfied with the end results?