Former Miss Argentina Dies After Cosmetic Surgery
Former Miss Argentina Solange Magnano wanted a firmer butt and ended up dead after complications from plastic surgery.
Her exact cause of death is still under investigation, so it’s unclear whether it was just bad luck (a certain percent of cosmetic surgeries does lead to death- just do a Google search for “plastic surgery deaths”) or if there was any form of malpractice involved.
Ms. Magnano, who was the mother of 7 year old twins, is not the only person to have ever died of plastic surgery complications, of course. I think the media is having a little fun with the fact that it was buttocks surgery. How unfortunate, to always be remembered as the person who died after having elective butt surgery.
Although deaths following plastic surgery are relatively rare, my humble opinion is that death from cosmetic surgery is never acceptable.
Since the risk apparently can’t be completely eliminated, even if you go to a board certified, reputable doctor (surgery is surgery, after all), each person who elects to undergo cosmetic surgery needs to decide if the improvement in their appearance, and in their quality of life following the surgery is worth the risk – however small – of serious complications and of death.
My heart goes out to Ms. Magnano’s children.
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Kelvin Kao responds:
Posted: December 1st, 2009 at 2:54 pm →
That is sad. We should remember that any kind of surgery comes with its own risk and weigh the risks against the potential benefits. Sometimes it’s not the main procedure itself, but from the unclean instruments or environment or the weakening of the immune system.
Patricia responds:
Posted: December 1st, 2009 at 4:26 pm →
I think it was just last year a beauty pageant winner died of the same bacterial infection that has destroyed 1/3 of my husbands left lung. She had her infection in her legs, which they tried amputating both her legs but it had spread. Pseudomonis…very common in the Orient and South America – SA because not all the instruments are as clean as it can be in the operating room.
It is a super bacteria…so it may not have been the fact that it was Cosmetic Surgery but just surgery…and maybe unnecessary…folks must be very very careful…scary stuff
Stephanie responds:
Posted: December 1st, 2009 at 5:45 pm →
It’s incredibly tragic that people die trying to fit into a high standard of beauty. I don’t know if people always take the risk of death seriously enough when they think about cosmetic surgery.
MomGrind responds:
Posted: December 1st, 2009 at 6:00 pm →
Thank you for your comments!
Patricia, that’s bad news for all the Americans who are being lured to Argentina to get cheap plastic surgery, according to the news sources I read today.
RC - RC Rambling responds:
Posted: December 1st, 2009 at 9:49 pm →
I just heard about this and I can’t imagine how this has devastated the lives of her kids.
Marelisa responds:
Posted: December 1st, 2009 at 10:08 pm →
I was just watching a video about this earlier. Apparently she had a great career, good marriage, beautiful kids, and she looked awesome. Very sad.
Dot responds:
Posted: December 2nd, 2009 at 9:19 am →
That is really sad. I’m also reminded of Kanye West’s mother, whose surgeon was the very man who spent so much time promoting plastic surgery on TV.
MomGrind responds:
Posted: December 2nd, 2009 at 9:40 am →
Thank you for your comments!
I’m sure there are many more similar cases that happen to non-celebrities and so don’t get this much coverage.
Dr. J responds:
Posted: December 2nd, 2009 at 10:01 am →
Of course this is tragic!
My understanding is that she died from a pulmonary embolism, and that the procedure consisted of injections, not actual surgery, possibly done by someone who did not have proper training.
Carla responds:
Posted: December 2nd, 2009 at 11:47 am →
My heart goes out to her and her family.
I have personally known three people that has died after or during surgery over the past five years who died for reasons not having to do with why they were having surgery in the first place. It was from infections, reactions from the anesthesia, etc. Heck, I was having a LAP (a very simple general operation) and they even give me too much anesthesia. I could have died on the table. I would never chose to have elective surgery at all let alone having it done in Central and South America.
Bamboo Forest - PunIntended responds:
Posted: December 2nd, 2009 at 6:18 pm →
I think there’s probably another equation to this story. Though death is always a risk factor of surgery, I’m sure certain plastic surgeries are more risky than others.
Perhaps doing an operation on the buttocks, has more risk than say a nose job.
It really is a tragedy this happened.
MomGrind responds:
Posted: December 2nd, 2009 at 6:39 pm →
Carla, that’s scary.
Barbara Swafford responds:
Posted: December 3rd, 2009 at 4:54 pm →
Hi Vered,
This is indeed tragic. And how sad for her children and loved ones.
Like you said, surgery is surgery. Those that go under the knife need to be aware that although most do not die from a particular procedure, some do.
Friar responds:
Posted: December 5th, 2009 at 9:58 am →
People need to realize, that ANY surgery carries a risk.
People die just from complications due to the general anesthetic. Let alone the actual surgery itself.
Stupidest comsetic surgery I’ve ever heard about is in China. I saw this on a documentary show.
They break their ankle bones, spread them apart and let them heal that way. The patient spends a year in a wheelchair. But when all is said and done, they’ve gained another inch or two in height.
It’s so diminutive Asians can appear more “Western” by being slightly taller.
MomGrind responds:
Posted: December 5th, 2009 at 11:53 am →
Friar, that’s horrific! I know about eyelid plastic surgery for Asians which is also sad. But this is beyond stupid. It is scary.
Rita responds:
Posted: December 5th, 2009 at 8:28 pm →
Vered,
Oh, the price some will pay to correct some of their perceived imperfections! I have been following this story in the news and can’t believe that such a young, beautiful woman would risk her life by going under the knife. What was the point? I hope that women will learn from this that even the “beautiful people” are not satisfied with their looks.
Like you, my heart goes out to her children.
Cath Lawson responds:
Posted: December 7th, 2009 at 4:22 pm →
How awful Vered. I wish people who had operations like this really understood the potential dangers, so they could make a more informed choice.
A lot of years ago, I had surgery beneath my eye, for medical reasons. To cut a long story short, I developed a really nasty infection, the antibiotics wouldn’t work and after three months of agony (I was pregnant, so no painkillers, or general anaesthetic) the artificial implant they’d used to replace my bone, actually pushed it’s way through the skin of my lower eyelid. They had to remove it without general anaesthetic as i was still in the first 3 months of pregnancy.
It caused really bad scarring and I did have one very small operation, to attempt to correct some of the damage. But now – as much as I dislike the scar, I wouldn’t risk my life, or the slight chance to improve it. When I was 24, a scar seemed like the end of the world. But now I’m 40 – looks fade anyway, so it doesn’t seem so important.
Besides, back then, I used to try to look like the pictures in the magazines. But now, thanks to your blog, I know I was trying to look like something that didn’t exist.
Jannie Funster responds:
Posted: December 7th, 2009 at 6:10 pm →
That is really so sad, the poor daughters.
Pulmonary embolism, not sure if I’ve ever heard of that. I will Google.
I can understand wanting to go under the knife to look better, if I had the bucks I might get a couple places nipped and tucked, but you just never know, do you. Probably not worth the risk.
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