 - is the fastest-growing cosmetic surgery procedure but also one of the most dangerous. This week, a coroner said she would write to the government to try to prevent any more deaths after Melissa Kerr, 31, died in Turkey during an operation - so what is the appeal of the surgery? Ms Kerr, from Gorleston, in Norfolk, died at a private hospital in Istanbul, in November 2019 while undergoing the procedure. A fatal clot travelled to her lungs after fat taken during a liposuction procedure was injected into her buttocks. She handed over £3,200 in cash for the surgery, but at the Norwich inquest coroner Jacqueline Lake found Ms Kerr was not given enough information to make a safe decision about the procedure. Ms Lake says she will now be writing a "prevention of future deaths" report in the hope fatalities of cosmetic surgery tourists "can be prevented by way of better information". BBLs carry the highest risk of all cosmetic surgeries - with more than one death occurring per 4,000 procedures, the inquest was told. Image source, Natasha Kerr Image caption, Melissa Kerr died during cosmetic surgery at a Turkish hospital in 2019 BBLs are used to make buttocks bigger, more rounded or lifted. Surgeons insert silicone-filled implants and/or inject fat transferred from other parts of the body. Despite the dangers, the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (BAAPS) says the procedure is the fastest-growing type of cosmetic surgery, with its popularity increasing by 20% year-on-year. Last year, BAAPS issued new guidelines to members following a four-year moratorium on BBLs due to the high death rate. It now recommends surgeons only carry out a procedure called superficial gluteal lipofilling (SGL). While it uses fat collected from the body, this is only injected below the skin where){kind=link}
Buttock enlargement surgery – also known as a Brazilian butt-lift (BBL) – is the fastest-growing cosmetic surgery procedure but also one of the most dangerous. This week, a coroner said she would write to the government to try to prevent any more deaths after Melissa Kerr, 31, died in Turkey during an operation – so what is the appeal of the surgery?
Ms Kerr, from Gorleston, in Norfolk, died at a private hospital in Istanbul, in November 2019 while undergoing the procedure.
A fatal clot travelled to her lungs after fat taken during a liposuction procedure was injected into her buttocks.
She handed over £3,200 in cash for the surgery, but at the Norwich inquest coroner Jacqueline Lake found Ms Kerr was not given enough information to make a safe decision about the procedure.
Ms Lake says she will now be writing a “prevention of future deaths” report in the hope fatalities of cosmetic surgery tourists “can be prevented by way of better information”.