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The most unusual surgery trends of 2011

Cosmetic procedures such as at-home buttocks enhancements and lunchtime boob jobs captured our interest in 2011. Here are a few of the year's most talked-about surgery trends

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Web exclusive, December 2011

Cosmetic buttocks injections

In February, the Associated Press (via CBC) reported that a woman from London died after having a cosmetic buttocks injection in a Philadelphia hotel room.

According to a report in the UK-based The First Post, it's suspected that 20-year-old Claudia Seye Aderotimi died of a heart attack after silicone entered her circulatory system.

"How could a woman put herself in danger for a bigger booty," you ask? Well, before judging Aderotimi, consider that she is far from alone in risking her life for her looks. The First Post refers to three woman who have recently died after having plastic surgery, including a former Miss Argentina who died after receiving a legal buttocks enhancement. A 2007 study published in the Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery found that 48 percent of women surveyed said they would be interested in getting cosmetic surgery, while 27 percent said they would possibly be interested.

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2 Comments

Hi Hugh,
Thanks for noticing that oversight! A correction has been made.
-Melissa, associate web editor

Submitted by mgreer on Tue, 2012-01-03 4:41pm.

In the item, 'Breast augmentation while awake' the writer has written the word 'conscience', where they meant 'conscious'.
Errors of this nature make one think - if they notice - how accurate is the reporting here when the person writing has no recognition of this difference, apparently. Obviously no editing here.

Submitted by Hugh Petrie on Fri, 2011-12-30 8:30pm.