Serves her right. All for vanity's sake she lost her precious life. How
pathetic. Just for bigger tits.
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> Florida Teen Dies After Complications During Breast Surgery
> Doctors Believe a Reaction to Anesthesia May Have Caused Death
> By TANYA RIVERO and JONANN BRADY
> March 25, 2008 -
>
>
> Florida high school senior Stephanie Kuleba had everything going for
her --
> she was the well-liked captain of her varsity cheerleading team at West
Boca
> High School, and she had been accepted to the University of Florida, where
> she hoped to study medicine.
>
>
> The 18-year-old's promising life was cut short Saturday after she suffered
> what doctors believe was a fatal reaction to anesthesia during breast
> augmentation surgery.
>
>
> Nearly two hours into the surgery, Kuleba was rushed to Delray Medical
> Center, where she died 24 hours later, said the family's attorney Roberto
> Stanziale.
>
>
> Kuleba was undergoing surgery to correct asymmetrical breasts and an
> inverted areola, Stanziale said.
>
>
> Doctors believe the cause of death was malignant hyperthermia, a
relatively
> rare metabolic condition that can be triggered by certain anesthesia. A
> patient's heart rate and metabolism rises, causing the body temperature to
> rise as high as 112 degrees.
>
>
> Board-certified plastic surgeon Stephen Schuster performed the surgery at
an
> outpatient facility in Boca Raton.
>
> "I am devastated by the loss and I feel for the family," he said in a
> statement.
>
>
>
> The Gift of Plastic Surgery
>
> According to just released data from the American Society of Plastic
> Surgeons, nearly 348,000 breast augmentation procedures were performed in
> 2007, a 64 percent increase from 2000.
>
> The American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery reported that between
> 2002 and 2003, the number of women and girls younger than 18 who got
breast
> implants nearly tripled, from 3,872 to 11,326.
>
> Doctors also say they are seeing more parents giving their teens the gift
of
> new breasts or other cosmetic surgery for milestones like birthdays or
> graduations.
>
> "I've seen an increase in teens having plastic surgery, and certainly for
> graduation," said Dr. Stephen T. Greenberg, a New York plastic surgeon and
> the author of "A Little Nip, A Little Tuck."
>
>
> The American Society of Plastic Surgeons strongly believes that no one
> younger than 18 should undergo plastic surgery.
>
> Cosmetic breast implants for patients younger than 18 are not approved by
> the Food and Drug Administration, except in cases of reconstructive or
> corrective surgery, such as asymmetry.
>
> Friends at West Boca Raton High School expressed shock and sadness during
a
> candlelight vigil for Kuleba on Sunday evening.
>
>
> "She was a role model for a lot of people," classmate Vicky Goldring, 16,
> told the Palm Beach Post. "She was incredibly smart. She wanted to help
> people. She was just a happy 18-year-old girl."
>
> As her grief-stricken family members wait for a definitive answer about
> Kuleba's death, they cannot ignore the cruel irony that their daughter
> aspired to become a plastic surgeon.
>
>
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