Well, your point is well taken and my response is that BECAUSE we have such
love for our young people it is important to emphasize how STUPID this was
and how VANITY can sometimes cost us our lives. Does that put it in a
different light for you?
"XXX" wrote in message
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> "John" wrote:
> > Serves her right. All for vanity's sake she lost her precious life.
How
> > pathetic. Just for bigger tits.
>
> It doesn't "serve her right", you stupid .. It doesn't matter that it
> was about vanity. She's dead. What a .ing dumb-ass YOU are for even
> saying that. What if this was someone that you knew? What if this was
> someone that you loved?
>
> > "Reality_Check©" wrote in message
> > news:64uf4cF2d7lflU1@mid.individual.net...
> > > 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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