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Laura Avila's Mexican Cosmetic Surgery Goes Very Badly
2018-11-26
[Dallas News] A Dallas woman who ended up comatose and on life support after trying to get a nose job in Mexico has died, according to a family member.

Laura Avila, 36, died about 8:20 a.m. Saturday, Angie Avila said in a Facebook post in which she called her sister the love of her life.

"My heart aches, and I truly don't know how or if I'll ever overcome this pain," she wrote. "What I do know is that I am beyond lucky to have had the chance to be her sister for 25 wonderful years."

Avila, a real estate agent, had traveled to Ciudad Juarez last month for plastic surgery. Her procedure was less than one-third of the price the Dallas real estate agent could find at home, her family said.

But on Oct. 30, after receiving anesthesia at RinoCenter, it was clear something was wrong, and Avila lapsed into a coma.
Posted by:Besoeker

#5  Don't forget, a small percentage of people who go under anesthesia do not come out of it.

Looking at Wikipedia, although it is not crystal clear, the rate varies between one in 100,000 and 15 in 100,000, depending on your health status.
Posted by: Bobby   2018-11-26 11:33  

#4  Looks as though she may have had good luck with enhancement surgery in the past. Mind the 'out of network' providers.
Posted by: Besoeker   2018-11-26 08:47  

#3  Mike's link
Posted by: SteveS   2018-11-26 08:43  

#2  ...The sad part was that she sure as hell didn't need the plastic surgery.

And this little detail from TFA:

"Only after Avila’s family paid the hospital bill in full in Mexico did her doctors grant her transfer to a hospital in El Paso, her family said on GoFundMe. They hired lawyers in Juarez to get Laura’s full medical records."

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski   2018-11-26 04:58  

#1  Not covered by Obamacare?
Posted by: Raj   2018-11-26 00:19  

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