I read a story about a woman who traveled from the U.S to Mexico for a cheap nose job but went into cardiac arrest as soon as the doctor (who was a dentist) placed anesthesia into her spine. I heard another story about a 21 year old girl in Italy who also went into cardiac arrest during rhinoplasty. Both of them died after being in comas. How common is this and does this happen often in the U.S?
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Dear Polite2646, An in office evaluation would be needed to determine your candidacy for rhinoplasty. Unsure what the scar tissue is from however many patients undergo revision rhinoplasty and have scar tissue and these procedures are performed quite often with no complications. It sounds like ...
Hi and welcome to our forum!We used to say "if you haven't had a complication (with a certain procedure), you haven't done enough of them!".Everyone has complications. Every plastic surgeon screens his / her patients for the presence of disease with a thorough history and physical examination ...
