A Brazilian celebrity cosmetic surgeon, popularly known as Dr Bumbum has gone into hiding after the death of a patient he was performing surgery on at his home in Rio de Janeiro.
The 45-year-old doctor, Denis Furtado, who has 650, 000 followers on Instagram has been declared wanted by the police after Lilian Quezia Calixto died hours after a butt enlargement procedure at his home in Barra de Tijuca neighbourhood.
Calixto travelled 2,000 kilometres (1,250 miles) from her home in Cuiaba to see the surgeon.
Calixto started feeling ill after an alleged acrylic glass filler injection. After arriving the hospital on Sunday, she suffered a racing heartbeat, hypertension and four heart attacks before she died
Dr Furtado disappeared and is currently wanted for homicide and criminal association. His girlfriend who some media agencies claim is his assistant is currently in detention.
The news caused shock in the whole industry for Brazil is known for excellent plastic surgery. The Brazilian Plastic Surgery Society (SBPC) denounced Furtado for his action, They said "The growing invasion of non-specialists in the specialty has provoked more and more fatalities like this one"
SBPC president Niveo Steffen told AFP, “You cannot perform plastic surgery inside an apartment. Many people are selling a dream, a fantasy to patients in an unethical way and people, weakened, are often attracted to low prices, without considering whether or not the conditions are adequate”
Steffen said the injection of synthetic biopolymers or polymers like acrylic glass, is bery dangerous and has caused lots of deaths among women in Latin America, especially in Venezuela.
He said Furtado’s case shows the “trivialization of cosmetic procedures by unspecialized professionals, who often aren’t doctors and are putting people at risk.”
According to the G1, Furtado has been charged by police four times for illegally practising medicine and other crimes against consumers.
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