Stephanie : a teen killed by her Boob Job
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Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2008 Time: 12:00 AM
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Teen killed by her Boob Job
A tragedy happened in Florida this week where cheerleader teenager Stephanie Kuleba died after complications from her breast surgery
As reported, Stephanie Kuleba, an 18-year-old cheerleader from South Florida died of a rare and potentially deadly genetic reaction to general anesthesia known as malignant hyperthermia, which sends the body into shock.
Kuleba was a nearly straight-A student and a soon-to-be pre-med freshman at the University of Florida.
"I wasn't as developed as some of my friends, who were filling out their bathing suits," said Wohl, 19, of Wantagh, who now attends Binghamton University. "I guess I felt like I didn't fit in."
Wohl is among an increasing number of young women looking to plastic surgery for a boost in confidence as well as cup size.
While no official cause of death was released by authorities or
Kuleba's family, many of her friends said she suffered a severe
reaction to anesthesia given to her during a breast augmentation
procedure Friday night.
Last week's death of Stephanie Kuleba, 18, of South Florida, during breast augmentation surgery has drawn attention to what some describe as a growing trend. Kuleba, whose parents say she sought the surgery to correct an inverted nipple and asymmetrical breasts, died Saturday of what may have been a rare genetic reaction to general anesthesia.
Paramedics were summoned to the teen's aid at the Boca Raton outpatient surgery unit where she'd had reconstructive breast surgery Friday, and they rushed her to Delray Medical Center. She died there the next day.
According to the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, the number of women 18 and younger who have had breast enlargements has risen nearly 500 percent over the past decade -- a sharper climb than the 300 percent increase in breast augmentations among all age groups.
Dr. Stephen Greenberg, a plastic surgeon in Woodbury, estimated he has seen a 20 percent to 30 percent rise in cosmetic procedures among young people. Often, he said, a girl will come in with her parents, who are buying her a breast augmentation as a birthday or high school graduation gift.
"There are girls and women who are devastated by the fact that they don't have breasts and their friends do," Greenberg said. "They don't play gymnastics and they don't go on dates or they can't wear certain clothing, and I hear these things every day."
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