Woman dies in US after cosmetic buttock treatment
Claudia Adusei, 20, who lived in London, suffered medical complications after the procedure.
She travelled to Philadelphia with three friends and had injections in her buttocks on Monday. But she began to suffer chest pains and had trouble breathing.
She was rushed from her hotel, the Hampton Inn in Philadelphia, where the treatment was carried out, to Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital in Darby.
Yesterday, the hospital confirmed Miss Adusei’s name, age and that she was from London. The young woman’s death has sparked a police investigation.
The results of a postmortem examination by the Delaware County medical examiner’s office have not been released.
Detectives are now looking for those who carried out the cosmetic procedure, which police said was arranged over the internet.
“We’re not quite sure right now if that person performing that procedure is licensed or unlicensed,” said Lieutenant John Walker, of the Philadelphia police south-west detectives division.
Lt Walker said investigators were also awaiting test results to determine the substance used.
TV channel NBC quoted the Delaware County medical examiner as saying Ms Adusei’s preliminary cause of death was silicone injected into her vascular system, which stopped her heart.
