More than 90 Americans died between 2009 and 2022, within three weeks of undergoing cosmetic surgery in the Dominican Republic, U.S. health officials said Thursday. Ninety-two percent of a specific subset of the deaths involved Brazilian butt lift surgery. The…

A 20-year-old British woman is dead after undergoing gastric sleeve weight loss surgery at a reportedly cut-rate clinic in Turkey. Morgan Maria Ribeiro’s surgery initially appeared successful. Medically cleared to return home, Ribeiro was mid-flight back to Gatwick Airport when…

A 17-year-old Vietnamese girl is blind in her left eye after getting cosmetic filler injections of uncertain type and origin by unlicensed providers at a local barbershop. The girl, partially recovered after eight days of treatment but still unable to…

The Chinese embassy in Seoul, South Korea is warning citizens of the risks involved in undergoing plastic surgery in South Korea, which it says range from death, to deceptive advertising, to medical disputes. It cautions visitors also against “ghost surgeries,”…

Update 02/28: The ‘Dr. Kim’ TikTok account has since been banned and removed. Another remains live, listing only the same contact information Kim did. An elusive plastic surgeon’s postoperative facelift results have viewers in shock. Stunning in a sense, they’re…

Editor’s Note: A family member of the deceased says the cause of Demi’s death is inaccurately reported in British media. “That story is all lies[,] she didn’t have a heart attack. [W]e don’t know how or why she died,” Demi’s…