Another Tragic Plastic Surgery Accident

I haven't posted recently as I've been busy on other things, but one recent news story needed to be drawn attention to.

I'm referring to the tragic death of Wang Bei, the popular star of the extremely successful Chinese talent show Super Girl.

Wang Bei had an incredible talent, and was a natural beauty, which makes it all the more surprising that she should have felt the need to resort to plastic surgery, especially at the young age of 24. The procedure she was undergoing was chin reduction surgery, intended to make her jaw-line more narrow. Even the harshest critic would not have been able to tell her was necessary.

The operating surgeon cut through a blood vessel, and the blood-flow could not be stopped, filling her lungs.

The medical facility where this occurred is quite legal and above board, illustrating the need for greater supervision of such practices, and also the need for there to be more checks on the expertise of surgeons. All to often, surgeons are able to perform operations that they are simply not skilled or experienced enough to perform. This is a problem in all countries, and it is one that the industry itself need to address.

Otherwise, this is the result. Young, promising lives, such as Wang Bei's, being prematurely ended. I appeal for anyone opting for cosmetic surgery to do thorough research on both the clinic and the surgeon who will operate. Ask for photos of previous customers, ask for certificates of training and accreditation. Don't allow yourself to become a statistic.