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Liposuction death - Egyptian actress dies in hospital

Friday, 26 January 2007

An Egyptian comedy actress who fell into a coma while undergoing liposuction has died. Suad Nasr, 54, had undergone the procedure at a private clinic in Cairo, Egypt, but complications arose and she fell into a coma during the procedure.

Her family has blamed the medical team conducting the liposuction, saying that she was given too high a dose of anaesthesia, but prosecutors are awaiting the results of an autopsy before deciding whether to file charges.

"We firmly believe that Nasr died because of carelessness at the private hospital where she underwent the flawed liposuction," said Ashraf Zaki, the chairman of the Egyptian Actors' Association.

"Nasr has already met her fate. Others can face the same fate unless the wrongdoers are brought to justice."

Plastic surgery and liposuction has boomed in popularity in Egypt in recent years, with much of the increase attributed to media attention on celebrities who are believed to have undergone such procedures.

"Many young men show up at the clinic with pictures of their favourite female singers and say they want their noses to look like theirs," said Dr Faisal Saed, a Cairo based Plastic Surgeon.

"Rhinoplasty is attracting more males. Facelifts and hair replacements are also in high demand among men. The nose job is the most popular among women, followed by liposuction and facelifts," he added.

Plastic surgery is controversial in the Muslim country, and religious leaders in Muslim countries have in the past issued fatwas, or religious decrees prohibiting them among Muslims.

Yousuf Al Qaradawi, a prominent Egyptian Muslim cleric, has issued one such fatwa stating that undergoing plastic surgery to have one's nose, breasts or other body parts altered contradicts Islamic beliefs.

"It means an unnecessary change of the form God has created," said Al Qaradawi.

However, the younger generation of Muslims in the country are not necessarily as influenced by such edicts and are still flocking to private clinics for liposuction and plastic surgery.

"Girls are obsessed with having thick lips," said Dr Majdi Al Sayed, a Plastic Surgeon at Al Azhar University School of Medicine.

"In the past, they used to cost a fortune. Now, prices have decreased. This is due to a surge in demand and the emergence of many beauty centres. Private clinics are engaged in a price war, a practice that has affected their standards," he said.

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