21 July 2023 , 11:13
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Russian police are probing the death of a 22-year-old woman during buttock enlargement surgery by an "unqualified" beautician who was said to be her "friend".
Mika Shabasova died 10 minutes after she was administered local anaesthetic for the procedure in Makhachkala, according to local reports.
Emergency services attended the “home surgery" of cosmetologist Uma M, who is now under house arrest.
The beautician offered the £154 procedure after she studied on a “two week course”, it is claimed.
She told state investigators that she had repeatedly anaesthetised Ms Shabasova's skin with lidocaine, and said she had enquired about any allergies.
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She was pronounced dead at the "home surgery" (Social media/east2west news)
A friend of Ms Shabasova said he had urged her not to undergo the buttocks procedure (Social media/east2west news)The beautician is described as a former waitress who had no license for cosmetic surgery yet was carrying out “lip, cheek and butt enlargements”.
“The cause of death will be established by a forensic medical examination,” reported 112 media outlet.
The Russian Investigative Committee said: “A 22-year-old resident of Makhachkala, while visiting her friend, who performs cosmetic procedures at home, died on the spot after the administration of an anaesthetic….
“Currently, all the circumstances of the incident are being established.”
A friend of Ms Shabasova said he had urged her not to undergo the buttocks procedure, which the Uma M had advertised.
He said: "The beautician who was supposed to perform the operation, only recently received a certificate. She completed a two-week course and became a cosmetologist.
The beautician offered the £154 procedure after she studied on a “two week course”, it is claimed (Investigative Committee/east2west news)"Prior to that, she was doing lash extensions."
However, reports said she had no license for such cosmetic surgery. The friend said: "Mika went to her, because Uma is her friend, purely because of trust."
Three days before the surgery, she had reportedly suffered a fever and was off work.
"She lived with three girls in an apartment - they all tried to persuade her not to go to this beautician."
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He said that the woman “secretly, when everyone was at home, simply left the house, rang a taxi and went for this surgery”.
She had previously undergone lips, nose, and chin procedures. "These were with different anaesthetics. But within 15 minutes she was gone."
Police questioned her friends, he added.