Russian police are probing the sudden death of a woman, 22, during buttock enlargement surgery by an ‘unqualified’ beautician who was her ‘friend’.
Mika Shabasova died ‘ten minutes after she was administered local anaesthetic’ for the procedure, according to reports.
She was dead before an ambulance arrived at 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’, say reports.
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She told state investigators in Makhachkala that she had repeatedly anaesthetised the skin of the victim with lidocaine, a local anaesthetic.
She had asked Shabasova if she had any allergies, she said.
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 the dead woman said he had urged Shabasova not to undergo the buttocks procedure, which the Uma M had advertised.
‘The beautician who was supposed to perform the operation, only recently received a certificate,’ he said.
