Florida Is Trying to Make Brazilian Butt Lifts Less Deadly
The state is rolling out new safety rules for plastic surgeons to help cut the risk of the popular cosmetic procedure.
Brazilian butt lifts are among the deadliest of cosmetic procedures. Now Florida is cracking down on “butt-lift mills,” issuing new mandates for surgeons that aim to make the procedure less risky.
Florida has become the epicenter of a growing butt-lift crisis as curvy celebrity influencers like the Kardashians have made attaining an hourglass figure especially desirable. There have been 21 butt-lift deaths in Florida since 2015, according to the Florida Department of Health. Last year was the deadliest for patients seeking butt lifts in Florida, with five deaths. And those numbers could be even higher than official counts suggest, according to a study published in the Aesthetic Surgery Journal this month.