Commentüs on: Cheerleader Dies Following Breast Augmentation

By: JohnnyS

JohnnyS — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:13:35 +0000

Your Headline has a misquote. Says girl died from Breast Augmentation when in reality, she was in for reconstructive surgery according to the link you posted. Care to elaborate?

By: Meg

Meg — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 14:04:07 +0000

Wow, where to start. First of all, “CJ” learn how to spell before leaving comments…it’s DYING not dieing. Geez. Secondly, like Richard M said, her death was a result of anesthesia, not breast augmentation surgery. Thirdly, as someone who needs corrective surgery myself, the girl was not doing this for vanity reasons. If anyone bothered to read the actual reasons for the surgery, the girl had completely asymmetrical breasts and an inverted nipple. For anyone who considers a surgery to correct this problem to be on the same level as a regular breast augmentation, you are sorely mistaken. It’s interesting that insurance companies (like my own for example) cover asymmetry breast surgeries because they feel that being born with two completely different sized breasts (not talking a little difference, but an A and a D cup for example) is a congenital defect and should be corrected (and covered under your insurance). I am not suggesting that this is a complete necessity or on the same level as someone who needs surgery to fix a whole in their heart but try going through life with a gross difference in breast size, making buying bras, shirts, bathing suits impossible.. Not to mention the embarassment and self-consciousness that goes along with this. I think having corrective breast surgery is entirely different than just deciding you would like larger boobs. She just wanted them to be the same size..beyond all this, I have never read such insane comments. How could some of you say things like “I don’t feel a bit bad for her” or “She choose vanity and she got death, too bad” Talk about no empathy. She was an 18 year old girl with her whole life ahead of her and she died in a freak, rare, instance. It’s a shame and a tragedy no matter what the surgery was for. Some of you need to grow hearts.

By: mhaus

mhaus — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 16:55:03 +0000

For information concerning malignant hyperthermia syndrome visit
http://www.mhaus.org, the malignant hyperthermia association of the US
established in 1981

By: jen

jen — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 00:32:38 +0000

my, prayers are with you and your family. i’m so sorry for your loss. what a beautiful girl,she was. she will be in my prayers god, has another young lady in heaven,and she is in very good hands. stay strong,i’m sure she would want all who,knew her and loved her.

By: frugalwench

frugalwench — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 18:27:11 +0000

Why are so many of us literally “dying to be beautiful”? This isn’t an isolated case. It happens every day, all across America and the world. What sort of society makes people feel like what they are given at birth isn’t good enough?

Sometimes I think the Muslims have the right idea about covering your body from head to toe. Then someone you meet has to judge you based on your true self, not what you look like.

The media is so much to blame for this craziness. They first promote rail thin as “perfect”, but wait…it has to be rail thin with big boobs, fat lips, and perfect eyes and hair. No wonder our children are confused.

By: Mia-Texas

Mia-Texas — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 14:51:59 +0000

I was diagnosed with malignant hyperthermia when I was 10. I was having my tonsils removed when I had an allergic reation to the anethesia. Eighteen years later, I have to carry a medic card in my wallet and my children have to take procaution as well. My heart goes out to this girl’s family because I know what they are going through. This goes to prove that all surgeries are at risk and it is my belief that they should be done in hospitals, not outpatient facilities.

By: Carrie

Carrie — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 14:40:36 +0000

The callous and unfeeling responses by the stupid on this message board are EXACTLY the reason why teens consider dangerous things like plastic surgery, not for a medical condition, but for being “abnormal”. Do you think your holier than thou attitude is helping or making a difference? If not, then shut your pie-hole.

Reading comments like some of those left here makes me sick to my stomach. I really pity those of you who cannot find compassion in your heart for another human being and their loved ones. Hopefully you will never need it from others. I pity the lot of you.

The whys do not matter. Someone’s child is dead. Maybe you do not agree with the circumstances and that is your right. But when your opinion will only cause more harm, keep it to yourself. We’ve all been young and made some dumb decisions based on faulty reasoning. That isn’t necessarily the case here, yet you mean small-minded people are obviously having transference issues from teen stupidity that you perpetuated yet somehow managed to live through. What mental giants you are!!! You must be so proud of yourselves.

By: Passer-By

Passer-By — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 12:07:54 +0000

This is a non-story.

By: Nick Plowman

Nick Plowman — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 11:09:03 +0000

That is so sad. So sad. My condolences indeed.

By: Paul

Paul — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 02:00:16 +0000

If you read about this in other places other than this article, she was having surgery because her breasts were assymetric. She wasn’t doing it to make them bigger or for popularity. She just wanted breasts that looked normal. Would you people be trashing this poor dead girl if she was having surgery for another deformed body part?