It adds; "More than one-third of obese patients who have gastric surgery develop gallstones. Gallstones are clumps of cholesterol and other matter that form in the gallbladder. During rapid or substantial weight loss, a person's risk of developing gallstones increases.
"Gallstones can be prevented with supplemental bile salts taken for the first six months after surgery. Nearly 30 per cent of patients who have weight-loss surgery develop nutritional deficiencies such as anaemia, osteoporosis and metabolic bone disease. These deficiencies can be avoided if vitamin and mineral intakes are maintained."
In April, Christina Ashten, who was known as an Only Fans model and the lookalike of reality star Kim Kardashian, passed away as a result of cosmetic surgery complications. The social media personality died of a heart attack at the age of 34 as she was recovering from a procedure. A month later, police released the mugshot of a woman responsible for the botched procedure.
In June, there was yet another tragic loss that happened soon after a cosmetic procedure - that of Jacky Oh, a well-known American TV personality and YouTuber. Jacky was the significant other of actor and comedian DC Young Fly, and they shared three children. She was 32 years old. Multiple reports state that the cause of her death is unknown and that she was found unresponsive in a Miami hotel shortly after she underwent a "mummy makeover" surgery.
Stanford Medicine describes a mommy makeover surgery as one that entails a combination of various procedures tailored to the patient's preferences and can include any combination of the following: tummy tuck, breast augmentation, breast lift, liposuction and vaginal rejuvenation surgery. But typically, the standard mummy makeover entails a tummy tuck and breast augmentation.
Rapper Kanye 'Ye' West lost his mother, Donda West after she went under the knife for a cosmetic procedure back in 2007. A coroner said that she died of heart disease while suffering "multiple post-operative factors."
"But an autopsy failed to determine the exact role these factors played in her death following liposuction and breast-reduction surgery," People Magazine notes.
West was able to walk out of the clinic after five and a half hours of surgery, heavily bandaged, and prescribed Vicodin for pain, according to an autopsy report.
"She opted to return to her home for care even though she was advised that she receive post-operative care at another facility," the report adds.