Medical malpractice and criminal activity is being investigated in the case of Claudia Seye Aderotimi, 20, of London England who traveled to Pennsylvania recently to undergo what was supposed to be a simple non-invasive cosmetic procedure.
Aderotimi set up an appointment online to receive an injection of silicone to the buttocks and traveled from London to Philadelphia to do so. Silicone is used as a permanent filler in the body and is intended to create a rounded shape. Liquid silicone is currently not approved in the US for cosmetic injections. After receiving the injection, Aderotimi wound up in a Pennsylvania hospital and was pronounced dead early Tuesday morning.
Police have executed search warrants to the home of the woman believed to have set up the appointment for Aderotimi and are further investing the case. In a similar case in 2009, one New York city woman suffered pulmonary embolism after receiving a silicone injection, after fluid injection into her hips and thighs entered her lungs.
Tragically, cases of medical malpractice and wrongful death involving elective cosmetic surgery procedures have become common in recent years both in Pennsylvania and throughout the world. Contact a Philadelphia injury lawyer or a Pennsylvania medical malpractice lawyer if you suspect you or a loved one has been a victim of medical malpractice or injury after having a procedure performed by an unlicensed cosmetic professional.
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