Due to respecting the wishes of the West family, plastic surgeon, Jan Adams walked off of an interview with Larry King on November 20, 2007. The show began with a panel of editors for daily tabloid and celebrity magazines discussing Donda West, her charitable nature, and her funeral and all rallied around Kanye West and his family. The family is requesting that media attention be diverted from Donda’s case. It is obvious that the family is in a deep time of mourning as Kanye West broke down on his last concert in Paris. The spotlight has shifted focus to Dr. Jan Adams as reports and suspicions are beginning to indicate that Donda West died as a result of plastic surgery procedures that were performed when Donda had not met previous health requirements.

Though people are respecting the West’s request and apparently Dr. Jan Adams received a letter from the West’s family attorney before he was set to speak on Larry King, the issues regarding the safety of plastic surgery must be addressed. Donda West died one day after having a tummy tuck and breast reduction. Reports are surfacing of other doctors declining to work on Donda because they feared that her health was not at a safe level to handle the surgeries. Apparently, Dr. Adams disagreed and went ahead with the surgery. The issue however stems to how many people are getting plastic and cosmetic surgery procedures and are at increased risk of serious adverse side effects and complications due to poor health.

With all of the television shows that feature dramatic before and after plastic surgery, more people than ever before are going under the knife in an effort to change their lives by improving their physical appearance. However, the television shows only show the best surgeries and of course, if there were any complications or problems, these are often edited out of the final show.

Any surgery has risks and complications. These may be a direct result from anesthesia or sedation. Some possible complications include stroke, heart attack, nerve damage, paralysis (temporary paralysis may occur until anesthesia or other drugs have worn off completely), abnormal heart rhythm, blood clots, brain damage, malignant hyperthermia, and obstruction of the airway. Blood loss may be a complication that may be indicated by low or dropping blood pressure.

A very serious complication is aspiration. Aspiration is vomiting after surgery and occurs when the vomit is pushed into the lungs. This can lead to many serious complications and may cause pneumonia. These complications are common with anesthesia and there are additional complications that pertain to cosmetic procedures alone. These include Necrosis or skin infections. This is often seen in smokers and is literally when the skin begins to die from infection or hematoma. Sometimes there may be errors in the surgery and these can result in asymmetry, dimples, and irregularities. This may be a result from poor healing or it can be the fault of the surgeon. It is critical that those who are contemplating plastic surgery are in good health. This means that for women they cannot take oral contraceptives, or take hormone replacement therapy, and in general patients must not be overweight, smokers, have a previous history of cancer, issues with blood clotting, or have experience recent injuries.

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