Re: Botched plastic surgery crash

[Guest guest]

They need to show this side on the "reality show" as well as the good sides. Or better yet go back to the people 10 years after they got surgery and see how happy they are and how many regret it!

----- Original Message -----

From: ~*Patty*~

Sent: Sunday, August 25, 2002 8:38 PM

Subject: Botched plastic surgery crash

Posted on Fri, Aug. 09, 2002

Woman drives into canal, blames botched plastic surgeryBY ELENA CABRAL AND MICHAEL A.W. OTTEYmottey@...

A 32-year-old North Miami Beach woman who crashed her car through a seawall and into a canal Thursday told police she was trying to kill herself because a Hollywood plastic surgeon already under scrutiny for allegedly botching surgeries disfigured her, police said.

Around 2 a.m., Carucci plunged her silver Nissan into the Intracoastal just north of 1501 96th St. in Bay Harbor Islands, police said, and was pulled from the submerged vehicle through a rear window. ''I just want to die,'' she told police.

Carucci told police she had undergone a cosmetic procedure performed by Dr. Alton Ingram Jr. and that the doctor botched the surgery. Carucci's family did not wish to divulge the exact nature of the surgery and would say only that it was surgery ''to the chest area and stomach,'' according to Tony Mazzara, assistant chief of the Bay Harbor Islands Police Department.

Ingram could not be reached for comment Thursday.

Ingram is the plastic surgeon whose face-lift and eye job on Hollywood Realtor Olga Myers last week went awry. Myers was rushed from the Cosmetic Surgery Center, 3109 Stirling Rd., to the hospital. She was left comatose after the face-lift and eye job and died Wednesday after she was removed from life support.

The Broward medical examiner is still investigating the cause of Myers' death. Dr. Perper said Myers ultimately succumbed to pneumonia but that is common among patients who are comatose, as Myers was for several days.

Investigators must conduct a series of microscopic examinations and toxicology tests to find out what happened to Myers.

Since Myers' case surfaced, several others have come forward to say Ingram also left them horribly scarred or disfigured.

On Wednesday, Dr. Edison -- Ingram's partner -- announced through a spokeswoman that Ingram no longer works at the center and that the two men had decided to end their partnership. On Thursday, Edison released a statement saying Florida privacy laws prevent him from identifying patients.

Myers' death is the third known fatality that has resulted from surgery at the center since 1997. Edison was sued for medical malpractice after the two deaths and allegations of negligence.

Meanwhile, Carucci was taken to Aventura Hospital. No charges will be filed, Mazzara said.

He said Myers' death pushed Carucci over the edge.

''That doctor really messed me up,'' she told police.

When asked to what doctor she was referring, Carucci said, ''Dr. Ingram,'' according to the police report.

Mazzara said Carucci's husband confirmed that it was the Ingram who operated on Myers.

''The husband confirmed they're one and the same,'' Mazzara said.

Since Myers' case, Ingram has been under intense public scrutiny. State officials would not confirm, but the state Department of Health is reportedly investigating Ingram.

http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/local/3827469.htm

[Guest guest]

Ditto is all I can say. My explant surgery was botched, the implant was

defective, etc., etc. I suppose life goes on and I guess you either give up

or keep trying to move on. But I do not even recognize myself or my life

anymore. The anger is terrible- even worse than the constant headaches.

I try to find positive things, but that is really tough, especially when you

learn more about all of this. So many women's lives have been devastated and

it is still on the market. It makes me so angry. I can't sleep wondering

what the long term effects will be. I am unmarried and how I look now just

brings me to tears. I think this may be the worst part because even if I get

my health back, I will still look the same. I would kill to have my small

breasts back (talk about irony!). I feel like my future was just taken away

in an instant, but actually it was slowly being stripped away for years I

just didn't know it.

I have got to rise above the negativity that shadows me right now. I suppose

when things are really bad, they can only get better. Sorry for being

negative but not all of this is a pretty picture and the long term effects

are just that- long term. I think I definitely need to put on some relaxing

music and get an attitude adjustment. Thanks for letting me vent. I hope

somehow we can find peace in all of this. Take care.

[Guest guest]

I hear what your saying girl. While I at least have some breasts left and

they actually look better than they did before and with implants, it still

is very painful that I had to go through this crap and still to this day

have to deal with some side effects that linger ya know.

it is tough, i can totally relate to what you say how it frustrates you that

there are still so many people getting them too, and they defend them like

they are so sacred.

Well i am too tired to keep sitting here.

hugs sweeite,

Hang in~!

----- Original Message -----

From: <indysurvivor@...>

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Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2002 7:07 PM

Subject: Re: Botched plastic surgery crash

> Ditto is all I can say. My explant surgery was botched, the implant was

> defective, etc., etc. I suppose life goes on and I guess you either give

up

> or keep trying to move on. But I do not even recognize myself or my life

> anymore. The anger is terrible- even worse than the constant headaches.

>

> I try to find positive things, but that is really tough, especially when

you

> learn more about all of this. So many women's lives have been devastated

and

> it is still on the market. It makes me so angry. I can't sleep wondering

> what the long term effects will be. I am unmarried and how I look now

just

> brings me to tears. I think this may be the worst part because even if I

get

> my health back, I will still look the same. I would kill to have my small

> breasts back (talk about irony!). I feel like my future was just taken

away

> in an instant, but actually it was slowly being stripped away for years I

> just didn't know it.

>

> I have got to rise above the negativity that shadows me right now. I

suppose

> when things are really bad, they can only get better. Sorry for being

> negative but not all of this is a pretty picture and the long term effects

> are just that- long term. I think I definitely need to put on some

relaxing

> music and get an attitude adjustment. Thanks for letting me vent. I hope

> somehow we can find peace in all of this. Take care.

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Indy:

I feel for you having been botched myself. The anger is hard to deal with......

-Marie