February 13. 2009

Yesterday, a New York doctor confirmed to People magazine that singer Usher’s wife, Tameka Foster had (plastic) surgery too soon after her pregnancy, two months, just as I wrote on the site days prior on Monday. I thought as much, which is why I stated that.

While, "I’m not a doctor, but I play one on TV" (Ok, I don’t, but I’ve always wanted to say that famous quote) based on what I do know about science and medicine, I thought it was risky.

Even when one’s body hasn’t been through a recent birth, surgery carries risks. Factors including her age and two pregnancies in a short space of time, with the last having been so recent, was a prescription for complications.

Foster had a heart attack as a result and had to be placed in a coma.

The couple's marital home in Roswell, Georgia

It is a dangerous Hollywood practice when women have babies, then lipo and or tummy tucks right after (sometimes days after birth – they leave the hospital with a baby and a tummy tuck).

Give the body a chance to recuperate, lest you endanger your very life to fit some silly Hollywood ideal.

While, I’m not a fan of Tameka’s due to how she treated Usher’s mother and fans, I don’t want girlfriend dead. Then what am I going to write about.

INSIDE STORY: How Tameka Raymond's Plastic Surgery Went Wrong

Originally posted Thursday February 12, 2009 07:45 PM EST

A Brazilian plastic surgeon has revealed details of the procedure that temporarily left Usher's wife, Tameka Raymond, in a medically-induced coma.

Two months after giving birth to the couple's second son, Raymond, 38, traveled to Brazil to have liposuction on her stomach, says Ellen Dasptry, a rep for Sao Paulo plastic surgeon Dr. Silvio Sterman, who was to have performed the surgery.

"Tameka Raymond came here on Friday to do a liposuction. Shortly after she went under [general] anesthesia, she suffered a cardiac arrest," Dasptry tells PEOPLE.

Induced Coma

Raymond never had the liposuction. According to Dasptry, after her cardiac arrest, Raymond was immediately revived and placed in an induced coma.

"When an attack like this happens, the doctors put the patient to sleep... and make sure that everything is okay and that there has not been any damage," explains Dasptry. "This is the protocol every time and this is what was done."…

Raymond's case has stirred debate within the medical world over whether a wait of two months between giving birth and undergoing liposuction is sufficiently long.

Surgery Too Soon?

According to New York City cosmetic surgeon and dermatologist Neil Sadick, "The general feeling is no abdominal surgery should be performed within eight weeks because of the distension and inflammation of the abdomen/uterus due to pregnancy. [Women] should wait at least three months postpartum before undergoing any type of procedures to the abdomen... They would need to get clearance from their OB/GYN and internist."

But Dasptry says Raymond met with her Brazilian surgeon Feb. 6 to undergo tests and was determined to be "in good health." "In plastic surgery all over the world, there is no rule that says a woman can't have plastic surgery performed two months after childbirth," says Dasptry.

http://www.people.com