FOURTH Texan dies from fungal brain infection linked to dirty plastic surgery ... trends now
A fourth Texan has died from fungal meningitis, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has reported.
The CDC has warned anyone who was given an epidural anesthesia (injection into the spine to numb part of the body) during surgery is at risk and should go to the nearest emergency room to be tested, even if they do not have symptoms.
The epidural is used in procedures such as liposuction, breast augmentation and Brazilian butt lifts, which can be more than $16,000 cheaper than in the US.
The CDC believes around 180 Americans who traveled to clinics in Matamoros this year could be at risk, and urged people to go to the nearest emergency room as soon as possible to be evaluated, even if they do not have symptoms.
Four Texans have died after receiving cosmetic surgery, including liposuction in Mexico. Health officials say the women received treatment at clinics in Matamoros, Mexico, including River Side Surgical Center (left) and Clinica K-3 (right)
Ms Robinson traveled to Mexico for liposuction, a BBL and breast augmentation done by Dr Luis Manuel Rivera De Anda. She is pictured pe-op (left) and post-op (right)
The clinics under scrutiny are River Side Surgical Center and Clinica K-3 in Matamoros, Mexico, both of which have now been closed.
Two of the four deaths are confirmed as fungal meningitis, and two are probable, the CDC said.
One of the women, Lauren Robinson, 29, died last week after traveling to Mexico for cut-price cosmetic surgeries on February 27.
TikTok videos previously shared by the Texan mother-of-four suggest she contracted the fatal fungal infection after receiving liposuction, a Brazilian butt lift (BBL) and a boob job.
Dr Luis Manuel Rivera De Anda, who is listed as a gynecologist online, carried out her operation.
His Instagram shows a plethora of before and after surgery photos and promotes an offer of full liposuction, a BBL and breast augmentation for 5,000 USD.
It is not known whether Ms Robinson's infection had anything to do with Dr Rivera De Anda's actions.
Dr Rivera De Anda did not respond to a request for comment from DailyMail.com.
The mother-of-four was diagnosed with meningitis after her plastic surgeries, which eventually killed her
Some 1.2million US residents travel to Mexico annually to undergo elective surgery at a discount, according to Medical Tourism Mexico, which advertises that patients can save up to 80% on a comparable procedure in the US
