Hampton InnYou would think that anyone would run from offers of any medical procedure done in a hotel. But in a search for perfection at a bargain, Claudia Adusei elected to undergo a butt-enhancement procedure in the most unseemly of places -- a Hampton Inn. That vain search is thought to have cost her her life.
The 20-year-old student traveled from England to the hotel in Philadelphia to get some more junk in her trunk. But instead, after receiving the injections, she started having problems breathing and chest pains. By the time medics got her to the hospital, she was dead. While her case is still under investigation, authorities say it's likely her death was caused by the procedure.
Tragic, awful, and so preventable. But  while it's easy to sit back and say how could she? and she should have been smarter than that, it's also not that difficult to see how a young woman could get caught up in the excitement of it all and go for the thrill of the bargain. A large derriere certainly has done Kim Kardashian well, so why not? It's just a little injection, not like real surgery or anything.
Women host Botox parties in their homes; you can get your teeth whitened in a mall; and many spas perform treatments and procedures you once could only get in a dermatologist's office. The procedures are becoming so common and so prevalent that their risks are often overshadowed by the results we want to see. Many seem to forget that more than our beauty is at stake.
Unfortunately, sometimes you get what you pay for. And when it comes to your health, it's not time to bargain. Hopefully, Adusei's death won't be in vain, and rather serve as a cautionary tale to all women to do the research, to know what's being done, and ultimately to really evaluate if ANY risk is worth the price of physical beauty.
Can you imagine ever getting a cosmetic procedure done in a hotel room?


Most of the comments on this story are from women who think this girl is an idiot. While I agree that she should have been smarter, isn't it sad that she thought this was her only option? We don't know her side of the story. Somewhere she got the idea that her body wasn't good enough and to be accepted she needed to change it. As parent's it is our job to teach our children to love themselves. Luckily, I have a boy so this probably won't be an issue, but girls aren't the only ones with self-esteem problems. Michael is a very beautiful little boy and everyone tells him so. I also tell him he is beautiful, but I also tell him how smart, funny, and, sweet he is just as often. I try to point out to family that being beautiful is not what makes him so great. Who knows, he may grow up and be very ugly. Are we all going to stop loving him? I don't think so (although I know how some will act). 

I never had issues with my appearance as a teenager, but I know my sister did. It wasn't to the point where she was depressed or wanted to change herself, but she would say things about how she wished she was skinny like me, or tall like me. I always thought Ashley was beautiful. Our Grandmother always used to tell me how pretty I was and Ashley how smart she was. We weren't traumatized by it, but I was always annoyed that she didn't think I was smart because I was. And I know it hurt Ashley's feeling quite a bit. 

So let's all agree to love our children (and everyone) for who they are, not for their looks, or what they can do, but who they are inside.