Chinese woman dies after 6 cosmetic surgeries in 2 days

A woman in China died after undergoing six cosmetic surgeries within two days. The family has sought 1.2 million yuan (US$168,000) compensation from the clinic.

The woman--identified as Liu-- from a rural area in Guigang, Guangxi province, southern China, visited a clinic in Nanning on December 9, 2020.

Liu took out a loan of more than 40,000 yuan (US$5,600) to finance six cosmetic procedures.

On December 9, she first underwent double eyelid surgery and a nose job, which took five hours, reports scmp.com.

Then she got a liposuction procedure on her thighs, with the fat then injected into her face and breasts the next morning which also lasted five hours.

She was discharged on December 11 as Liu reaching the lift, she collapsed in the clinic.

She was sent to another hospital where she was declared dead.

The autopsy report showed that she died from “acute respiratory failure due to pulmonary embolism after liposuction”.

She has a daughter,8, and a son, who is four years old.

Liu’s family sued the clinic at Jiangnan District People’s Court of Nanning City, seeking compensation of 1.18 million yuan (US$168,000), report the website

Investigations revealed that the clinic had the necessary legal documents to conduct the procedure, and the two doctors involved in Liu’s procedure were also legally licensed.

In May 2021, the court initially ruled that the clinic was fully responsible for Liu’s death and ordered a compensation of more than one million yuan (US$140,000).

However, the clinic appealed, and in August last year, the court revised the compensation to 590,000 yuan, acknowledging only the partial responsibility of the clinic.