Overview

• The Miami-Dade Medical Examiner’s Office ruled Wildelis Rosa’s March death an accidental pulmonary embolism from blood clots tied to her Brazilian butt lift.
• Rosa traveled to Miami on March 18 for the procedure at Prestige Plastic Surgery Clinic and paid $7,495 for fat removed from twelve body areas and injected into her buttocks.
• In the days after surgery, she experienced extreme pain, breathing troubles, a drastic blood pressure drop and leg numbness before collapsing in her short-term rental.
• Rosa had just returned from deployment in Kuwait as a U.S. Army reservist, served on the New Orleans Police Department and had plans to join the FBI, according to her family.
• Her loved ones and former teacher hope her story serves as a cautionary tale and renews calls for stricter safety measures in Miami’s booming cosmetic tourism sector.