Overview

• São Paulo’s Public Security Secretariat registered Cavanellas’s passing as a “sudden death” and launched a formal suspicious death inquiry
• The Forensic Medical Institute is conducting a post-mortem examination to determine the precise cause of her cardiorespiratory arrest
• Dr. Edgar Lopez’s team states that Cavanellas underwent all preoperative evaluations in a licensed hospital before developing an unforeseen embolism
• Cavanellas built a network of more than 800 female entrepreneurs and garnered over 130,000 followers across her personal and professional Instagram accounts
• Her unexpected death has reignited conversation about the medical risks and regulatory oversight of elective cosmetic surgeries in Brazil