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Posted: 1/26/2007 9:20 AM |
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Botched Botox Victims Speak OutCouple Still Under Care After Cosmetic Procedureclass="posted">POSTED: 1:32 pm EST February 4,
2005class="updated">UPDATED: 4:17 pm EST February 4,
2005ATLANTA -- The
Florida couple who made headlines last month after their Botox cosmetic
procedure went awry spoke out Friday in Atlanta about their ordeal. Eric
and Bonnie Kaplan held a news conference at the Shepherd Center, where
they were transferred Jan. 6 after apparently receiving full-blown
doses of the toxin that causes botulism. What was expected to be a simple procedure turned into a nightmare, the Palm Beach couple says."When
I got to the ER room, I couldn‘t swallow and then I couldn‘t speak,"
Eric Kaplan said. "My teeth froze like I had lockjaw. Eventually, I
became totally paralyzed."The incident, which sparked news
coverage around the country, raised fears about the cosmetic procedure,
which has been embraced by many celebrities and along Main Street by
those who want to fight wrinkles.The procedure involves
injecting small doses of Botox into muscles, which paralyzes or weakens
them and blocks the release of a chemical that causes muscles to
contract. Botox is a highly refined derivative of the toxin that causes
botulism.
The
U.S. Food and Drug Administration agreed in 2002 to allow the treatment
to be used for cosmetic purposes. Patients who receive too much of the
drug, however, can face serious health consequences, including
paralysis.The substance is supposed to be administered in
licensed medical practices by trained health care workers. The
safeguards apparently were not followed during the Kaplan‘s treatment.The
couple was listed in critical condition when they were admitted to the
Shepherd Center. They are still undergoing rehabilitation for their
Botox poisoning.Dr. Brock Bowman, associate medical director of
the center‘s spinal injury program, said Eric Kaplan may be able to
leave the center Friday or Monday, but Bonnie Kaplan must remain at the
center at least another week to recover. "Both have done very,
very well," Bowman said Friday at a news conference. "Their health is
good at this point. But I don‘t think their prognosis will be a
complete 100 percent recovery."Eric Kaplan must be fed through a tube placed in his stomach and his wife still needs a respirator at times to breathe.The
Kaplans received the treatment at Advanced Integrated Medical Center in
Oakland Park, Fla., last November, federal officials have said.
Osteopath Bach McComb is facing charges in connection with the
incident. He injected himself with the substance and was also
hospitalized along with his girlfriend Alma Hall, 34, who received the
treatment as well. Both are hospitalized with similarly severe symptoms.Federal investigators say the Kaplans were injected with a mixture of botulism toxin 10 times stronger than Botox.
Eric Kaplan says the toxin made it difficult for he and his wife to
breathe, walk and speak. Eric Kaplan was able to walk on his own to the
news conference but Bonnie Kaplan was escorted in a wheelchair.
"I‘m very fortunate to be here in this room and I don‘t take that for
granted," he said. "We never anticipated this would happen.
Unfortunately we‘re not able to turn back the clock. ... I‘m guilty of
being vain." Eric Kaplan said he had a lot of emotions after
being injured and both said they were angry for what had happened to
them. Bonnie Kaplan said she was hopeful they will recover and they
have grown even closer in the weeks since the injections. "My
feelings are I‘m upset -- that turned my whole life upside down. There
are days I wished I did die -- it was horrible being in the state we
were in," she said. "It was vanity -- I‘m 53 years old; I‘ve got
wrinkles. I wanted to get rid of them. All of my friends were doing it."
The injections the Kaplans received destroyed nerve endings responsible
for sending chemicals that activate muscle fibers in their bodies. The
human body can regrow the nerve endings but it will take time, Bowman
said. "If the Kaplans weren‘t astute enough to recognize some of
their symptoms and get appropriate medical care, they wouldn‘t have
survived," Bowman said. The couple soon began losing their
vision, speech, felt extreme flu-like symptoms and complained that they
felt like their bodies weighed a few tons. They are suing the
company that makes the botulism toxin, the clinic where they received
the shots, its owners, and the doctor who injected them. "Our
objective is ... so this will never happen to anyone else, anywhere in
our country, because it‘s just not right," Eric Kaplan said.
McComb faces criminal prosecution for practicing medicine after his
osteopathic license was suspended. He created the excessively stronger
solution by diluting powdered botulism intended for animal research
with saline, federal investigators said.
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Posted: 1/26/2007 3:51 PM |
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WomanSaver MoFo
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HOLY $#%*&^!@ BATMAN!!!!!
thanks LMWS - that‘s incredibly scary..... i‘ll keep my laugh lines thank you very much... *shudder*
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Posted: 1/26/2007 5:41 PM |
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That‘s wicked scary...thanks for posting.I had botox done
after my divorce 6 years ago...I think it was a low self esteem
thing since he left me for a gal 10 years younger.But I‘ll never
have it done again.
When you think about it what happens over time with these
people that have repeated botox injections...is their skin
going to slide off their face? Muscles are part of the foundation
of any body part, they are there for a reason.Think of a stroke
victim or a victim of spinal paralysis their skin becomes slack
b/c of muscle atrophy.
I‘m not going to say that I‘ll grow old gracefully, I will fight
it all the way with a good lifestyle,eating habits,exercise and
any topical cream out there LOL
I have enough crows feet to be a poster child for "The Birds"
movie but I got them from smiling and I wouldn‘t trade them
for frown lines for a minute.:-)
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