Fans of a 23-year-old bodybuilder, Odalis Santos Mena, popularly known as “Mexican Kim Kardashian,” were shocked and saddened by the news of her untimely death.
Mena died at the age of 23 following a botched medical procedure to treat underarm sweating. The procedure was done at the Skinpiel clinic located in the city of Guadalajara.
It was known in many reports that Mena had a problem with sweating and decided to seek help from a clinic in Mexico. Because she struggled with constant sweating, she elected to get a procedure done known as the MiraDry treatment.
Unfortunately, she went to a clinic that was not licensed to perform the procedure and has since passed away from the botched operation.
But who is Odalis Santos Mena? And why did her death shock many of her fans online?
The Jalisco native became popular after participating in physique constructivism competitions. Odalis Santos was crowned Miss Wellness Champion and Miss Hercules 2019 as well. The fitness influencer has also won awards in bikini wellness competitions.
The fitness freak had shared her progress in training on her social media platforms after becoming popular for her physique. She had actively promoted athletic wear, makeup brands, and different treatments as well.
At the time of her death, Odalis Santos was studying for her Bachelor’s Degree in Nutrition at the University Center of the South Coast, University of Guadalajara.
The influencer was rumored to be dating her personal trainer Victor Gomez Carreno.
Moreover, the unlicensed clinician failed to safely administer the MiraDry treatment. The treatment is advertised as helping people quickly and permanently reduce the amount they sweat and the subsequent odor from it.
Odalis Santos underwent the procedure following a paid partnership with the clinic. The influencer promoted the treatment to her 146k Instagram followers, assuring that the procedure was simple and safe.
Unfortunately, Odalis Santos suffered a heart attack shortly after.
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After news of the influencer’s death spread across Mexico, police opened an investigation into the medical clinic. It didn’t take them long to figure out that the anesthesiologist was responsible for her death due to negligence. The person had also allegedly never been trained to administer anesthetic drugs but was still responsible for doing just that at the clinic.
According to a report from The Sun, the SkinPiel clinic is also an unlicensed medical practice.
The report from the coroner’s office suggests that Mena died as a result of the anesthesia and a steroid she had been taking to enhance her performance in the bodybuilding circuit.
A statement issued by the clinic claimed that the doctor in charge of Mena’s case “immediately proceeded to do everything medically possible” to bring her back from the dead. They called an ambulance as soon as she began to suffer cardiac arrest and worked with medical experts to see if something she had taken in addition to the drugs that were part of the procedure.
Later, SkinPiel suggested that substances were in Mena’s system that they had not known about prior to beginning the procedure. The compounds were clenbuterol, creatine, and oxandrolone.
“Upon delivering the signed form to the doctor, he asked [her] again about substance use, and [she] verbally reiterated that [she] had not,” reported the clinic.
Before going in for the MiraDry procedure, Mena told her 147,000 Instagram followers about it and even suggested that it was entirely safe. Nevertheless, it was this procedure that ended her life.
MiraDry boasts clearance from the United States Food and Drug Administration and has been successfully used in more than 140,000 treatments across the globe. The procedure uses heat energy to get rid of sweat glands in the underarms, reducing sweating by as much as 82 percent and the unwanted odor by as much as 89 percent. According to the treatment, some patients also experience less underarm hair growth.
Source: AWM
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