Terrible toll: Brazilian TV
presenter Andressa Urach, a runner up in Brazil's Miss BumBum
competition, has revealed the terrible damage wreaked on her body by
plastic surgery after wounds in her thigh were infected
The 27-year-old suffered from septic shock after wounds from a procedure last July became infected
As Miss Urach lay in hospital, her mother Marisete De Favari asked her 220,000 Twitter followers to pray
'Now I've discovered that the PMMA is sticking to my muscles and causing the tissue to rot.
Despite
the operation, she continued to be in pain and in November she was
taken to the Conceicao Hospital in Porto Alegre with an advanced
infection of her left leg.
She
underwent two unsuccessful drainage procedures, according to reports,
before suffering from septic shock and being moved to intensive care.
At one point her life was in danger and it was claimed her leg could have had to be amputated.
Her
mother Marisete De Favari logged in to her Twitter account, asking the
model's 220,000 followers to pray for her as she remained on the ward in
a serious state.
'I would ask for prayers from friends and people who wish for the recovery of my daughter,' she wrote on December 10.
'She's
starting to walk, put her foot down and sit. After all this time lying
down, she expected it would be painful. She has been taking morphine
since entering the hospital, but now they are taking the drugs away from
her gradually.
The model wrote on December 26: 'My loves, thank you for the affection and chains of prayers'
Slow going: The recovery from sepsis acts as a warning to the millions of Brazilians having plastic surgery
'As
she had sepsis, healing will be slow, because it has to happen in a
natural way so that it is not subject to a new infection.
'This
takes time and she is assisted by doctors all the time. She has had no
contact with anyone but the doctors and her mother.'
The
model added on December 26: 'My loves, thank you for the affection and
chains of prayers. God is great and is taking care of me.'
Miss
Urach hit headlines around the world after claiming she had had an
affair with footballer Cristiano Ronaldo, a claim the Real Madrid
striker strenuously denied.
She
said the footballer slept with her in a hotel just 48 hours before a
Champions League semi final which his team lost 4-1 to German side
Borussia Dortmund.
The Portuguese winger, 29, took to his Facebook page to say he was 'deeply outraged.'
He
accused Andressa of 'pure fiction and forgery' and 'seeking the
limelight on my account' and insisted he was at the Madrid hotel where
she claimed they made love for a media interview.
Miss Urach featured in the Miss BumBum contest in 2012 and claimed she slept with Cristiano Ronaldo
Pain: Miss Urach when her legs began hurting last year (left) and, right, in better spirits in her hospital bed
Brazil overtook the U.S. in 2013 to become the most prolific plastic surgery nation in the world.
Almost 1.5million procedures were performed in the South American country - an increase of 600,000 in just two years.
These included 226,000 breast enlargements and 64,000 buttock augmentations, a fifth of all those in the world.
Brazil
has more than 5,000 plastic surgeons who also performed 78,000
facelifts, 77,000 nose jobs and 219 penis enlargements, according to the
International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons.
But
the U.S. was still far ahead for the number of non-surgical procedures,
such as laser hair removal and chemical peels, with 2.5million to
Brazil's 650,000.
Fellow Miss BumBum contestant Jessica Lopes, who shared a flat with Ms
Urach, said last year: 'Andressa and I would go to the plastic surgeon
as if we were going shopping.
'Sometimes we would agree to do some procedure together, we were not afraid.
'We were slaves to beauty.'
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