Three of my friends died from BBL complications- Actress Fari Elysian

Russian-born Nigerian actress and content creator, Fari Elysian has recounted how she lost three of her acquaintances to failed Brazilian Butt Lift surgeries.

She said they died as a result of complications they suffered after undergoing butt lift surgeries.

Speaking in a recent episode of The Time podcast hosted by Victoria Gure and Folasade Abimbola, Fari the experience was a difficult one for her.

She said: “We just started short films, Afro Tales, whereby in every episode we give people different stories; stories that everybody can relate to.

“Also being a position whereby I lost three women that I knew because of BBL [Brazilian Butt Lift]. And it wasn’t a funny feeling. You know somebody and the next thing you hear is that she had a complication, she couldn’t walk and then she died. Different cases. So, I had to going into it [BBL] deeper. We had to write a story about that. And we did one episode of Afro Tales that was about BBL.”

On how she met Don Jazzy, she said the Mavin Records CEO responded to her messages on social media after one year.

“Don Jazzy featured in my skit but nobody knows that he responded to me after one year after my video went viral and he saw it. And before we could shoot, it took him another four months before created time for me. But Don Jazzy, baba don try for me,” she said.