A young fitness influencer has died after a botched medical procedure to treat her excessive sweating.
Odalis Santos Mena, 23, had gone to SkinPiel, a skin care clinic in Guadalajara, Mexico, to undergo a treatment to reduce underarm sweating named MiraDry.
The treatment uses heat energy to remove sweat glands and promises to reduce body odour and underarm hair.
Despite reassurances that the treatment was simple and safe, she died early on in the procedure, allegedly due to negligence, as it was reportedly carried out by non-professionals.
According to reports, as part of the treatment, she was anaesthetised by an employee of the clinic who had never trained as an anaesthetist, and she went into cardiac arrest minutes later.
The clinic employees performed CPR but they were unable to revive her.
Her cause of death was given as the combination of the anaesthesia with the Clembuterol, creatine and oxandrolone she had taken and failed to notify the clinic.
The Jalisco State Public Prosecutor's Office has opened an investigation into her death which occurred on Wednesday, July 7.
The fitness enthusiast, who was from the city of Autlan de Navarro, about a three-hour drive away, often took part in fitness competitions.
She was elected Campeona Wellness (Wellness Champion) of Miss y Mr. Hercules 2019 (Miss and Mr Hercules 2019) and came second in two swimsuit contests last year.
Odalis also won the Wellness Fitness Juvenil (Youth Wellness-Fitness) contest at the Mr. Jalisco Juvenil y Veteranos 2021 (Youth and Veteran Mr Jalisco 2021) event shortly before her death.
She was also an influencer, boasting 146,000 followers on Instagram where she posted images of her toned physique and was studying for an undergraduate degree in nutrition.
