Report: Anna Had Recent Surgery

Anna Nicole Smith with Danielynn tattooMSNBC's Rita Cosby reports that Anna Nicole may have had recent breast surgery to repair one of her implants.

Cosby also reports the former Playmate had also been prescribed over 10 different types of pain medication, and may have been taking excessive amounts because she developed a tolerance to the effects.

In addition, Cosby's sources tell her that Anna Nicole was found by a member of her staff -- unresponsive and nude in her bed, with a sheet pulled over her face.

Death from cosmetic plastic surgeries occurs in one out of 57,000 cases, per the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. Two million plastic surgeries were performed in the United States in 2005.

Adverse reactions to surgery could become serious; there are numerous documented cases of seizures, heart attacks and high fevers leading to death. Recent published research shows that inflammation caused by common respiratory and urinary tract infections like bronchitis, pneumonia and cystitis, may contribute to in increased risk of heart attack and stroke, and the greatest risk is in the earliest stages of infection.

If Anna did have a recent cosmetic procedure, and she exhibited "flu like symptoms" over the last few days, it's quite possible that the star died of a massive infection, perhaps complicated by an accidental overdose of prescription drugs.



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76. I have a question and a comment: Where is Daniels natural father? I noticed he didn't come forward after Daniels death. I know if you stop using methadone suddenly, your body will go into shock and you can die. if anyone knows the answer to my question, it would be appreciated. I believe that Howard is responsible for both of their deaths. wake up CSI and get this man!!!!!

Posted at 10:02PM on Feb 12th 2007 by Ande'

77. I think she died of a broken heart... Think it had a lot to do with it. You would be surprised how much you lose the will to live and fight for your life when you lose someone that close to you.

Posted at 11:03PM on Feb 12th 2007 by Diane

78. If you listen to her mother, you can see why she had so many problems. She probably suffered from borderline personality disorder

Posted at 7:44AM on Feb 13th 2007 by lorraine

79. After the autopsy, he was asked if there was any recent, incisions? and he stated that there was nothing that was recent. So I feel that rule out this topic.

Posted at 11:32AM on Feb 13th 2007 by Vickie

80. Sue please keep your unimportant feelings of boredom with TMZ to yourself. You probably didn't even like ANS, no matter what , she was a human being that had many troubles in her life & probabaly not the best tools to deal w/them. You will be hearing much more of all this, so tune in or tune out.

Posted at 8:17PM on Feb 13th 2007 by christina

81. Anna died when her son passed away.. The pills were the only thing keeping her alive .. May she rest in Peace

Posted at 8:39PM on Feb 13th 2007 by Deb Simon

82. Nancy Grace show stated all prescription bottles found in Florida hotel room were in Howard K. Stern's name. Also next month Bahama inquiry into Daniel's death there are 2 witnesses testifying Howard Stern gave Daniel the methadone and then went into the bathroom and flushed remaining down toilet.

I think she was so distraught about Daniel and Howard Stern took advantage of her by giving her drugs.

I am just glad she did not end up legally marrying him. I feel sorry for her daughter and think Larry Birkhead is the father.

Howard Stern said Anna did not love her mother but her mother was the first person she called when she found out Daniel was dead..

Posted at 12:19AM on Feb 14th 2007 by cs

83. I don't know what rita cosby is talking about but last night on nancy grace the ME already said she did not have an recent plastic surgery and he said that would have been easy to spot when they examined her.

Posted at 2:30PM on Feb 14th 2007 by natalie

84. Rita is misinformed. Per the medical examiner - only five bottles of pills
were found in Nichol's bedroom of which all were prescribed by a Doctor.

Posted at 7:22AM on Feb 17th 2007 by mary schoolcraft

85. I've seen a bunch of pics from when Anna was in Florida in January. Theres one where she has her shades off and you can see shes bruised under the eyes and Howard K is touching under one eye. Looks like she had botox injections or maybe they put some fat in there to make her look younger. Plus, her lips look like a hive full of bees stung them; they're alot bigger than in other pics. Those must be the procedures she had, not breast surgery as someone else reported. The coroner said there had been no breast surgery and I would think he would be able to tell.

Posted at 9:24PM on Feb 17th 2007 by dee

86. plastic surgery is for self esteem

Posted at 1:35AM on Feb 25th 2007 by breast augmentation MD

87. Breast Augmentation does not necessarily leave scars and don't believe everything the press/medical examier/and everyone else tells you. I'm sure there is a lot more going on behind the scenes.

On one hadn, I feel sorry for ANS.....she may have been depressed her entire life and didn't know it. Her career was on the skids, her weight fluctuated constantly, she had tons of people around her, but could probably trust none of them, except her son. When she lost him, she lost the will to live.

For those who think someone else is always having a better time than them, think again. The expensive houses/cars/nightlife/etc., aren't all what it is cracked up to be.

Sad indeed.

Posted at 1:20PM on Feb 26th 2007 by Maggie

88. Cosmetic surgery is for self-esteem and other reasons. But in ANS case, it was for her career.

I'm sure she had self-esteem i ssues. Larry King (and I don't usually watch Larry King but the OSCARS were soooooo bad last night) had an interview he did with her back in 2002. This is a woman who clearly had issues...I mean, can you imagine how she felt when she had to fight for the money of her late husband, Marshall? She had no pre-nup, this man was a gazillionaire, and his son decided she wasn't going to get any of the money. Well, now it's pretty much a non-issue (except of course for the sole heir, baby Smith) Both are dead. Which just leads me to believe that nothing is important in life except life itself, because eventually we are all going to die. That is a given. We all fight about the silliest things (yes, even me) and in the end, it's all passing away.



Posted at 1:28PM on Feb 26th 2007 by Maggie

89. LOOK AT HER DAMN LIPS, PEOPLE!!!!!

Posted at 6:20PM on Mar 2nd 2007 by sharon r

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