AN INFLUENCER says she’s had so much work done that border officials didn’t even recognise her ID photo.
Tatiana Murillo, who is also known as “The Colombian Barbie”, has had over 20 cosmetic surgeries, according to local media.
Tatiana said border officials in the Dominican Republic stopped her because she looked nothing like the photo on her ID.
She added that she had to renew her Colombian ID card because she looked completely different from the one she got at 18.
Tatiana shared with local media, “I needed to get it renewed. I once faced an issue in the Dominican Republic where they denied me entry because they claimed I wasn’t the same person, and I understood their point. I told them, ‘I see where you’re coming from’.”
She said that officials told her: “No, that’s not you.”
The content creator shared before-and-after snaps with her 858,000 followers.
Tatiana candidly told local media she has lost count of the exact number of procedures she has undergone.
She said: “I stopped counting surgeries a long time ago, for my mental health.”
Besides surgeries, she said she has also had non-invasive procedures, like Botox, hyaluronic acid and Cupid’s bow touch-ups.
She said her first cosmetic procedure was a nose job done at a clinic with no medical guarantees – one of the so-called “garage operating rooms”.
That rhinoplasty didn’t turn out as she’d hoped – leading her to undergo three extra nose jobs to finally achieve the side profile she desired.
Tatiana said she has also had work done on other parts of her body, including her breasts, abdomen, face and chin.
Altogether, she has spent around COP 700 million (£128,000).
She said: “Yes, it’s a lot, but for me, it’s an investment in what I want to be. I still need a few more adjustments.”
She added: “From a very young age, I knew there were things about my body I wanted to change.
“To achieve this, I worked hard and focused on them. This is me, who I always dreamed of being.”
She said her transformation was so drastic that she decided to update all her official documents.
It comes as a model and journalist recently died after allegedly having backstreet bum fillers.
Lygia Fazio, 40, passed away after having the botched procedure in Brazil.
She experienced significant complications from the injections involving polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) – a man-made resin frequently used as an alternative to glass.
PMMA is often sold under brand names like Plexiglas, Lucite and Perspex.
In cosmetic procedures, tiny PMMA microspheres suspended in a biological fluid are injected under the skin as soft-tissue fillers.
But in Lygia’s case, the substance spread throughout her body, leading to severe infections and even a stroke.
What are the risks of cosmetic surgery?
A number of medical complications can arise from cosmetic surgery such as:
- Complications related to anesthesia, including pneumonia, blood clots and rarely, death
- Infection where the cuts during surgery, called incisions, were made
- Fluid buildup under the skin
- Mild bleeding
- Heavy bleeding – which may require a blood suffusion from a donor
- Scarring
- Separation of the surgical wound
- Loss of feeling or tingling from nerve damage
