Leeches were first used in Egyptian medicine about 2,500 years ago and are still used in some cosmetic and reconstructive surgeries today
IT sounds like a treatment from ancient times not something you see in surgery today.
But the doctors from Botched have used leeches to improve blood flow around Tawny Kitaen's nipple during her seventh boob job
Dr Terry Dubrow and Dr Paul Nassif attached the blood-sucking critters to the 80s pin up’s chest on Thursday’s season final or the E! reality series.
Tawny, who also appeared in Whitesnake's Here I Go Again music video, sought help from the Botched doctors after undergoing six previous augmentations.
She said she wanted to get off the “boob train” and have her implants removed for good.
Dr Dubrow and Dr Nassif removed Tawny’s implants but were faced with the task of improving blood flow around her nipples.
The solution: leeches.
Leeches were first used in Egyptian medicine about 2,500 years ago.
They were applied to all sorts of ailments as it was thought they would drain impure blood from the body.
While that has been disproven and their benefits dismissed for ailments like headaches, they are still used in plastic and reconstructive surgeries.
That’s because their saliva has a natural anticoagulant, meaning it stops blood from clotting, and they restore blood to inflamed parts of the body when they are feeding,.
So it might seem gross, but it is not unusual.
It wasn’t until Tawny was already famous that she decided to get implants.
She said: “It must have been something inside myself when I wasn't feeling secure enough about myself.
“I thought this will take care of the problem.”
One of Tawny’s surgeries was not only botched, it wasn’t what she wanted at all.
She added: “The fifth and sixth times is really where it all started going wrong.
“So when I was under, the doctors took the liberty of putting in the size that they felt was going to suit me.
“So I go back to the doctors and say they're too big.
“They say ‘great, we'll take them out and make your implants smaller’.
“Within sixth months, the implants started slipping through the mesh.”
Dr Nassif said: “I can't imagine the pressures that Tawny must have been feeling at the height of her career.
“Maybe getting a little enhancement can keep her at that top a little longer, but I've got to tell you, it's a scalpel not a magic wand.”
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