Dr. Jan Adams, the unlucky (to say the least) surgeon who performed the breast reduction and tummy tuck that may have caused Donda West’s death, just got unluckier. The Discovery Health Channel decided to stop airing Plastic Surgery the show that Adams hosted for five years.
With talk show appearances and his own show, Adams had been riding the wave of plastic surgery popularity until his bubble very publicly burst early this week. According to a story in the Washington Post a few months ago, plastic surgery is getting more and more popular within the black community, with black plastic surgery patients rising from 16 percent in 2002 to 23 percent in 2004. Blacks are seeking out surgeons who specialize in “ethnic plastic surgery” — meaning they preserve ethnic characteristics when they do facial work and pay special attention to issues such as scarring and keloids during procedures like breast reductions and tummy tucks.
This is possibly why Donda West sought out Adams, a prominent/well-known black surgeon. Who knows? Adams might have performed the surgery by the book, and West might have met the same fate no matter who she had gone to. But as evidence builds against Adams, you’ve got to wonder what would have happened if Adams was a plastic surgeon with a board certification on his resume instead of television credits.
Either TMZ has a crazy vendetta against Dr. Jan Adams or Dr. Jan Adams is a crazy. But probably both, right? Consider the evidence: since Stereohyped’s post a few hours ago about TMZ’s tireless coverage of Donda West’s death, there have been nine new posts on Adams and West. They uncovered a variety of malpractice suits, a patient who claims he got her pregnant, a TV clip of him saying that most complications happen weeks or months after surgery, and his DUI mugshot.
Are we done yet?
It’s all Donda West all the time over at TMZ today, where the illustrious editors have shifted their focus to Dr. Jan Adams, the black plastic surgeon who conducted Kanye West’s mom’s tummy tuck and breast reduction. They report that Adams, who has made appearances on Oprah and is the host of the Discovery Health Channel show Plastic Surgery: Before and After, is not certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery and almost had his license revoked by the California Medical Board after a series of DUIs.
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• New York magazine noticed a little too late that we weren’t ready to be cynical about Donda West’s death just yet. [Jossip]
• Also, TMZ does its best to honor that privacy request the West family made. [TMZ]
• In case you missed yesterday’s Breaking Into Fashion forum. [SYB]
• Usher’s new song sounds like the final cries of a mortally wounded robot. [CL]
• Right. I wish them all the happiness. [C&D]
Kanye West’s mother, Donda West, died during cosmetic surgery at an LA hospital yesterday. She was only 58. Kanye, who had just landed in London when he heard the news, hopped back on a plane to the states to be with his family.
Their close relationship was obvious, from his references to her in songs like “Hey Mama,” to her book, Raising Kanye: Life Lessons From the Mother of a Hip-Hop Star. Since 2004, Donda West has been helping Kanye manage his career, but before that she was an English professor at Chicago State University. You can send Kanye some love via his blog. [Image Source: WI]
P.S. In other R.I.P. news, Norman Mailer died in NYC on Saturday.
Dear Millions and Millions of Women,
I know you have a tough job. I have a puppy, and that’s hard enough. I can’t imagine what it’s like to be responsible for actual human beings. For some of you, like Kim Fields, new mother of Sebastian, and the proud, book-writing Donda West, motherhood is beautiful. For others, like beleaguered Melanie Brown and fired momager Jonetta Patton, it ain’t always easy. I hope Usher sent the latter some diamonds or something for all of her hard work building his career. Probably not.
I don’t have diamond money, but I have a blog. So I want to thank the mothers in my life — my late grandmothers, Loretta and Audrey, my dear aunts, San, Deni, Debbiy, Tira, Cheryl, and Diane, and, last but not least, the greatest mother a girl could ask for, Andrea Williams. You’re my best friend, and I love you more than words can express. Happy Mother’s Day to you and everyone else!
Lots of love,
Lauren
