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She went to Turkey to get her dream body.
But Jeanette, 33, would never come home alive again.
– It sounds horrible to say, but maybe Jeanette can save lives through her death, says a close relative.
On Friday, November 24, the church bells were heard in Slättåkra church in Halmstad.
Inside the church, surrounded by family and friends, 33-year-old Jeanette was buried in a coffin adorned with handwritten goodbyes.
One for each person who came there to remember and miss her.
The day after the funeral, the family is still in deep mourning.
But they want to tell. They want to warn others. It can’t wait.
– Jeanette leaves behind an incredibly large hole. Not just with us in the family but among everyone who knew her and whom she helped over the years. Many have contacted us and said that the time with Jeanette was the best in their lives, and that her heart was too big for her body, says a close relative who represents the family.
Lived in two worlds
He tells how they have always been highly critical of Jeanette going to Turkey and having the cosmetic surgery done, and how they repeatedly tried to change her mind.
– We have really toiled and fought so that this would not happen, but at the same time we cannot chain her down. She was an adult.
– She always put the best interests of others before her own. It was just this time that she thought of herself first.
They describe it as Jeanette living in two worlds.
– The one where she really was that country girl who could handle a chainsaw and was dressed in worn sweatpants and Foppa slippers, but how she could also a few hours later post a picture on social media wearing a dress and a Gucci bag. We used to joke back then and ask how she managed to catch the flight to Paris.
Despite repeated warnings, Jeanette still got on the plane that autumn day at the end of October. She herself had contacted the clinic online. But once she arrived in Turkey, it turned out that the procedures she planned to have would not be performed at the clinic she had been promised.
– She then called and said that it would take place at a completely different clinic.
The family again tried to dissuade her from the plans, but Jeanette was determined.
Two days later, she would carry out both a breast augmentation, liposuction of several body parts and a Brazilian butt liftbrazilian butt liftA so-called butt lift, which means enlarging or changing the shape of the butt using your own body fat., BBL.
– The last thing we said to her was: “please Jeanette, don’t you understand how dangerous this is?”.
The operation took just over three hours and afterwards Jeanette contacted the family and announced that everything had gone well.
– She sent pictures and wrote that she had just woken up. She wasn’t in much pain and the doctors said everything had gone well. She also posted a picture on social media.
After that, the family continued to receive updates in the morning hours. They felt that Jeanette sounded lively and clear in her voice.
– She told me that she had been up and walking and that she was not in pain. She had also refused painkillers and a nurse had told her that because she was so alert, she could go to the hotel, says the close relative.
“Would have gone to hell”
The family says that Jeanette had paid for 48 hours of aftercare at the clinic. But just seven hours after the operation, she was discharged.
– We felt that the doctors tried to encourage her to leave the clinic earlier by saying things like they had never seen someone as alert as her after an operation.
But in order to leave the hospital, Jeanette has to redeem herself financially. The family says she was asked to withdraw cash from a nearby machine.
As it was closed, she was referred to another one further away.
– A nurse then had to go out with her, with tubes and everything, so that she could withdraw money. Then she had to go back to the clinic and pack up her things and get in a taxi back to the hotel. She does all this despite the fact that she really shouldn’t exert herself, move too much or sit down after an operation like this.
Back at the hotel, Jeanette had pain in her lower legs and felt dizzy and nauseous. She was laid down in the hotel bed by her boyfriend, who then falls asleep next to her.
– And there at some point Jeanette dies. About an hour after she left the clinic.
The message reaches the family at home in Sweden a few hours later.
– Her boyfriend then calls and says that things have gone to hell, that Jeanette is not breathing and is cold. It was a total shock for us, says the close relative.
Due to various circumstances, the family is forced to arrange for Jeanette’s body to finally come home to Sweden. Seven days after her death.
For the benefit of logistical management, grief has been deferred to the future. Until now.
– We wanted a bright and memorable funeral. It was supposed to be Jeanette’s day. And so it became.
But the question marks surrounding the cause of death and the path to the last breath remain.
No transparency in the police investigation
An autopsy has been performed in Turkey, where a police investigation is also underway. But the family has barely had any insight into the details as almost everything is covered by secrecy.
– They suspect that she has had a clot in a lung, given the symptoms she had when she got back to the hotel room. But it is still not determined.
The family has not reported the clinic to the police, but is investigating the possibility of initiating a legal process themselves in the future.
– We feel that everyone involved has made mistakes in this. And it goes without saying that Jeanette also had her own responsibility. At the same time, we believe that this is an industry that is killing our daughters and sons. But regardless, it won’t help us to get her back.
In addition to criticizing the clinic that performed the procedures, the family also questions what they call the “aggressive marketing” of cosmetic surgery on social media.
– Our experience is that this particular clinic, but also others like it, invest a lot in marketing but that those involved in the actual execution are real amateurs. It’s all just about how it should appear on the outside.
– But if you google and really look carefully, you will find a lot of negative comments. But it’s easy to get blindsided when you want something badly enough.
The family returns several times during the conversation to the fact that over the years they tried to persuade Jeanette not to carry out the operations. Both because of the great risks, but also because she was a beloved mother, sister, daughter and friend.
– We have actually managed to reject the plans several times as we do not like the market that is going on there. We want it stopped completely. We believe that Swedish medical care is better as the risks with cosmetic surgery like this are so incredibly great. But at the same time, these operations are done with a conscious risk and that is the one we want to highlight with this.
“Immediately life-threatening operations”
Why Jeanette, despite repeated warnings from those close to her, still decided to carry out the procedures, the family does not know for sure. But their theory is that a trauma she experienced in childhood may have triggered the search for “a perfect exterior”.
– She probably felt that she was a bit immortal, that something like this couldn’t happen to her. She also went over the statistics, but based on what we have been able to see, there are also large dark numbers. In our opinion, the risks of this type of surgery have not been highlighted enough.
– In addition, these advertising campaigns are seen on social media every day. In Sweden, we are not allowed to have advertising for cigarettes and alcohol, but on the other hand for directly life-threatening operations.
What are your thoughts about what happened and what caused it?
– This competition that’s going on out there on social media… it’s killing the life out of young girls and women. They feel that they are not good enough as they are but that they have to change to feel better or outshine a fellow sister. We therefore hope that Jeanette’s story will reach all the girls and women out there who are thinking about doing something similar. That they should understand what is at stake and choose not to do this, says the close relative and continues:
– It sounds horrible to say, but maybe Jeanette can save lives through her death.
Aftonbladet has received the family’s approval to publish pictures of Jeanette.