Tameka Foster is losing weight ‘naturally’ after almost dying during liposuction in 2009

Tameka Foster, fashion stylist, TV personality and ex-wife of Usher Raymond, recently had a candid conversation with PEOPLE about your weight loss journey. During the conversation, the 53-year-old told how she once tried to undergo liposuction, which ended in a life-threatening situation.

“I’ve never done it,” she said of the liposuction procedure she sought in 2009. “I went in trying to have liposuction, but the anesthesiologist went into cardiac arrest. The doctor didn’t even come into the room.”

Foster traveled to Brazil to undergo abdominal liposuction surgery. In a recent interview, she admitted that it was then that she received negative comments about her appearance during her marriage to Usher. However, after the health scare, the stylist modified her values ​​towards beauty.

“I still care about looks and vanity, but I’m going to do it the natural way. That’s all. Totally,” she said. “Thanks to this, I stopped being lazy in pursuing my goals, I just changed my diet and now I do intermittent fasting and the like.”

She continued, “So I lost probably 20 kilos. before we began filming the series []. Last yr I used to be very diligent about keeping my weight at a certain level,” she added. “I mean, I’m going up and down, but yeah, I could care less. I’m not that anal about it.

Some of the risks related to liposuction include internal punctures, fat embolisms, kidney and heart problems, and negative reactions to anesthesia.

In 2022According to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, there have been 325,669 liposuction procedures in the United States. That same yr, liposuction was also probably the most common surgery in the United States, followed by breast augmentation and abdominoplasty.

Taking a natural approach to things has paid off big time for Foster, who looks amazing!