FEATURED CASE · WRONGFUL DEATH / MEDICAL MALPRACTICE

The Svelta — Formerly Seduction — Plastic Surgery Wrongful Death Cases

NBC6 Miami · Jorge E. Silva on the Svelta cases

Two Patients, Weeks Apart

In the spring of 2026, two patients died weeks apart after undergoing cosmetic procedures at the same Miami-area clinic: Svelta Plastic Surgery, which had operated for nearly two decades as Seduction Plastic Surgery before changing its name.

Kenly Millan Aponte, a 35-year-old mother of two from Kentucky, died on April 29 after undergoing “mommy makeover” procedures. Weeks later, Endrys Elian Martinez, a 19-year-old student from Tennessee, died after complications from a rhinoplasty.

Silva & Silva represents both families. The firm is pursuing wrongful death and medical malpractice claims against the clinic, and fighting to compel a full investigation of its practices — so that no other family suffers the same preventable loss.

“Right before the surgery commenced, after the anesthesia had been induced, he had a complication that was unrecognized and remained without oxygen for countless minutes.”

— Jorge E. Silva, partner, Silva & Silva, on Endrys Martinez’s death, to CBS News Miami

Both deaths, the families’ attorneys say, were anesthesia-related — “These are both anesthesia-related deaths,” Jorge E. Silva told Oxygen.com — and both were preventable.

In the News

MIAMI HERALD

“They found a Miami-area plastic surgery clinic through social media. Both died”

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“One name change, two more patient deaths at a Coral Gables surgery center”

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PEOPLE

“Two Patients, 19 and 35, Die Weeks Apart After Undergoing Plastic Surgery at Same Miami Clinic”

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CBS NEWS MIAMI

“Families announce legal action against Miami plastic surgery clinic following procedures that allegedly led to 2 deaths”

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OXYGEN TRUE CRIME

“Woman Dead After Mommy Makeover. Weeks Later, Another Patient Dies After Procedure Allegedly at Same Plastic Surgery Clinic”

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If Your Family Has Been Affected

Patients found this clinic through social media, and its doors stayed open under a new name. If you or a loved one experienced serious complications after a procedure at Svelta or Seduction Plastic Surgery — or at any cosmetic surgery clinic — Silva & Silva’s wrongful death and medical malpractice attorneys will review your case at no cost.

Call (305) 445-0011 or request a free case evaluation.