Woman Who bored hole in Brain with black and decker dies

THE DAILY MAIL'S MATT BLAKE REPORTS that a Woman who used black and decker  drill a bore a hole into her head live on tv in bizarre health ritual dies a decade later from drug abuse.

Heather perry,41 underwent the procedure,called  trepanning because she believed it would relieve her chronic fatigue syndrome.

She performed the ancient  surgical technique on herself in America in 2000,but was rushed to hospital  after she drilled too far.she performed the ancient surgical technique on herself in america in 2000 but was rushed to hospital after she drilled too far.She miraculously survived and returned home to newest,gloucestershire where she turned to drugs,an inquest heard.

The inquest heard heather had been arrested on suspicion of supplying drugs just two days before her death.

Coroner records verdict that she died from dependence on drugs.

Heather Perry, 41, took a Black and Decker to her skull because she believed it would relieve pressure on her brain and help treat her chronic fatigue syndrome

A woman who tried to cure her health problems by drilling a hole in her head live on TV has died a decade later, an inquest heard today.

Heather Perry, 41, took a Black and Decker to her skull because she believed it would relieve pressure on her brain to relieve her chronic fatigue syndrome and headaches.

But instead she descended into a tragic spiral of depression and drug abuse, that led her life to slowly unravel until it eventually killed her.

The inquest heard Miss Perry was one of only a handful of people to undertake the bizarre practice known as trepanning - drilling a hole in the head.

Watched by an American film crew for ABC's 20/20 programme, she performed the ancient surgical technique on herself with an electric drill in 2000 - while standing in front of a mirror.

But the public demonstration of bizarre health ritual ended with her being rushed to hospital because she drilled too deep, severing a membrane protecting brain tissue

Heather miraculously survived and returned home to Newent, Gloucestershire, where she turned to drugs.

The inquest heard Heather had been arrested on suspicion of supplying drugs just two days before her death.

Deputy Gloucestershire coroner Katy Skerrett recorded a verdict that Heather died from dependence on drugs.

After the inquest her brother Keith said: 'She thought the trepanning would be the answer to all her problems but obviously it wasn’t.

I do wonder whether it actually had an effect on her brain and led to what happened later, but we shall never know.




SOURCE;Daily Mail