The Cuban model and influencer Haniset Rodríguez alarmed her followers on Instagram by revealing that she was close to losing her life after injecting herself with Mounjaro (tirzepatide), the popular diabetes medication that has become a trend among celebrities and influencers for weight loss.
In a series of stories posted on her account @hanisetrodriguez, the Cuban residing in Miami confessed in the first person about what she experienced: "I was on the brink of death. Because of those injections that are now given as if nothing is happening."
Haniset mentioned the medication straightforwardly: "Yes, Mounjaro (tirzepatide). I say this to raise awareness."
The reaction she experienced was devastating. In her own words, "I had a severe reaction that resulted in anaphylaxis (horrible), my face became deformed and my body seemed to have literal leprosy. I wouldn't wish that on anyone."
The influencer was hospitalized for several days before she could recover. “I managed to come out unscathed from that difficult moment; I was hospitalized for several days. But it was really hard for me, and I wouldn’t want anyone else to go through that,” she wrote.
In another of her stories, Haniset shared information about the risks of the medication, warning that "tirzepatide can cause serious allergic reactions, including anaphylaxis (a potentially life-threatening reaction) and angioedema, although these are rare."
His final message was a direct warning: "My recommendation is to not take anything blindly; search, read carefully, before making the decision to put a pill, injections, etc., into your body."
The case of Haniset is situated within the global rise in the use of injections like Mounjaro and Ozempic among public figures for weight loss, although these medications were originally designed for patients with type 2 diabetes. Mounjaro was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in May 2022 for diabetes and in November 2023 for obesity.
This is not the first time that Haniset has found herself at the center of an incident that shakes her followers. In October 2025, the influencer reported a million-dollar real estate scam in Cape Coral, Florida, which affected more than 11 families, and in February 2026, she described witnessing a fatal accident while driving on the I-95 in Miami.
More and more public figures are speaking out about the real risks associated with these weight loss methods, reminding us that any medical treatment should always be conducted under professional supervision.
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