The quest for beauty and perfection will make people do
strange things. Some might include cosmetic surgery on the list but I think
most would agree that allowing a person who never attended medical school or
any hospital training to operate on you is beyond strange if not foolhardy.
Back in 2010 we were called by an astute and thoughtful
hospital doctor. He was treating a woman who had bilateral abscesses in her
buttocks. When he asked her what had provoked the unusual infection she
confided that she recently had liposuction. When the doctor asked who did the
procedure he was surprised by what he heard. A local Spa operator. Thinking
that a language barrier was preventing him from fully understanding what the
woman was saying he probed deeper. No, she wasn’t a doctor, but had done these procedures many times before. The
patient had allowed the Spa operator to remove fat cells from her abdomen and
re-insert them into her derriere.
Along with detectives from the major case squad we raided
the Queens Spa and confiscated records and drugs. We found a number of
pharmaceuticals that require a license to prescribe, such as botox, and others
that are illegal in the United States. We began calling the patrons to ask if
they were well and to learn the scope of this illegal medical practice and the
harm it might have caused. Five procedures were popular: liposuction, meso
therapy, botox, injection of filler materials and intravenous vitamin
infusions. Bust, thigh and buttock
augmentation with silicone or other industrial-use chemicals was the most
common procedure performed. Meso therapy is the injection of chemicals under
the skin to dissolve fat. It is unproven and can result in infection and
scarring. Quite a few had complications such as scarring, discolored skin and
wounds that didn’t heal. This past spring the Spa owner pleaded guilty and was
slapped with a $400,000 dollar fine and two years jail time. http://www.queensda.org/newpressreleases/2012/may/nieto_05_29_2012.con.pdf
The district attorney sent a message to others involved in
the illegal practice of medicine that putting the public health in danger will
not be tolerated in NYC. It is also a cautionary tale to people seeking affordable
alternatives to plastic surgery.
Sadly plastic surgery by unlicensed practitioners of
medicine is all too common as a simple Web search reveals. And these are just the people who got caught. Costing a fraction
of what real doctors and hospitals charge it is most popular among Hispanic
women. This was our fourth
investigation into illegal medical practice. The woman who was
dissatisfied with her figure learned of the Spa from a friend who informed her that she could get a procedure that usually costs over
$10,000 dollars for $500. What she got for her money was pain, fever, a deep tissue infection and a several day stay in the hospital.
She was lucky, others have not been as fortunate suffering
debilitating pain, chronic infections with mycobacteria, permanent disfigurement and even death. In 2009 a Bronx woman
died of silicone pulmonary embolism from a filler injection. The list of chemicals injected is
appalling as is the lack of safe and sanitary practices. One women used Krazy
Glue to seal a wound (see links below). Cheap cosmetic surgery by an unlicensed
practitioner is dangerous and you get what you pay for. So if you are
determined to improve your appearance save up for a real plastic surgeon or do
it the old fashioned way. Tone those abs and butt at the gym.
Bronx woman dies
PR woman dies after lipo
Miss Argentina
UK woman dies
http://hellobeautiful.com/1659285/girl-dies-after-illegal-plastic-surgery/
Las Vegas crime
http://www.lvrj.com/news/pair-whose-illegal-plastic-surgery-led-to-woman-s-death-sentenced-132262758.html
Las Vegas crime
http://www.lvrj.com/news/pair-whose-illegal-plastic-surgery-led-to-woman-s-death-sentenced-132262758.html
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