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"Butt Enhancement" Quack Injected Women with Caulk
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Sabrina Jaszi
Published Mar 7, 2010
Modified Mar 7, 2010
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New Jersey Health officials are trying to get the word out about a phony plastic surgeon whose botched “butt enhancements” have turned women’s rears into pocked “moonscapes.” Six Newark-area women, all from the Dominican Republic, visited the quack hoping to emerge with bubble butts. Instead, injections of what officials believe was silicone, petroleum jelly and “hardware-grade caulk” caused nasty infections. "What we've been hearing from the hospitals is that these women are presented with deep tissue infections and skin infections. Abscesses form in some cases," said New Jersey Health Department epidemiologist Dr. Tina Tan.
The fake doctor didn’t even have an office, the hospitals reported. Instead he performed his butt jobs in a series of Jersey hotel rooms. According to the Post, he could face charges of practicing medicine without a license.
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