Illegal cosmetic enhancements prove deadly for women

In the category of 'appearance enhancement' comes this piece from the New York Times.  Many women undergo illegal procedures -- like silicon injection -- that 'enhance their appearance but carry significant and unjustified risks.

Like almost every woman, Fiordaliza Pichardo just wanted to look beautiful, so a few years ago, she began getting silicone injections from a woman she met through a friend in order to plump up her thighs and derriere.

She never expected to pay such a high price for her looks.

In March, a day after receiving an injection,

Ms. Pichardo, 43, died of what the medical examiner later determined was a silicone embolism in her lungs.

Incredible that women (and men) go to these lengths to 'enhance' their appearance.  (listening Sylvester Stallone?)

Nationally, reports of buttock enhancement using silicone and similar thick liquids have surfaced from the Northeast to Miami, and the Food and Drug Administration is also planning to issue a warning on the dangers of such practices, Siobhan DeLancey, a spokeswoman, said Thursday.

“This seems to be kind of an underground occurrence, so it’s difficult to get numbers of actual events and to know exactly what these people are being injected with,” Ms. DeLancey said. “It’s important to note that none of the products that are reportedly being used are approved for this purpose.”

Ms. DeLancey said silicone was not approved for injection into tissues at all, only for use in the eyes and in certain implants where it is contained and cannot leak into tissue. She said the F.D.A. had the ability to conduct criminal investigations, and would encourage victims to come forward “so that we can document the problem.”...

Although side effects are fairly rare, silicone can migrate through the bloodstream, creating potentially fatal clots in the lungs, as it did in Ms. Pichardo’s case, said Dr. Nathan M. Graber, director of environmental and occupational disease epidemiology for the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. It can also migrate through tissues, leading to ugly lumps and chronic pain

In the personal realm, as well as in the professional world, the artificial enhancement of performance, and beauty, and prominence continues to march on, despite health risks.

Comments

[Tyler]

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