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NEWS ABOUT: Fiordaliza Pichardo

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Cheap, Deadly Beauty Fix
On the Rise

Doctors report spike
in illegal injections
of silicone

(Newser) - Illegal and potentially fatal silicone injections—a cheaper way to plump up the body than cosmetic surgery—are on the rise, the New York Times reports. The underground treatment, usually administered at home or at "pumping parties," has spread among Latinas and transgender women attracted by the... More »

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