Patient Nearly Died for Butt Enhancement

A Queens spa owner was charged with second-degree assault, unlawfully practicing medicine and first-degree reckless endangerment for performing "butt enhancement" surgery. Barbara Nieto, owner of Perfect Image Stethics in Corona, performed the surgery on Augusta Velez. According to Queens DA Richard A. Brown [PDF], Nieto removed fat from Velez's stomach and re-injected it into her buttocks, and allegedly injected her with a pain relieving substance.

A few days later, Velez allegedly began to feel weak and feverish, and went to the hospital. She was diagnosed with a "bilateral buttock abscesses," an infection which could have lead to death without surgery. Nieto faces up to seven years in prison if convicted of practicing without a license. Brown said, "Her alleged conduct was both dangerous and reprehensible because it exploited the vanity of an individual seeking a more attractive appearance at a reasonable cost and caused her victim to suffer permanent scarring - both physically and emotionally.”

According to the Daily News, Nieto was sued before in 2007 by a woman claiming her butt augmentation surgery gave her disabling injuries. The bubble butt trend has been getting pretty dangerous recently. Just last month a Jersey man operating out of hotel rooms was caught injecting women's rears with such substances as petroleum jelly and caulk... Your move, commenters.

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By Jaya Saxena in News on April 13, 2010 12:12 PM

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ozik

Years ago I heard a Rush Limbaugh episode where he was vigorously arguing that ANYONE should be able to provide medical services whether they had a license or not. Surgery, consulting, prescription writing... Anyone should be able to perform these actions! Actual medical training is just a selling point but not a requirement.

And of course, the guy was really just imagining a world in which he could easily get prescription medicine to feed his drug addiction.

sexisicilian

I like big butts!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

youngpro

why the hell did she LET her do this to her? she should be sued for STUPIDITY for not knowing that any invasion of the body is considered surgery and should only be caiired out by a doctor.

longacre

These stories are always in Corona.

Torgo

Good Lord, sorry for the multiple posts, I'm getting used to Opera on the iphone.

Torgo

Good Lord, why does it seem to always be Latinas who are nearly dying from illegal butt implants? Dont do it ladies, keep them butts naturally juicy!

Torgo

Good Lord, why does it seem to always be Latinas who are nearly dying from illegal butt implants? Dont do it ladies, keep them butts naturally juicy!

Torgo

Good Lord, why does it seem to always be Latinas who are nearly dying from illegal butt implants? Dont do it ladies, keep them butts naturally juicy!

Guest

This is a much cheaper, and safer, alternative: Booty Pop

Ginny

Would much rather have n'assatall than Vaseline ass.

wonderchimp5

no matter how much petroleum jelly i use, my girl still won't let me put caulk in her ass.

DarkGemini

Picture Relevant.

Brian Denton

What an ass.

hotstepper

why surgery, ladies? is there something wrong with double-fisting some juicy ribs and fried chicken, with some beans and rice? maybe follow it up with some twinkies and bearclaws?

ladies, grow dem booties...but skip the caulk.

Kojak

Sadly, rice & beans don't go straight to the ass for all women. For Black & Hispanic women yes, White women, to some extent. All others to varying degrees.