A fake plastic surgeon was arrested yesterday after she offered to inject the rear ends of two undercover agents with silicone for a cool $6,000. If convicted the 49-year-old Staten Island woman could face up to three years behind bars. more ›

The unlicensed Bronx cosmetologist who was convicted of criminally negligent homicide in the case of a client who came to her for silicone injections in her buttocks—and died of a silicone embolism in her lungs—was sentenced to nine months in jail. Prosecutors described Elsa Then, 58, as a “cold and calculating” manipulator who used Bounty paper towels, Band-Aids and Krazy glue to close victim Fiordaliza Pichardo's wounds. more ›

A NJ woman who is accused of injecting a young man's penis with silicone as part of a penis enhancing procedure has been charged in his death. Kasia Rivera, 34, was arrested on manslaughter charges and unauthorized practice of medicine in the death of 22-year-old Justin Street. According to the medical examiner, Street died from a silicone embolism one day after the procedure. more ›

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. more ›

If your weekend plans include swinging by a "Pumping Party," the NYC Health Department thinks you really ought to reconsider. What's a Pumping Party, you ask? You know, that's when people get together for do-it-yourself silicone injections, taking turns shooting the stuff into each other's breasts, thighs, or buttocks. According to the Times, the injections are popular among Latina women and transgenders "who may be unable to afford conventional plastic surgery." Industrial-grade silicone is available at most hardware stores, but one E.R. doctor says substitutes like castor oil, mineral oil, petroleum jelly and even automobile transmission fluid have been used, if you're in a pinch. Last month a Bronx mom died after getting silicone injections from a non-licensed friend, and the city’s poison control center reports an increase in patients with silicone poisoning. The FDA is now considering launching criminal investigations, and in recent years there have been a number of prosecutions nationwide. Dr. Nick Gorton tells the Times, "It’s a big temptation, especially among young people who, when you’re 20, you’re not thinking about your own mortality...If you go to a pumping party, you can have it tonight. " more ›

A do-it-herself cosmetic unprofessional is promising women butts that look like J. Lo's, but is more likely threatening her clients' lives. Earlier this week, NY Post reported an Atlanta woman who concocted her own fly-in fly-out business, charging woman thousands of dollars for what could be an extremely dangerous and disfiguring procedure. more ›