February 8, 2012

INSIDE EDITION INVESTIGATES ILLEGAL BACK-ROOM BUTT ENHANCEMENTS

Having a plump, curvaceous behind has become an asset in Hollywood.  Women are paying a lot of money to look like Jennifer Lopez, Beyoncé and Kim Kardashian by enhancing their behinds.

It’s become the latest craze in cosmetic surgery.  Plastic surgeons say the only way safe way to do it is through surgical implants, or by transferring fat from another part of one’s body done by board certified doctors.

But, Lisa Guerrero and the INSIDE EDITION I-Squad found a shady, underground world of unqualified people who allegedly injected their customers with strange cocktails.

Many women were promised beautiful behinds, but were left disfigured and scarred.  In some cases, they died as a result of these toxic injections.

In one case, a woman in Florida, allegedly injected herself and her patients with things like cement and Fix-A-Flat – sold for tire repairs.A far cry from the celebrity sex-appeal so many were hoping for.

Gabi Castillo always envied Jennifer Lopez’s sexy moves.  She wasn’t satisfied with her own curves, so she paid $6,000 to get a more voluptuous backside.

“I felt I would look sexy if I had a big butt,” Gabi told INSIDE EDITION.

Not long after the procedure, a lump appeared on her behind.  It grew into a life-threatening infection that was eating away at her skin and muscle.

“I remember the horror of not knowing if I was going to live,” she said.

Doctors told Gabi, she’d been injected with an unknown, contaminated substance.

She had to undergo 28 surgeries, which removed the infection, and most of her behind. Today, she’s left with permanent scars and has to wear prosthetic pads just to feel normal.

Miami plastic surgeon Constantino Mendieta told INSIDE EDITION, “Without knowing it, these patients are rolling the dice. They’re actually playing Russian roulette with their health.”

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January 30, 2012

‘Miami Thong Lift’ doctor says business is booming

MIAMI, Fla. (NBC) — On busy South Dixie Highway near Coconut Grove, Florida it’s hard to miss the signs for the Miami Thong Lift.

Jenny Fitz came from Bolivia to have it done last year.

“I love it. Tremendous change.Yeah because I had that square look,” Fitz said.

She joked that she used to look like SpongeBob Squarepants.

Plastic surgeon Constantino Mendieta says he invented the Miami Thong Lift around ten years ago.

“It’s just now entering into vogue. As a matter of fact, I’m going to Paris to lecture this week. I’ve been invited to Turkey, and we’re going to Belgium,” said Mendieta.

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January 17, 2011

ASSPLASTY: DR. MENDIETA’S PERFECT BOOTIES

When the news came out late last year that some retardedely desperate girls in Miami allowed a transsexual Frankenstein man with grotesquely gargantuan ass and titties to inject their butts with cement and Fix-A-Flat tire sealant in hopes of ballooning their asses to J. Lo proportions, we knew this whole bootyliciousthing was starting to get out of control. Surprisingly, that case is just one of many instances last year where people hired quacks to augment their asses–a 20-year-old student in Philly even died from underground silicone butt injections last February.

This seedy scene of backyard assplasty belies a broader trend of women going to extreme measures to improve the shape and girth of their behinds. The sane way to do this, beyond squats and eating lots of bonbons, is to go to a plastic surgeon. There are two general methods that real doctors use to augment your bum–implants and fat transfers. Implants in the butt generally follow the same concept as implants in the breast, and have been slowly rising in popularity in the US over the last few years. However, fat transfers, also known as the Brazilian Butt Lift, are where all the action is. This procedure involves liposuctioning fat from unwanted places, prepping it, and pumping it back into select areas of the butt to create a delicious flesh-apple. It’s hard to get specific statistics on fat grafting, however, because most surgery societies tally fat transfers under liposuction.

Dr. Constantino Mendieta is the biggest advocate for butt augmentation in the world. Unsurprisingly, his practice is in Miami and overrun with sexy nurses with surgically sculpted asses. Butt-hungry patients fly in from all over the globe to have his steady hand in their behind, and with good reason–he literally wrote the book on butts. It’s called The Art of Gluteal Sculpting. The original idea was to interview another talented surgeon, but when Constantino heard through the grapevine that VICE was writing about butt augmentation he called us up to set the record straight.

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January 17, 2011

From sound waves to stem cells: Face rejuvenation treatments of the future

South Florida doctors are using a growing array of procedures — from fat injections to stem cells — to help rejuvenate your face.