Woman Died From Unlicensed Silicone Injection
Posted on 04. Aug, 2010 in News Stories
Mayra Lissette Contreras, a 22-year-old Californian, died this past weekend after receiving silicone injections by two unlicensed women. Reportedly, she experienced respiratory distress when silicone escaped into her bloodstream and clotted in her lungs.
Guadalupe Viveros, thought to be a doctor in Mexico but unlicensed in the US, and her sister Alejandra Viveros were arrested but skipped bail on June 21. Police had been investigating them because of previous patients that had reported “ill effects” from their injections.
Read more at: CBS News.
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