Quest For Beauty In Colombia Sometimes Ends In Tragedy
A mishap in Colombia highlights the dark side of cosmetic work in a country that is a hot spot for body rehabbing. Each year, hundreds of thousands of procedures are performed on locals and tourists.
Ximena Lopez wanted a bigger behind. She was 21 and lived in Medellín, Colombia, a hot spot for cosmetic work.
More than 357,000 surgical and nonsurgical cosmetic procedures are performed in Columbia a year, making it the world's No. 8 country for body rehabbing.
A friend named Hanna Valencia told her, "Look, I've done the butt job." She recommended the "spa" she went to in a mall in a posh Medellín neighborhood.
"Before we started," she told Ximena, "[the owner's son] said a prayer. It gave me confidence." Then Rafael Nieto injected what Hanna described as a mix of gel and liquids in each buttock with a large needle.
Hanna loved the result.
So on March 17, 2016, Ximena went in for the procedure. She didn't tell
