After receiving “anti-wrinkle” injections of cooking oil to her buttocks, a 46-year-old Castroville, Calif., woman died of
organ failure. A beautician, who had charged about $1,400 to administer the series of shots, pleaded no contest to involuntary
manslaughter, practicing medicine without a license, and grand theft, and in January 2007 was sentenced to 15 years in prison.
To find out how to spot unqualified practitioners, go to the Web site of the American Society for Dermatologic Surgery, at
www.asds-net.org, click on Patients, and then on “Do’s and Don’ts.”