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Source: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/aug/23/americans-plastic-surgery-dominican-republic
Dying for a new body: why so many deaths from plastic surgery tourism?
Michael Krumholtz in New York and Noelis Ciriaco in the Dominican Republic
Fri 23 Aug 2019 07.00 BST
Last modified on Fri 23 Aug 2019 17.04 BST
In the last six years, there have been 12 known cases of New Yorkers dying from plastic surgery procedures in the Dominican Republic.
Sharilene Cede?o used to joke with her sister Kendra that she was going to be 23 forever.
Cede?o, daughter of Dominican immigrants, was obsessed with staying young ? and by extension, plastic surgery. Coworkers at the Manhattan clinic where she was a nurse?s assistant would catch her looking at dramatic before and after photos on surgeons? social media pages...
Dying for a new body: why so many deaths from plastic surgery tourism?
Michael Krumholtz in New York and Noelis Ciriaco in the Dominican Republic
Fri 23 Aug 2019 07.00 BST
Last modified on Fri 23 Aug 2019 17.04 BST
In the last six years, there have been 12 known cases of New Yorkers dying from plastic surgery procedures in the Dominican Republic.
Sharilene Cede?o used to joke with her sister Kendra that she was going to be 23 forever.
Cede?o, daughter of Dominican immigrants, was obsessed with staying young ? and by extension, plastic surgery. Coworkers at the Manhattan clinic where she was a nurse?s assistant would catch her looking at dramatic before and after photos on surgeons? social media pages...