Police: Texas woman performed illegal breast implant surgeries at her hair salon

By: Crimesider Staff
Topics: Daily Blotter

Carmel Foster

(Credit: CBS Houston)

(CBS) TYLER, Texas - Tyler authorities say a woman performed illegal breast implant surgeries at the hair salon she owns.

CBS Houston reports police are searching for Carmel Foster, owner of Queen Divas Hair Salon and Spa. She allegedly performed multiple illegal breast augmentation surgeries with an unidentified substance.

Police say the family of alleged victim Sheena Bradford formally filed the complaint after Bradford took herself to a local hospital for post-surgery complication from the Feb. 15 procedure.

Officer Donald Martin said "she became very ill - her chest was swollen, and she was complaining of a lot of pain," he said. "They admitted her...and she went into critical condition."

It appears Bradford is not Foster's only alleged victim, authorities say.

"The victim's cousin had a procedure done there two or three weeks prior," Martin added. "There will probably be numerous other victims."

The Tyler Police Department has two arrest warrants out for Foster for practicing medicine without a license. The offense is a third-degree felony.

According to records on the Smith County website, Foster also faced charges in 2006 for multiple moving violations, and in 2009 for theft of a telecommunication service.

The Food and Drug Administration will be investigating the substance used in the implants.

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by angelofurnightmare February 25, 2012 10:29 AM EST: Who in this world would think this is legit? What kind of idiots are these women; Reply to this comment


by Well_You_Aint_Me February 24, 2012 1:01 PM EST: How intelligent can this woman be to think she will get a safe breast augmentation surgery in a hair salon?

This should be filed under "Buyer Beware".

Or

Darwin is right.; Reply to this comment