Doctor reverses amateur plastic surgeries
Venezuelan Maria Carolina Parejo (R) talks with friends a day before undergoing surgery to remove liquid silicone that she had previously had injected into her buttocks, in Caracas, Oct. 29, 2013.
Venezuelan plastic surgeon Daniel Slobodianik performs operations on patients who have had illegal or amateur injections of liquid silicone for aesthetic enhancement.
The reverse operation that Slobodianik carries out costs approximately $8,200 and takes between two and three hours depending on how much fluid the patient has in the area.
Plastic surgery is common in Venezuela, where many women from all walks of life undergo procedures to nip, tuck or boost different parts of their bodies.
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Patients wait to be treated in the office of Venezuelan plastic surgeon Daniel Slobodianik in Caracas, Oct. 8, 2013.
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Venezuelan plastic surgeon Daniel Slobodianik speaks with patient Keiser Cuello about surgery would to remove liquid silicone from her buttocks, in Caracas, Oct. 8, 2013.
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Patient Blanca Castellano (R) shows Venezuelan plastic surgeon Daniel Slobodianik (unseen) the deformation caused by liquid silicone injected into her lips, in Caracas, Oct. 8, 2013.
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Patients react as Venezuelan plastic surgeon Daniel Slobodianik uses a photo on his mobile phone to explain surgery to remove liquid silicone from their bodies, in Caracas, Oct. 8, 2013.
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A girl plays with silicone breast implants as her mother waits to be examined by a plastic surgeon about liquid silicone removal, in Caracas, Oct. 8, 2013.
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Venezuelan plastic surgeon Daniel Slobodianik examines three patients who paid to have liquid silicone injected into their buttocks for aesthetic reasons, in Caracas, Oct. 8, 2013.
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Venezuelan plastic surgeon Daniel Slobodianik examines a patient who had liquid silicone injected into her buttocks, in Caracas, Oct. 8, 2013.
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Venezuelan Maria Carolina Parejo (R) tries on a body corset before undergoing surgery to remove liquid silicone from her buttocks, in Caracas, Oct. 30, 2013.
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Venezuelan plastic surgeon Daniel Slobodianik looks at the X-rays of patient Evelin De Aguilar, 30, before surgery to remove liquid silicone from her buttocks previously, in Caracas, Oct. 3, 2013.
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Venezuelan plastic surgeon Daniel Slobodianik looks at the X-rays of patient Evelin De Aguilar, 30, before a surgery to remove liquid silicone from her body, Oct. 3, 2013.
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Venezuelan Maria Carolina Parejo (R) stands in front of a friend as she prepares to undergo surgery to remove liquid silicone from her body, in Caracas, Oct. 30, 2013.
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Venezuelan plastic surgeon Daniel Slobodianik plans incisions on patient Evelin De Aguilar, 30, before surgery to remove liquid silicone, Oct. 3, 2013.
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A doctor prepares patient Evelin De Aguilar, 30, for surgery to remove liquid silicone from her buttocks, in Caracas, Oct. 3, 2013.
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Venezuelan Maria Carolina Parejo is wheeled into an operating room to undergo surgery to remove liquid silicone from her buttocks, in Caracas, Oct. 30, 2013.
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A doctor prepares patient Evelin De Aguilar, 30, for surgery to remove liquid silicone, Oct. 3, 2013.
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A surgeon holds up a ball of liquid silicone removed from a patient who had paid to have it injected into her buttocks, in Caracas, Oct. 4, 2013.
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Venezuelan plastic surgeon Daniel Slobodianik operates on patient Maria Carolina Parejo to remove liquid silicone from her buttocks, Oct. 30, 2013.
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Surgeons remove damaged tissue and liquid silicone from patient Evelin De Aguilar, 30, in Caracas, Oct. 3, 2013.
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Damaged tissue and pockets of liquid silicone lie on a surgeon's table after being removed from patient Evelin De Aguilar, 30, in Caracas, Oct. 3, 2013.
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A nurse cleans patient Maria Carolina Parejo after surgery to remove liquid silicone from her buttocks, in Caracas, Oct. 30, 2013.
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Patient Yamilet Gonzalez is accompanied by her daughter as she undergoes an examination days after surgeons removed liquid silicone from her buttocks, in Caracas, Oct. 8, 2013.
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Patient Evelin De Aguilar, 30, recovers a day after surgery to remove liquid silicone from her body, in Caracas, Oct. 4, 2013.
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Doctors put a body corset on patient Maria Carolina Parejo after surgery to remove liquid silicone from her body, in Caracas, Oct. 30, 2013.
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Patient Evelin De Aguilar, 30, smiles in her doctor's office while recovering from surgery to remove liquid silicone from her buttocks, in Caracas, Oct. 31, 2013.
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Venezuelan Evelin De Aguilar, 30, buys breakfast at a bakery while recovering from surgery to remove liquid silicone from her buttocks, in Caracas, Oct. 31, 2013.
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Patient Evelin De Aguilar, 30, recovers at home from surgery to remove liquid silicone from her buttocks, in Caracas, Nov. 2, 2013.