Colombia to ban cosmetic plastic surgery for minors
Colombia’s Congress is about to pass a law that will prohibit controversial cosmetic plastic surgery for minors, who in some cases receive risky breast or buttock implants as young as 15.
Colombia’s Congress is about to pass a law that will prohibit controversial cosmetic plastic surgery for minors, who in some cases receive risky breast or buttock implants as young as 15.
Four women have died from complications resulting from plastic surgeries in Cali in the course of 2015, bringing attention to the dangers of a rapidly growing industry in Colombia.
A 17-year-old Cali boy wanted to improve the aesthetics of his buttocks, but ended up dying from the operation, Colombia’s El Tiempo newspaper reported on Wednesday.
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A transgender person who was accused by police of having undergone a sex change to evade arrest said Wednesday she became a woman by choice, not to avoid capture.
Police in the north of Colombia on Monday arrested an escaped prisoner who allegedly tried to avoid capture by dressing as a woman and even getting breast implants.
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