Death in Georgia Shows Danger of Silicone Injections

[demdave]

ALBANY, Ga. (AP) - Nikkia Scott and other drag queens have been getting illegal, back-room injections of industrial-grade silicone to give themselves some of the things nature denied them when they were born male - breasts, wider hips, more prominent cheekbones.

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"Anything you put in your body that don't belong there will hurt you in the long run," Scott said of her $6,000 worth of injections. "But believe me, it has been worth it. It has been worth it."

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And the silicone used is the stuff sold in hardware stores as a sealant. It is not sterile and can cause infections, particularly in the lungs.

The silicone is often mixed with paraffin, oil, even peanut butter, said Dallas Denny of the transgender support group Gender Education & Advocacy. In Jeter's case, it was probably mixed with baby oil, based on how it smelled to others who received the injections, said James Paulk, an investigator for the district attorney.

http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGATILE8JSD.html


P.S. Once again I feel compelled to comment.....You can't protect the foolish from themselves.

[Terran]

1. Gross

I have to agree. I have no sympathy for anyone who injects stuff like that into their body. Peanut butter, fer chrissakes??

[BootinUp]

2. Hard to believe

Is this an April fools thing?

[demdave]

3. No, this stems from a murder case.

The dangers were illustrated recently by the death of 23-year-old Andre D. Jeter, who authorities say suffered convulsions and fell unconscious Dec. 10 after receiving injections in her hips and buttocks during a "pumping party" in Albany. She died a month later.

One of Scott's roommates, Stephen Oneal Thomas, 31, was charged last week with murder and other offenses for allegedly administering the injections. Thomas' lawyer refused on Tuesday to comment.

Scott and three others were also arrested in the case and charged with conspiracy and practicing medicine without a license. They were accused, among other things, of helping Thomas by recruiting patients at drag-queen beauty pageants

[David__77]

4. Not to be confused with medically-administered injections.

There's nothing wrong with properly-administered injections of collegen, but this is crazy. I'm sympathetic to the plight of transgender people that cannot afford reassignment procedures, but this is dangerous stuff. That said, I haven't heard of this and am convinced upon thinking about it that it's fairly widespread--meaning there's probably thousands doing this.