This is a most definite case of news of the weird. Category: ewwww...

[Javaman]

Pair arrested for illegal, disfiguring surgeries
Couple suspected of practicing medicine without a license in a filthy home

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20627881/

SAN JOSE, Calif. - A couple were arrested after authorities said they performed illegal and disfiguring cosmetic surgeries in their filthy home, filled with drugs and syringes.

Ha Nguyen, 48, and Zbigniew Makowski, 62, were arrested Wednesday on suspicion of practicing medicine without a license and child endangerment. Four children were removed from their home by child-welfare officials, authorities said.

>cosmetic desperation is what I call it. that's what our society has come to.<

[rox63]

1. We had a similar case up here in MA a few years ago

A couple was doing liposuctions in their basement. No license, of course. I think they were sent to jail for it, because someone died as a result of their "surgery".

[DS1]

2. Sounds like Framingham

[rox63]

4. That's the one I was referring to

I just couldn't recall where it was in MA.

[MiniMe]

3. Who would go to somebody's house that is not sterile to get cosmetic surgery done?

From the story, this wasn't just collagen or botox injections.