Fw: Silicone Injection Parties ...

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From: " ilena rose " <ilena@...>

Sent: Friday, April 27, 2001 1:51 PM

Subject: Silicone Injection Parties ...

>

> " Gail Hamilton " <microbio@...> wrote:

>

> >Hi Ilena! I just caught the tail end of something on the news that

stated

> >that a Florida woman was arrested for holding silicone injection parties.

> >Did I hear this right? Do people still think silicone is inert after all

> >the information there is? I can't believe it! If this is true, then

the

> >Dow is really getting their message across and we are not! Maybe when

these

> >women get sick too.... gail h

>

> Thanks ... just found this! Someone made the point ... where does she buy

> the implants?

> Ilena

>

> ~~~~~~~~~~

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> Woman in Silicone Parties Charged

>

> .c The Associated Press

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>

> PLANTATION, Fla. (AP) - A woman has been charged with practicing health

care

> illegally by conducting private parties where she injected wealthy women

with

> silicone to enhance their appearance.

>

> Graciela Caggiano, 49, was charged Wednesday with unlicensed practice of

health

> care. She was released on $25,000 bond, her attorney, Ron Guralnick, said

> Thursday.

>

> ``My client is not guilty and the state is going to have a hard time

proving

> that she is,'' Guralnick said.

>

> Florida Department of Health investigators said they found syringes,

silicone

> vials, appointment books and photo albums of clients in Caggiano's home.

>

> Authorities conducted the raid after a television report detailed how

South

> Florida women attended silicone parties to receive injections to enhance

their

> lips, buttocks and breasts.

>

> Caggiano is state-certified to perform facial treatments but is not

licensed to

> practice health care, records show. She faces up to five years in prison

if

> convicted.

>

> In March, a 53-year-old Miami woman died after receiving 36 shots of

silicone

> into her buttocks. Two South Carolina men were arrested for giving the

shots.

>

> Silicone can be purchased legally to sterilize medical equipment, but

buyers

> must pledge they will not use it on people. Liquid silicone is not allowed

for

> cosmetic use because it can travel to other parts of the body, causing

injury

> or death.

>

> AP-NY-04-27-01 0103EDT

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