Publication: NCAHF Newsletter
Publication Date: 01-SEP-02
Format: Online - approximately 679 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
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Iris and Eliezer Fernandez were arraigned July 18th in New York City on charges of assault, performing medical treatments without a license, scheming to defraud, grand larceny, and possession of a weapon, a hypodermic needle. The couple used needles to provide injections of Hyacell, an unapproved drug in the United States, to people seeking fewer wrinkles, lip plumping, breast enlargement, and other cosmetic procedures at low financial cost. The couple's anti-wrinkle treatments allegedly left the face of Freddy Borges, 47, mottled with purple scars. Other underground providers have offered similar injection procedures resulting in at least eight people hospitalized in the...



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