'Beautician' Arrested After Butt Injections Kill Philly Woman

PHILADELPHIA – An unlicensed beautician has been arrested after a Philadelphia woman died following butt injections in 2018, according to reports.

According to the New York Times, Whalesca Castillo, 44, was arrested and charged with manslaughter in connection with the June 17, 2018 death of Lesbia Ayala, 48, of Philadelphia.

Action News reports Ayala was found in a Bronx, New York home suffering from cardiac arrest on June 17. She eventually died of an embolism after getting silicone injections in her butt and thighs.

Butt-enhancement procedures are relatively now to the cosmetic surgery scene, but have made headlines for similar reasons.

Earlier this year, hip hop star Cardi B spoke about her butt injections, and in a Hollywood Reporter article plastic surgeon Dr. Wright A. Jones said the silicone used in her procedure "could enter the bloodstream and travel throughout the body, causing infection, loss of limbs, stroke, kidney failure, respiratory failure, heart failure or even death."

K. Michelle, an R&B singer, had to get four surgeries and two blood transfusions after getting silicone injections in her butt, according to People Magazine.

Two people posing as doctors, one in Queens and the other in Florida, were arrested in 2017 and 2011 for deaths of two people tied to butt injections.

Donna Francis was arrested in England after fleeing the U.S. following the death of a Maryland woman who Francis allegedly gave illegal injections to, according to the BBC.

And per the Washington Post, Oneal Ron Morris was sentenced to 10 years in prison for the death of Shatarka Nuby, whom Morris gave injections of cement, mineral oil, bathroom caulking and Fix-a-Flat tire sealant to increase the size of her butt.

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