Faux-tox

A 63 year old woman died after she injected hot beef fat into her face. This was something she had done many times before in an effort to get a botox effect. She went to the hospital complaining of her face burning, ya think? Amazingly, the facial injections did not cause her death. She died from peritonitis due to an infection in her colon. Wonder what beauty tip caused that infection.

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Posted By: Alex - Sat Sep 10, 2011
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People never cease to amaze me. Hot beef fat? Really? Enjoy that Darwin Award lady.

Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 09/10/11 at 11:41 PM

Oh, no, Patty. How could the fat in her head (pun intended) cause peritonitis? No Darwin award for this ding-bat!

Peritonitis: a serious belly ache!

While looking for a mug shot of this woman I ran into this chunk of journalistic sensationalism!

http://www.ology.com/fashion-and-beauty/beauty-alert-beef-fat-not-replacement-botox

Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 09/11/11 at 12:04 AM

Shouldn't that say Idiot Alert Expat?

Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 09/11/11 at 12:41 AM

Simply wanting to read the news should cause an "Idiot Alert"!

Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 09/11/11 at 03:54 AM

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