Doctor reverses amateur plastic surgeries

Venezuelan Maria Carolina Parejo (R) talks with friends a day before undergoing surgery to remove liquid silicone that she had previously had injected into her buttocks, in Caracas, Oct. 29, 2013.

Venezuelan plastic surgeon Daniel Slobodianik performs operations on patients who have had illegal or amateur injections of liquid silicone for aesthetic enhancement.

The reverse operation that Slobodianik carries out costs approximately $8,200 and takes between two and three hours depending on how much fluid the patient has in the area.

Plastic surgery is common in Venezuela, where many women from all walks of life undergo procedures to nip, tuck or boost different parts of their bodies.

Credit: Carlos Garcia Rawlins/Reuters