Caulk and Tuck: Women Hospitalized After Being Injected With Commercial Silicone in Buttock Enhancements

Six women in New Jersey have been hospitalized after undergoing cosmetic procedures for buttock-enhancements. The unlicensed providers used commercial rather than medical silicone — the same material used in bathroom caulk.

The silicon used was a diluted version of non-medical-grade silicone that you can buy at Home Depot.

There is no mention of the providers or any criminal investigation in the coverage. It is presumably not just a tort but a crime to conduct unlicensed surgeries and use non-medical material.

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42 Responses to “Caulk and Tuck: Women Hospitalized After Being Injected With Commercial Silicone in Buttock Enhancements”


  1. 1 Canadian Eh! 1, March 11, 2010 at 9:40 am

    A great lesson to learn from…if you are vain & lazy, pay the big bucks for a better bootie. Squats & lunges, while very painful, can be just as effective and a hell of a lot safer!!

  2. 2 Duh 1, March 11, 2010 at 10:05 am

    I watched a report about this last night. Those around the woman reporting it seemed to want to chuckle when she reported that some guy was putting “caulk in their butts”. What made it really funny was the way “caulk” sounded like she had an English accent. :) So prim and proper.

  3. 3 Anonymously Yours 1, March 11, 2010 at 11:08 am

    It gives a new meaning to crack filler…..Multipurpose I am sure, but not one of the intended uses.

  4. 4 Elaine M. 1, March 11, 2010 at 11:22 am

    Oh, what material for a humorous verse! I think it best I not pen a poem on this subject lest I be accused of moral turpitude.

  5. 5 Former Federal LEO 1, March 11, 2010 at 11:26 am

    What a *bum* bummer….

  6. 6 Buddha Is Laughing 1, March 11, 2010 at 11:26 am

    The temptation must be nearly unbearable, Elaine. :D

  7. 7 Former Federal LEO 1, March 11, 2010 at 11:33 am

    Ms. EM,

    I double-dawg dare ya…

  8. 8 Mike Appleton 1, March 11, 2010 at 11:39 am

    Perhaps this treatment could be studied as a possible cure for fecal incontinence. The product slogan: Enhance your prominence and end your incontinence. What about it, Elaine?

  9. 9 Elaine M. 1, March 11, 2010 at 11:47 am

    FF LEO–

    It’s gonna take more than a double-dawg dare!

    ************
    BIL–

    I try not to succumb to temptation lest some claim I’ve been possessed by satanic forces. One can go too far with poetic license. I think I must “exorcize” good judgment in this case. That is, unless I can be inspired to write a G-rated poem about caulk and tuck.

  10. 10 empirecookie 1, March 11, 2010 at 11:55 am

    Oh pretty pleeeeaase!

  11. 11 Elaine M. 1, March 11, 2010 at 11:59 am

    Mike A–

    I don’t even want to imagine where this conversation might lead us! Into the bowels of our psyches? What would Freud say?
    These women certainly weren’t suffering from penis envy–that’s for sure. They sound more like a bunch of J. Lo wannabees.

  12. 12 Former Federal LEO 1, March 11, 2010 at 12:12 pm

    Ms. EM,

    We all know you are a lady of the highest caliber; besides all them nuns what taught you right from wrong in parochial skool is most likely all angels now up yonder in heaven a’ lookin’ down at ya now (no pressure there!) Oh, and doncha forgit, the Lord will always hear ya..

    (By the way this ol’ atheist thinks that this is a beautiful video and song–I prefer the version I learned by Bobby Vee in the early 60s, but I could not find that)

  13. 13 Elaine M. 1, March 11, 2010 at 12:35 pm

    FF LEO–

    I ain’t had no conversation with any angels in decades. One thing I larned from twelve years in parochial skool: I’d be much happier livin’ my life as a heathen. I won’t never be gettin’ no wings–or havin’ no halo glowing round my head.

    I don’t remember that song. Maybe it sounded a lot different with Bobby Vee singing it.

  14. 14 Former Federal LEO 1, March 11, 2010 at 12:36 pm

    What would I do with the Great YouTube!

  15. 15 Elaine M. 1, March 11, 2010 at 12:41 pm

    FF LEO–

    I think you missed your calling. You should have been a disc jockey!

  16. 16 Former Federal LEO 1, March 11, 2010 at 12:42 pm

    Um, that should be what would I do withOUT….

    All this angle, er, angel talk has got me riled and harkens back to the days I was a devout Southern Baptist…

  17. 17 Former Federal LEO 1, March 11, 2010 at 12:44 pm

    “You should have been a disc jockey!”

    I tried that, but I kept a’fallin’ ofn’ them discs by the first furlong…

  18. 18 John Puma 1, March 11, 2010 at 12:51 pm

    “Moral turpitude” ?

    BRING IT ON !!

  19. 19 Duh 1, March 11, 2010 at 1:10 pm

    If you don’t like sexist video. Don’t watch. Everyone else; enjoy the innuendo. :)

  20. 20 Former Federal LEO 1, March 11, 2010 at 1:15 pm

    Ya no what Ms. EM,

    We no that ‘Fesser T has him one of them high-falootin’ lawyerin’ degrees n’ all, but my money is on hisn’ havin’ a minor in psychology er some such, because I think he intentially sets us up for our out-of-character comments by postin’ thread topics like thisn’

  21. 21 Elaine M. 1, March 11, 2010 at 2:03 pm

    FF LEO–

    So ya be thinkin’ the “Fesser” has an ulterior motive in postin’ about subjects sech as having low grade silicone injected into one’s buttocks in order to have the prominence of one’s booty enhanced, do ya? Mebbe he isn’t lookin’ for outta character comments–but tryin’ to remove our masks and found out who we really iz.

  22. 22 Bdaman 1, March 11, 2010 at 2:09 pm

    Duh That’s Hilarious

  23. 23 Byron 1, March 11, 2010 at 2:15 pm

    Duh:

    I bet she goes through a lot of caulk.

  24. 24 Duh 1, March 11, 2010 at 2:18 pm

    Byron,

    You old capitalist! I don’t think supply will ever be outweighed by demand. :)

  25. 25 Bdaman 1, March 11, 2010 at 2:20 pm

    Caulk? no, thats not how it sounded to me, unless that is she has an accent :)

  26. 26 Byron 1, March 11, 2010 at 2:22 pm

    Duh:

    she might use so much that one caulk supplier may not be enough. But looking at caulk from a macroeconomic model I would say you are correct, there is more caulk than cracks that need filling.

  27. 27 Bdaman 1, March 11, 2010 at 2:23 pm

    If by ever should come the day, where caulk gets outweighed by demand will be the day when the caulk hit the highway.

  28. 28 Elaine M. 1, March 11, 2010 at 2:41 pm

    A Caulk Couplet

    Caulk’s for filling crevices and crannies–
    Not for augmenting ladies’ fannies.

    I figure that terse verse should get a PG-10 rating.

  29. 29 Anonymously Yours 1, March 11, 2010 at 2:56 pm

    Caulking the Crack and what ever may face you.

  30. 30 empirecookie 1, March 11, 2010 at 3:14 pm

    Caulk Haiku:

    The north wind blows cold -
    re-caulk all windows and doors,
    leave your bum alone.

  31. 32 empirecookie 1, March 11, 2010 at 3:37 pm

    Bdaman wants salt
    Lots and lots and lots of salt
    Do not legislate

  32. 33 Bdaman 1, March 11, 2010 at 3:40 pm

    It helps my wounds. Burns a little, but no question, it helps. I also like the saltwater of the ocean, on my skin and thru my nostrils.

  33. 34 Bdaman 1, March 11, 2010 at 3:41 pm

    Salt, it’s what does a body good.

  34. 35 Better Daze 1, March 11, 2010 at 5:26 pm

    Buttock enhancements?

    Did she try jelly donuts?

  35. 36 pardon me? 1, March 11, 2010 at 9:35 pm

    Why do you build my butt up just to let me down?

  36. 37 Former Federal LEO 1, March 11, 2010 at 9:43 pm

    Ms. EM,

    Your Couplet was appropriate–too bad your PG-10 follows after part of the thread that might be rated XXX.

  37. 38 Byron 1, March 11, 2010 at 9:53 pm

    FFLEO:

    nothing prurient was implied in any of my posts, I cant speak for the others.

    The video was about caulking and I took it as such. It was very informative and presented in a manor that holds your attention.:)

  38. 39 Bdaman 1, March 11, 2010 at 9:57 pm

    The one thing that I took away from the video is, caulk is cheap. The girl in the video was all caulk and no action.

  39. 40 Former Federal LEO 1, March 11, 2010 at 9:59 pm

    Byron,

    Actually this thread has been quite devoid of blue language. No one was forced to view the video and there was fair warning. Many of the comments are funny.

  40. 41 Byron 1, March 12, 2010 at 12:20 pm

    FFLEO:

    I was joking, this thread may be devoid of blue language, but not blue thoughts and innuendo. :)


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