`Frankenstein' breast surgery clinic uncovered

The Boston Herald ^ | January 29, 2003 | David Wedge

[PLMerite]

There's a good "back-alley boob job" joke in this story somewhere...

[Constitution Day]

"Going to get cosmetic surgery at someone's house certainly is not a good idea."

Understatement of the day!

[Larry Lucido]

What really shut them down was the prohibitive cost of Frankenstein clinic malpractice insurance.

[Constitution Day]

Frankenboob alert!

[camle]

One would think that a woman going in for breast surgery would have some kind of alarm go off when led into a private home, but then we ARE talking about MASS, aren't we?

[rellimpank]

--cultural diversity rears it's head again--

[anniegetyourgun]

Oh no...I expect we will soon hear the hew and cry for a constitutional right to home boob jobs, so as to make them safe, legal, and rare.

[Savage Beast]

Yes, the victims should sue for malpractice. That'll put a stop to this sort of thing.

(Do you suppose the trial lawyers will come to the rescue? I guess, it depends on how much cash can be milked from the system.)

[chuknospam]

"The pair were released after their arraignment Monday in Lowell District Court."

This is the scariest part of the whole story. I had to re-read this again, at first I though this occured in some third world country.

[far sider]

I ordered a home liposuction kit once. I was a little disappointed when it was delivered. It was a razor blade and a long straw. I don't think it's safe.

[Stultis]

"So, are they closed? I'm still needing those new neck bolts!"

[Color_Of_My_Character]

I had to re-read this again, at first I though this occured in some third world country.

Lowell, Mass. --- It did!

[csvset]

Yuck. The local cable access channel has a "cosmetic surgery" program that shows how low esteem losers can have their stomach, face, breasts, and/or buttocks done over. It is grotesque.

[AEMILIUS PAULUS]

Yet more "Diversity is our strength."

[sam_paine]

"A lot of the materials apparently came from out of the country," Buckley said.

Probably getting their pharmaceuticals from Canada because the Republicans are misogynists....etc, etc.

[joesnuffy]

"Bay Watch" fanatics

[Phantom Lord]

Damnit, and I had an appointment next week with them to get my breasts "perked".

[Mamzelle]

I keep reading from Freepers that the solution to high medical costs is to provide licenses to anyone who wants to be a doc, that the AMA is conspiring to keep the numbers of docs down (as if the AMA is highly effective at representing the interests of doctors)...why not issue these bright young immigrants a shiny new libertarian medical license?