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A woman who spent approximately $15,000
on illegal butt and hip injections has shed light on the secretive world
of black market cosmetic procedures in a new book.
In a raw and honest account, Vanity
Wonder, 30, a mother-of-two from America's Midwest, has revealed how she
became addicted to silicone shots to increase the size of her behind.
Shot Girls sees
her detail her own experiences of seeking out and having the
injections, and how she became an assistant to a black market
practitioner, who treated women as varied as a 17-year-old brought in by
her proud mother and even a senior in her seventies with bifocals and
false teeth.
'So many people tell so many lies about
the women who get injections,' she explained. 'It's such a secretive
thing. I decided to tell people rather than letting them just guess.'
Discussing the
reasons women choose to undergo the procedure on the black market in
the first place, risking infection and even death, she said it is not,
as many people seem to believe, because they are trying to please a man,
or are deeply depressed.
'It's
not what people think,' she said. 'There's no common reason... Some
girls get it done only because everyone else is. There's a lot of
reasons.
When asked if the desire for a large
behind could be described as a trend, Vanity agreed, adding that where
there was a trend, there would be people prepared to cash in on it.
'People are taking advantage of it,' she
said. 'But instead of paying $14,000 for the doctor, somebody on the
street has created a way for women to get a butt at a cheaper price
point.'
Indeed, she noticed this shift take place over the course of her own time getting black market butt injections.
'I started in 2006 - this is when
everything was hush, hush, hush. You had to search to find this stuff,'
she recalled. 'Now anyone on the corner will inject you with whatever
they buy at the Kwik-E-Mart or at the gas station.'
Vanity is, of course, referring to
stories that have flooded the news in recent months, of deaths after
women were injected with Fix-A-Flat tyre sealant and even cement.
She admits that her own first experience
with butt shots could have been just as dangerous, as she had no idea
what she was injected with - and still doubts the answer she was given.
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