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Woman denies causing penis injection death in New Jersey
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September 13, 2012, Thursday
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A woman in New Jersey has pleaded not guilty to causing a man's death with an injection of silicone he hoped would enlarge his penis, a procedure experts cautioned doesn't work.
Kasia Rivera, 35, could face up to 10 years in prison if convicted of reckless manslaughter in the death of 22-year-old Justin Street.
Street, a father of two, went to Rivera on May 5 seeking a penile enlargement procedure, which prosecutors say Rivera advertised for in fliers posted at local businesses. Rivera, who performed the procedures in her apartment, allegedly with no medical license or training, administered a silicone shot to Street's penis, according to prosecutors.
Street died the next day. His death was ruled a homicide following an investigation and a medical examiner's determination that he died of a silicone embolism. Rivera was indicted by a grand jury last month.
Investigators believe Rivera may have conducted other similar unauthorized procedures out of her East Orange apartment, but prosecutors said a search for witnesses, and a public plea for people to step forward, had not yielded any other clients to date.
Rivera remains free on US$75,000 bail.
Daniel S. Elliott, an associate professor of urology at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, said it was the first case he'd heard of involving a silicone injection to the penis, but he's dealt with similar cases where patients had attempted to enlarge their penises with injections of fat or other substances.
None of it works, Elliott said, adding that there is no medical justification for the procedure.
"If there were a legitimate method for penile lengthening, Johnson & Johnson or Pfizer would have bought it up and made billions and billions of dollars worldwide," Elliott said. "The fact that they don't means it does not exist."
Enhancement procedures performed by unlicensed practitioners or people with no medical training are more commonly seen among women.
Liquid silicone is sought on the black market by women seeking to enhance their figures, even though it is not approved for cosmetic injections. Besides liquid silicone, injections of substances including paraffin, petroleum jelly and hydrogel have been illegally used to enlarge women's breasts, hips and buttocks.
Kasia Rivera, 35, could face up to 10 years in prison if convicted of reckless manslaughter in the death of 22-year-old Justin Street.
Street, a father of two, went to Rivera on May 5 seeking a penile enlargement procedure, which prosecutors say Rivera advertised for in fliers posted at local businesses. Rivera, who performed the procedures in her apartment, allegedly with no medical license or training, administered a silicone shot to Street's penis, according to prosecutors.
Street died the next day. His death was ruled a homicide following an investigation and a medical examiner's determination that he died of a silicone embolism. Rivera was indicted by a grand jury last month.
Investigators believe Rivera may have conducted other similar unauthorized procedures out of her East Orange apartment, but prosecutors said a search for witnesses, and a public plea for people to step forward, had not yielded any other clients to date.
Rivera remains free on US$75,000 bail.
Daniel S. Elliott, an associate professor of urology at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, said it was the first case he'd heard of involving a silicone injection to the penis, but he's dealt with similar cases where patients had attempted to enlarge their penises with injections of fat or other substances.
None of it works, Elliott said, adding that there is no medical justification for the procedure.
"If there were a legitimate method for penile lengthening, Johnson & Johnson or Pfizer would have bought it up and made billions and billions of dollars worldwide," Elliott said. "The fact that they don't means it does not exist."
Enhancement procedures performed by unlicensed practitioners or people with no medical training are more commonly seen among women.
Liquid silicone is sought on the black market by women seeking to enhance their figures, even though it is not approved for cosmetic injections. Besides liquid silicone, injections of substances including paraffin, petroleum jelly and hydrogel have been illegally used to enlarge women's breasts, hips and buttocks.
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