Sharhonda Lindsay

Sharhonda Lindsay of Tampa, Florida, turned herself in to authorities after two women she'd allegedly given silicone injections to became "gravely ill" and suffered severe reactions. The 32-year-old Lindsay was arrested on February 11, 2009, on charges of practicing medicine without a license. According to reports, Lindsay gave the women injections of silicone and saline in their buttocks on January 29, 2009, apparently in an effort to promote cosmetic enhancement.ABC News: Toxic Butt-Boosting Shots Send Women to Hospital

"It almost is bootleg cosmetology here. These two victims knew of this woman, at least one of them did. They knew that she was known to have given injections to other women to enhance the buttocks area."—J.D. Callaway, Hillsborough Sheriff's Department spokesmanFOX News: Woman Charged in 'Bootleg Cosmetology' Case, 2 Critically Injured

"I have treated patients who had horrible results with permanent disfigurement after injection in spas and homes of commercial grade silicone by unlicensed technicians. These unlicensed people inject large amounts of a substance that clearly says on its Web site that it is not to be injected into animals or humans. There have been deaths in Florida from commercial grade silicone with injection into blood vessels of large amounts of [this] product."—Dr. Rhoda Narins, New York University School of MedicineABC News: Toxic Butt-Boosting Shots Send Women to Hospital