Alejandra Gonzalez

Testimonial: Alejandra Gonzalez  Alejandra Gonzalez always had small breasts that she wanted enlarged. Many of her family members had had breast augmentation surgery, and in 2016, the 22-year-old from Medellin likewise underwent a procedure with a well-reputed...

References

Sources Primary Sources: Name Title Interview date Format Jane Smith (pseudonym) Patient from U.S. at Premium Care 04/21/17 In person Dr. Carolina Restreppo Surgeon at Premium Care 04/21/17 In person Lorena Beltran Victim, activist     05/17/17 In person...

Marie Kearse

Testimonial: Marie Kearse Marie Kearse, a flight attendant from New York City, had been close friends with her Colombian doctor for seven years when he persuaded her to let him perform abdominoplasty and breast augmentation on her. “He wanted to do this surgery on me...

Plastic Surgery Tourism

Plastic Surgery Tourism   The Caribbean sun’s peachy rays illuminated Jane Smith as she relaxed in her chair by the window of her air-conditioned recovery suite on a sweltering day in the coastal city of Cartagena in May 2017. The 31-year-old woman from the U.S....

Paula Andrea Moreno

Testimonial: Paula Andrea Moreno Paula Andrea Moreno, a 35-year-old woman from Medellin, always wanted to have voluptuous breasts. She entered a program with the Corporación de Cirugía Plástica, Estética, Maxilofacial y de la Mano de Antioquia (translation:...