Buttock augmentation injections are filled with volumizing substances, such as silicone. They’re injected directly into the buttocks and are intended to be cheaper alternatives to surgical procedures.

JACKSON, Miss. -- Women across the U.S. are risking their lives for black market procedures to make their buttocks bigger, often involving home-improvement materials such as silicone injected by ...

Brazilian butt lifts (or BBLs) have gained popularity over the last few years, but the procedure can be quite dangerous. Alternatives to the surgery, such as butt-augmentation injections, have ...

There is a growing demand for buttocks augmentations, experts say. Nov. 25, 2011— -- The demand for a bigger bootie is growing, and with that demand has come a plethora of dangerous botched ...

Dr. Michael K. Obeng, a board certified plastic surgeon and a member of PEOPLE's Health Squad, warns against getting illegal silicone injections Anna Lazarus Caplan is a writer-reporter for PEOPLE.

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. A Riverside County woman who for years administered risky and potentially dangerous silicone butt injections was ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Buttock augmentation procedures, including BBLs and injections, are more popular than ever as experts and celebrities warn about ...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A former madam who bragged of doing black-market “body sculpting” on thousands of women was convicted of murder in the death of a dancer whose heart stopped after nearly half a ...

Model and TV personality Blac Chyna revealed why she decided to remove her silicone injections, which she got when she was 19. Silicone injections, often called "butt shots," rely on permanent dermal ...

Within an hour of receiving black market buttock injections in a Kenner motel room on an October evening in 2015, 42-year-old Juliet Capps began experiencing excruciating pain, according to ...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) – A Gothic hip-hop artist who did illegal cosmetic surgery on the side boasted at her murder trial Thursday that her body sculpting work was so popular she was dubbed “the ...