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A Maryland woman who traveled to New York City with her mother for a dangerous and illegal cosmetic procedure died after apparently suffering an adverse reaction to a substance that was injected into her buttocks.
Kelly Mayhew, 34, died Saturday after receiving butt injections in a Queens basement, according to police. Her mother told WUSA that Mayhew had trouble breathing shortly after a woman allegedly posing as a doctor injected her with liquid silicone.
Mayhew, who celebrated her curvy figure on her social media accounts, had had five previous butt enlargement procedures, her mother told police. Latrice Mayhew said she didn’t know the woman administering the procedure on Saturday evening wasn’t licensed to do so.
“I thought she was a doctor and certified,” Latrice Mayhew told NBC New York. But when things went wrong, the quack doctor’s facade crumbled.
The victim’s mother said the phony doctor “panicked,” then fled after Mayhew started gurgling and struggling to breathe. Police haven’t yet released a description of the suspect, but the victim’s mother said she drove away in a gray SUV.
She called 911 in the hopes of saving her daughter, and even tried administering CPR herself, according to the New York Daily News.
Mayhew, who worked at BET Networks, was pronounced dead at an area hospital Saturday evening, just hours after getting the botched butt-lift.
