Venezuelan plastic surgeon Dr. Daniel Slobodianik uses a pen to mark out future incisions on a patient. The operation he is planning is not to make her more beautiful, but to reverse a damaging cosmetic procedure she had in the past – the injection of liquid silicone into her buttocks.
Injections of the substance can cause severe physical damage and they became illegal in Venezuela in 2011. Nevertheless, they have been used by many in the country looking to enhance their natural assets.