Botox, Collagen and... Tire Black Oil?!?!

This is not exactly hate crime but still, it's an abuse.

Man nabbed for injecting gay patients with ‘tire black’ oil

By Allison Lopez
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 08:36pm (Mla time) 01/14/2008

MANILA, Philippines -- It was any beauty contestant's nightmare.

At least five complainants whose faces were permanently swollen from silicone oil injections sought help from the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to arrest a man for their botched operations.

NBI director Nestor Mantaring Monday presented suspect Kiel Gamana San Miguel alias "Kelly," 26, who was tagged by the victims as the one who used the banned substance on their cheeks and chins instead of collagen.

San Miguel was nabbed on November 9 by members of the Background Investigation Division (BID) as he was about to perform another silicone oil injection on another complainant.

BID head agent Arnold Lazaro said silicone oil was used as "tire black" to make vehicle tires shine. Two 3.0 cc syringes were seized from the suspect, but Lazaro said he was able to throw the silicon oil out of the window during the raid.

The complainants, some of whom regularly joined gay beauty contests, said they were referred by friends to San Miguel, who convinced them to enhance their faces by undergoing "collagen" treatment for P1,500 per session.

San Miguel was paid by the victims a total of P18,000 for the cheek and chin injections.

Victim Michael Bautista, who imitated "Ana Capri" in beauty contests, said his face became bloated and itchy after the treatment on August 2007. He said San Miguel merely told him to take allergy pills.

But when the irritation did not go away, Bautista said it was only then that he consulted a licensed cosmetic surgeon in Ortigas, and was told that it would take P100,000 to have their faces repaired.

San Miguel said the victims knew he was not licensed to perform the procedures but still underwent facial treatment.

He said that he did not know that it was silicone oil that he acquired from a friend. Several others who also had the injections, he added, did not complain.

Bautista, however, said there were more complainants against San Miguel's malpractice of medicine.

San Miguel was charged with violation of R.A. 2382 (Medical Act of 1959) as amended, and Art. 315 (swindling/estafa) of the Revised Penal Code as the Quezon City Prosecutor's Office.