A New York mum of two has died after undergoing a botched procedure allegedly performed by a man pretending to be a plastic surgeon on TikTok. María Paz Peñaloza, 31, suffered a cardiac arrest during what was meant to be a butt implant removal at a makeshift “clinic” run by Felipe Hoyos-Foronda — a man prosecutors claim was unlicensed and operating illegally.
The procedure took place on 28 March, where court documents say Hoyos-Foronda administered lidocaine through a syringe to numb the area. But shortly after the injection, María went into cardiac arrest. She was rushed to The Mount Sinai Hospital and placed in intensive care. Tragically, she was declared brain-dead days later and passed away on 11 April, reported the Mirror.
