Despite risk of death, disfigurement, some get black-market silicone injections

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/wire/sns-ap-us-dangerous-injections,0,7563577.story
CRISTIAN SALAZAR Associated Press Writer
January 10, 2010 | 10:03 a.m

Especially notorious are "pump-up parties," where people, often members of the male-to-female transgender community, gather for liquid silicone injections in hopes of feminizing their appearance.

According to a study reported at the 2006 meeting of the Radiological Society of North America, 11 women or transsexuals suffered silicone pulmonary embolism and died after getting liquid silicone injections. The study included 44 people over a 15-year period.

And despite articles like this pump-up parties are still popular.  And I think the main reason is the cost and the fact that most what to have that perfect female body.

If we ever get a health care program that will cover the cost, I think that the parties will become less and less.  And thus reducing the number of deaths and disfigurement.