
How Butt Injections Almost Left One Woman Dead
On the latest episode of OWN's "Iyanla, Fix My Life," Iyanla Vanzant met a former model battling an obsession with butt injections. In the November 2012 issue of ESSENCE, we met Apryl Michelle Brown, a woman whose quest for curves cost her all her limbs, and almost her life.

EXCLUSIVE PHOTO: Illegal Butt Injections Gone Bad
In search of apple-bottom curves, some sisters are resorting to getting "butt shots" at illegal pumping parties. Apryl Michelle Brown tried them and nearly lost her life.