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Unlicensed cosmetologist sentenced in fatal Burlingame butt injection case
An unlicensed cosmetologist was sentenced to four years in prison Monday after a woman died undergoing an illegal silicone butt injection procedure in a Burlingame hotel in 2023. On April 19, 2023, Christina Gourkani and her fiancee met with Vivian Gomez, a Florida resident who operated an unlicensed cosmetology business. Gourkani was a lookalike of […] The post Unlicensed cosmetologist sentenced in fatal Burlingame butt injection case appeared first on Local News Matters .
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According to Local News Matters’s source item, Unlicensed cosmetologist sentenced in fatal Burlingame butt injection case, An unlicensed cosmetologist was sentenced to four years in prison Monday after a woman died undergoing an illegal silicone butt injection procedure in a Burlingame hotel in 2023. On April 19, 2023, Christina Gourkani and her fiancee met with Vivian Gomez, a Florida resident who operated an unlicensed cosmetology business. Gourkani was a lookalike of […] The post Unlicensed cosmetologist sentenced in fatal Burlingame butt injection case appeared first on Local News Matters .
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