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Colombia: Botched plastic surgeries and misogyny
Colombian women, victims of unsafe plastic surgeries, struggle to find justice and understanding in a sexist society.
In Colombia, more than 350,000 plastic surgeries are performed each year; that is, 978 procedures a day, 40 an hour and three procedures every five minutes.
Plastic surgery is one of the most profitable branches of…