This Clinic Was Registered As A Hairdresser, While Advertising Surgery Openly For Month

"That's very cheap. To me it doesn't seem safe." That's what Yulixa Toloza's friend told her before she walked into a Bogotá clinic for a $900 procedure — less than a quarter of what a reputable clinic would charge. The friend was right. The man who operated on the 52-year-old had only ever trained as a stylist, the "clinic" was a house with no medical license, and within twelve hours Toloza was carried out the front door and driven away. What her family and the authorities learned afterward is a story about far more than one clinic.