Corrections officer dies after Brazilian butt lift from unlicensed doctor following warnings against ‘lipo tourism’

AN AMERICAN corrections officer, 49, has died after reportedly traveling to the Dominican Republic to get a Brazilian butt lift from an unlicensed doctor.

The officer suffered a massive stroke after receiving the fat transfer from a doctor that was previously prosecuted for operating without a license as the Department of Health warns against "lipo tourism."

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Tandra Bowser-Williams flew to Santo Domingo to receive a Brazilian butt lift from plastic surgeon Dr Hector Cabral on May 13, her husband Curtis told .

Tandra reportedly told Curtis he was going to love the results - even though Cabral was indicted in 2011 on two counts of operating without a medical license and conspiracy charges.

Cabral was accused of charging for consultations and examinations in New York without a license.

He would then convince patients to come to the Dominican Republic for discount surgeries that left some women disfigured.

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Cabral pleaded guilty to one count of unauthorized practicing of medicine and then returned to the Dominican Republic.

"Her exact words to me were, 'you're gonna love Dr Cabral's work,'" Curtis recounted of his wife.

"I didn't care one way or another. I accepted my wife the way that she was," Curtis admitted.

The two had been married since 1996.

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"Everybody is distraught. She was the heart, the lifeline of the family. The heartbeat," her partner of 26 years said in the wake of her death.

After making a plea deal to serve no jail time, Cabral opened Centro Internacional de Cirugia Plastica Avanzada where Tandra went for her surgery, NY Daily News reported.

"They brought my wife out of the medically induced coma so she could unlock her phone. That's how she was able to get in touch with me," Curtis said, speaking of Cabral's operation.

Tandra's surgeon told Curtis that a stroke had "swallowed her brain."

Curtis said that he could hear his wife complaining about "her stomach and her butt" in the background.

Tandra died later before Curtis could fly out to the DR to be with her.

The New York City Department of Health warned against "lipo-tourism" in 2017 after eight patients in New York City and two in Connecticut developed serious symptoms after getting procedures, reported.

All of the patients went to the Dominican Republic for their procedures and developed dangerous bacterial infections, abdominal abscesses, wound discharge, and fever.

However, none of these patients reportedly died.

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Cabral's clinic paid for Williams' travel as well as funeral expenses.

Tandra's death is apparently not under investigation, the Daily News reported.

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