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US doctor in negligence lawsuit rapped and danced during plastic surgeries, assistant waved piece of human flesh

Gruesome videos show Atlanta doctor Windell Boutte mugging for the camera during operations

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Dr Windell Boutte and an unidentified patient photographed in a testimonial page. Photo: Windell Boutte
The Washington Post

Icilma Cornelius was weeks away from her wedding in 2016 when she visited a gleaming brick medical office atop a hill in suburban Atlanta, home of the practice of Windell Davis Boutte, a dermatologist who describes herself as a “nationally and internationally known” cosmetic surgeon.

Cornelius, then 54, had gone in to inquire about Botox and other anti-ageing facial fillers, according to court documents. But while there, Boutte and the staff reportedly convinced Cornelius to also return for several cosmetic surgeries before her nuptials: A standard panniculectomy would remove fat and skin from her lower abdomen, and “SmartLipo,” a type of laser liposuction, would remove fat from her upper abdomen, love handles, bra roll, lower back and upper third of her buttocks.

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Convinced, Cornelius paid in full for the procedures that day, a total of US$11,284.50, and the clinic scheduled her surgeries for less than a week later.

“She just wanted to be perfect for her wedding dress,” her son, Ojay Liburd, would later tell WSB-2 in Atlanta.

On February 18, 2016, Cornelius returned to Boutte’s office for what she expected to be a cosmetic transformation. Something, however, went terribly wrong that day.

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