The misshapen chin, lumpy cheeks and ballooning upper lip are still visible on Rajee Narinesingh’s face more than two years after, she says, she received a backroom cosmetic procedure from the man police say performed numerous, botched, unlicensed procedures.
“I had to end up going to surgery to get me even to this point,” Narinesingh told CBS4′s Gary Nelson on Monday, pointing to the disfigurement she still is trying to have reversed.
Narinesingh is one of several alleged victims of Oneal Ron Morris, who is alleged to have performed cosmetic procedures in homes and apartments.
Investigators said Morris injected her clients with cement, mineral oil and Fix-a-Flat aerosol, using Super Glue to seal the injection points.
One victim came forward last week. Morris was arrested, made bail, but was rearrested Thanksgiving Eve after a second victim came forward. Prosecutors said three more victims have since come forward.
Narinesingh, a man who lives as a woman, said she did not have the money to pay a licensed plastic surgeon to enhance her features, and went to Morris after learning of her by “word of mouth” in the transgender community.
“It becomes so dire that you want to match your outside with your inside that you’re willing to roll the dice and take your chances,” Narinesingh said of her decision to go to Morris. “As a transgender person, you’re thinking, ‘Oh, my God, I can start to look like I want to look like, and I don’t have to spend a lot of money.’ ”
Unlike five others who have come forward to authorities, Narinesingh has not filed a police report, but said she was inclined to now that she knows “the extent of the matter.”
Narinesingh said she did not realize that “so many people had been victimized.”
She sought the help of Coral Gables plastic surgeon Dr. John Martin, who told CBS4 News that transgender people are not the only ones who turn to unlicensed practitioners for cosmetic procedures.
“A surprising number of educated people who should know better — nurses, etc.,” also seek out backroom providers, Martin said.
The physician said medical silicone, used to enhance buttocks, chins, cheeks and other features is very expensive and must be administered in small quantities.
Amateurs will sometimes use industrial silicone, he said, which can be toxic and, when used in large quantities, can settle in areas creating grotesque results.
Martin said he has been giving Narinesingh therapeutic injections that, he hopes, will eventually soften the hard nodules that formed in her face and return her to a more-normal appearance.
“There is not an easy solution to this nightmare,” Martin said.
Morris remained Monday night in the Miami-Dade County Jail on $15,000 bond.
Narinesingh was grateful to Dr. Martin for trying to help give her a face back.
“I have learned my lesson,” she said. “I could have died. I know that now.”




















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