Woman dies after buttocks injections

A WOMAN who lived in the UK has died after travelling to the United States for a cosmetic buttocks treatment.

Claudia Aderotimi, 20, is said to have suffered medical complications in the wake of the procedure.

The woman from London, thought to be a Nigerian national, travelled to Philadelphia with three friends and had injections in her buttocks on Monday.

But she began to suffer chest pains and had trouble breathing.

She was rushed from her hotel, the Hampton Inn in Philadelphia where the treatment was carried out, to Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital in Darby.

Police said the cosmetic procedure was arranged over the internet and have questioned a woman believed to be involved.