Going overseas for cut rate cosmetic surgery fraught with life threatening risks - Health Dept warns

NY woman ailing from infection contracted during overseas cosmetic surgery offers warning to women

Linda McFaline went to the Dominican Republic for cosmetic surgery and came back with an infection that almost cost her life 

McFaline, 40, says she has a hole in her breast caused by an infection she contracted after getting implants and liposuction in the Dominican Republic

NY Health Dept has identified a cluster of skin and tissue infections associated with plastic surgery done in that country 

The infections, called Mycobacterium abscessus/chelonae, attack the skin or soft tissue 

It's been found in 10 women, eight in New York City, including McFaline, and two in Connecticut

DOH warns it has isolated a rash of similar infection contracted by patients of named cosmetic surgery clinics

Advises  infected persons to seek medical attention