after receiving facial injections from an improperly licensed salon
owner, police say.
Edna Viviana Ayala, the 39-year-old owner of Viviana's Body Secrets
Spa in Doral, has been arrested after allegedly injecting Isabel
Gonzalez with a substance that left her face infected and deformed.
Gonzalez reportedly paid $890 for two rounds of what she believed were
vitamin treatments.
About five days after the second round of injections, Gonzalez began
to experience swelling, itching, redness and infection. Ayala
initially helped Gonzales seek medical attention, but soon began
avoiding her client and stopped returning her calls.
Gonzalez's condition continued to worsen and she checked herself into
an emergency room. She has been hospitalized since then.
Officials soon learned that Ayala was not licensed to perform the
injection, which is considered a medical procedure. She was arrested
on charges of aggravated battery, practicing medicine without a
license, practicing massage without a license and causing serious
injury by practicing as a health care professional without a license.
Ayala's attorney maintains that the salon owner never injected
Gonzales with anything at all.