If you travel to Peru...

...make sure your body fat percentage is very low. Yeah, this is a bit OT, but I thought it was so bizarre that I just had to post it. We were talking about this in the OR today (after the patient was asleep of course).

Since the days of the Spanish conquests, the children of the Andes have been terrified by tales of strangers who kill South American Indians on lonely roads, sucking out their fat to make lotions and potions for sale in the West.

Now the figure of the “Pishtaco” has jumped from myth into reality, after Peruvian police revealed the arrests of a gang who have been killing for human fat, allegedly for sale to the European cosmetics industry.

How much is human fat worth? More than you might think:

Two of the suspects were arrested in Lima carrying a bottle of liquid human fat, which they told police was worth $15,000 (£9,000) a litre, said Colonel Jorge Mejía, the head of Peru’s anti-kidnapping police.

Why don't these guys just come to the United States? We have mountains of human fat, and we even surgically suck it out of people and then throw it away.

Gee, I think I just found the solution to our budget deficit.

- Dan

Dr. Dan's new diet

FOLLOW IT OR YOUR ASS GETS SENT TO PERU

Originally Posted by Vaporeizied

Dr. Dan's new diet

FOLLOW IT OR YOUR ASS GETS SENT TO PERU

LOL... that fat is coming off of you one way or another.

Actually liposuction is pretty nasty to see performed "up close and personal." I don't know what's more disturbing: the actual procedure, or what's in the suction containers as a result.

Of course there's the usual jokes about if anyone wants to make soap out of the stuff, turn it into bio-diesel fuel, or perhaps cook with it.

barf.gif

- Dan

MMMMMMM- Lard- MMMM

Originally Posted by Doctor Dan

LOL... that fat is coming off of you one way or another.

Actually liposuction is pretty nasty to see performed "up close and personal." I don't know what's more disturbing: the actual procedure, or what's in the suction containers as a result.

Of course there's the usual jokes about if anyone wants to make soap out of the stuff, turn it into bio-diesel fuel, or perhaps cook with it.

barf.gif

- Dan

I think my stomach just did a flip.

Originally Posted by debruynda

I think my stomach just did a flip.

Let me tell ya, the first time I saw it as a resident, I was simultaneously fascinated and nauseated. It's an excellent motivator to stay on one's diet and exercise program.

- Dan

I wonder if they have seen fight club?