A black market surgery victim too ashamed to date after being turned into a 'monster' has undergone a dramatic transformation.
Rajee Narinesingh, 46, from Miami, was dubbed 'cement face' after a fake medic pumped a concrete-like filler into her cheeks, lips, breasts and buttocks.
But, thanks to a kind-hearted doctor, her previously 'hard-as-rock' face is much improved and she is now swamped by admirers.
She said: 'For years I was too ashamed and embarrassed to face dating.
'Now I'm feeling more confident and with a good bit of makeup I can achieve somewhat of an exotic look.
'Recently this guy said that being with me is like being with a sexy dragon. I didn't know whether to slap him or kiss him
Rajee, who was born a man, is given monthly softening injections and laser therapy by Dr John Martin of Coral Gables Cosmetic Reconstructive Surgery, Miami.
This has helped reduce the size of the nodules on her face.
The self-confessed cougar has grown in confidence and is now a regular on the Miami dating scene and has been flooded with romantic requests online.
She said: 'A lot of the men I date are straight and so they like to do a lot of dating under the radar.
'That can be really hard to deal with. But now my confidence is up I feel like I could meet a boyfriend or a husband who loves me for who I am.
'I definitely deserve more than just the 3 o'clock in the morning knock on the window.'
The transgender activist has also been buoyed by the news that the fake doctor who operated on her has been jailed.
Oneal Ron Morris, 32, herself a transgendered woman, was jailed for 366 days in January after admitting one count of practicing healthcare without a license.
Morris reportedly injected Fix-a-Flat, Super Glue and mineral oil into the buttocks of women during illegal cosmetic surgeries.
Rajee, who was born in New York but grew up in Philadelphia, was bullied at school.
She said: 'Up until I was in my mid-twenties I just thought I was a feminine gay male. I thought about all the things I did when I was growing up - like taking the basketball my dad had bought me and instead of playing basketball with it I was simulating pregnancy and actually pretending to give birth and be a mommy.
'When I used to fantasise about being with guys I used to always picture myself with breasts and a vagina. I didn't realise I was doing it, it was just so natural for me. One day I just connected all the dots and thought 'you're not gay, you're transgender.'
Rajee, who had been too 'embarrassed and ashamed' to go to the authorities, says she
She said: 'The last thing I wanted was to look like a man in a dress. I wanted to be a beautiful woman.
'If you really want to live your authentic self as a woman you need to do some sort of face and body reconstruction.
'So I made the choice to get injections done. In our community it is called 'pumping'.'
She told Miami television station CBS4 at the time: '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.
'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."'
'When it finally came to the day, I was more excited than nervous because I was finally going to be the woman I had always wanted to be.
But her life changed when two years later a friend referred her to Dr Martin, who offered to help her for free.
The operations she has had and is having with Dr John Martin are kenalog facial injections, laser surgery and ultrasound. These help reduce the size of the nodules in her face.
She also had two invasive surgeries earlier in her treatment with Dr John Martin. In the first one his scissor broke while trying to remove the filler because the lumps were 'as hard as concrete'.
He said: 'The progress Rajee is making is actually much better than I had ever hoped or expected.
'We thought that the nodules would probably just soften up a little bit - but there are now some areas on her face where they actually seem to have gone away.
'The future for Rajee's face is much more positive but I worry about the inflammation in the rest of her body.
'She has had a a really large volume of substance injected into both her breasts and buttocks and we're not quite sure what it is.'
He added: 'This sort of black-market surgery is probably the worst thing you could do. You're lucky if you just develop nodules. Other people have lost limbs or even died.'
For now Rajee says she plans to continue to enjoy her life as best she can with her tight-knit network of friends.
And while she will always continue to suffer the effects of the injections, she is determined to enjoy life - and love - once again.
She said: 'I feel like I have somehow managed to turn lemons into lemonade. I am finally starting a new chapter in my life.
'With Dr Martin helping me to improve my looks a great deal I'm feeling much more confident and optimistic for the future.
'I've gone from being victim to victorius.'
Source: Mail Online
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