Karmello, 23, addicted to injections that make her backside bigger has had 54 illegal injections in three years

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Karmello, 23 from Detroit Michigan has filled her buttocks with two litres of liquid from illegal injections, taking it from a size four to a size ten.

Addicted to black market butt injections has increased her behind by three dress sizes - and says she needs another 36 injections before she is happy.

Karmello was unhappy with her small behind and started with the injections three years ago. Despite her determination to increase her behind the medical way, not one of the injections have been performed by a plastic surgeon.

                                               
Instead she gets them from the black market from a woman she often meets in a hotel, spending thousands of dollars on filling her body with unknown liquids.

So far, she has had over 50 injections and at the beginning of the show she estimates that it will take another 36 before she gets the body she wants.

In the disturbing episode of the TLC show Karmello’s friend Vanity Wonder, author of book Shots Girls who herself spent over $15,000 on illegal butt and hip injections, tries to warn Karmello of the risks.

                                               

Vanity, who nearly died after contracting an infection from a shot, tells her she needs to stop the dangerous practice.

After Karmello's sister Jennifer also pleads with her to stop for the sake of her four-year-old son, Karmello visits plastic surgeon Dr Anthony Youn.

Dr Youn shows her an x-ray of her behind and points out that the fat is 'sponge-like' and warns her the next injection could kill her.

After she has seen the images of her behind, Karmello decides to fight her addiction and stop the injections.