<TABLE border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%"><TBODY><TR>Nov 16, 2009
</TR><!-- headline one : start --><TR>Burnt at slimming centre <!--10 min-->
</TR><!-- headline one : end --><!-- Author --><TR><TD class="padlrt8 georgia11 darkgrey bold" colSpan=2>By Kimberly Spykerman & Amelia Tan
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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"-->SHE was undergoing a slimming treatment to burn off her excess fats but she ended up being burnt instead.
Housewife Rose Lee now has a 20-cm welt that stretches across her stomach and she had to be on painkillers and antibiotics for several days.
The 35-year-old had gone for a slimming treatment at the Geneva Face Body Spa outlet in Ang Mo Kio Central on Oct 28. The treatment, which involved wrapping an alcohol-soaked towel around her tummy area which was then ignited, cost $250.
It was the first time Madam Lee, who stands at 1.58m and weighs 83kg, had heard of such treatment. But she decided to try it anyway.
'It sounded safe and I thought it was like a more 'pure' way of losing weight," she told The Straits Times in Mandarin.
It was her first time going to a slimming centre and it was sparked by her children calling her 'Da Fei' (Big Fatty in Mandarin) one day.
Read the full report in Tuesday's edition of The Straits Times.
</TR><!-- headline one : start --><TR>Burnt at slimming centre <!--10 min-->
</TR><!-- headline one : end --><!-- Author --><TR><TD class="padlrt8 georgia11 darkgrey bold" colSpan=2>By Kimberly Spykerman & Amelia Tan
</TD></TR><!-- show image if available --></TBODY></TABLE>
<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"-->SHE was undergoing a slimming treatment to burn off her excess fats but she ended up being burnt instead.
Housewife Rose Lee now has a 20-cm welt that stretches across her stomach and she had to be on painkillers and antibiotics for several days.
The 35-year-old had gone for a slimming treatment at the Geneva Face Body Spa outlet in Ang Mo Kio Central on Oct 28. The treatment, which involved wrapping an alcohol-soaked towel around her tummy area which was then ignited, cost $250.
It was the first time Madam Lee, who stands at 1.58m and weighs 83kg, had heard of such treatment. But she decided to try it anyway.
'It sounded safe and I thought it was like a more 'pure' way of losing weight," she told The Straits Times in Mandarin.
It was her first time going to a slimming centre and it was sparked by her children calling her 'Da Fei' (Big Fatty in Mandarin) one day.
Read the full report in Tuesday's edition of The Straits Times.
