MIAMI (WSVN) - A South Florida doctor is now forbidden from performing Brazilian butt lifts.

Officials said Dr. Arnaldo Valls can no longer do Brazilian butt lifts after being accused of medical malpractice.

This comes after Valls performed the surgery on a 40-year-old from Baton Rouge at a Miami clinic in December 2017.

Medical examiners said she died of a fat embolism after Valls hit a vein while injecting fat. That caused it to travel to her lungs, sending her into cardiac arrest.

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