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X marks the spot: cosmetic surgery gone awry.
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Zachary, Dalila Rosas, Donovan Chan, Florence Tashima, Karen |
| Copyright Year | 2009 |
| Abstract | MEDICINE & HEALTH/RHODE ISLAND DISCUSSION A number of biological and synthetic injectable fillers have been developed for and used in soft-tissue augmentation and facial contouring since the first attempts at fat transplantation in 1893. Cross-linked polyacrylamide hydrogel, a nondegradable filler, has been approved for facial contouring in Europe, Australia, and Asian countries. The hydrogel itself produces the filling effect. The foreign-body reaction is minimal and transient, and fibrosis is seen only as thin strands of a vascularized network of connective tissue fibers, which anchor the gel in place and prevent migration. The Food and Drug Administration in the United States has not approved it, because of concerns about its efficacy and safety. Within the past three years, more reports of buttock enhancements using hydrogel, silicone or other similar thick liquids have surfaced from the Northeast to Miami. Across the internet, people are discussing injections of black-market, medical-grade silicone, industrial-grade silicone, or hydrogel as a cheap, fast and easily accessible way to plump up breasts, buttocks, thighs, even wrinkles. These reports raise concerns over the potential administration of unknown chemicals as well as the possibility of organ failure and even death following these injections. A 46-year-old California woman in 2005 died of multiple organ failure after receiving buttock injections of what had been billed as “French polymer” but were actually cooking oil. The beautician who delivered the injections was sentenced to 15 years in prison. Just this year, a 43 year-old woman in New York died from a silicone pulmonary embolism after receiving injections to her thighs and buttocks, and two women in Florida landed in the Intensive Care Unit with orX Marks the Spot: Cosmetic Surgery Gone Awry |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| PubMed reference number | 20066831 |
| Journal | Medline |
| Volume Number | 92 |
| Issue Number | 12 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://rimed.org/medhealthri/2009-12/2009-12-416.pdf |
| Journal | Medicine and health, Rhode Island |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
