The danger of the trend of injecting silicon disguised as artificial fat to make earlobes bigger and longer

After only a few months, the areas where the "artificial fat" was injected began to deform. She was admitted to JW Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City for examination with purple ears, an abscess on her chin, swollen hands, and many bruises.

Through medical history, she said that after seeing a friend get artificial fat injections to make her earlobes big and beautiful, she got them too. At that time, her boss introduced her to high-quality artificial fat injections, so she decided to get them injected all over her body, including her ears, chin, hands, and feet. After a short time, she saw that the injected areas were hardened, swollen, red, and purple. Just a light touch caused excruciating pain. Even though a local medical facility performed a curettage of the compound, her condition did not improve.

Hiểm hoạ từ trào lưu tiêm silicon đội lốt 'mỡ nhân tạo' thành tai Phật - Ảnh 1. — Patient's ear has complications after injection

"For months, wherever I went, I had to cover my hands, feet, and ears because they were getting more and more swollen and deformed. The tumor grew larger and larger, making me feel more and more self-conscious and afraid to meet anyone. I really regret it," Ms. X. shared.

On June 30, Dr. Nguyen Phan Tu Dung - General Director of JW Hospital - said that through clinical examination and imaging diagnosis, it was shown that the compound that the spa injected into the patient was not artificial fat, but liquid silicone, which has long been banned by the Ministry of Health for use in beauty. Dr. Tu Dung requested the team to immediately remove the silicone to avoid the situation getting worse, which could cause necrotic infection, requiring the removal of the entire ear. After 2 hours, the doctors had removed all the silicone throughout the patient's muscle tissue.

Returning to JW Hospital after 1 month of treatment, the patient reported that the purple swollen ear condition had improved almost completely. There were no more signs of tension, purple, or painful swelling.

Dr. Tu Dung said that silicone curettage is one of the most unpredictable techniques. The team tried very hard to cure all the silicone in the patient's body. The recovery rate improved to nearly 100%.

Hiểm hoạ từ trào lưu tiêm silicon đội lốt 'mỡ nhân tạo' thành tai Phật - Ảnh 2. — Patient's ear recovered after treatment

There is no such thing as artificial fat.

According to Dr. Tu Dung, currently there are many people following the trend of injecting fillers and artificial fat to create Buddha ears, hoping to change their fortunes and become rich. However, people need to be very careful because the ears are extremely vulnerable. If too much filler is injected, the wrong technique can easily cause many complications.

"It should be noted that there is absolutely no such thing as artificial fat. This is actually just an advertising trick of underground spas to deceive victims. In fact, the spa will inject liquid silicone, which has long been banned by the Ministry of Health in beauty treatments. People absolutely should not perform beauty treatments at underground spas to avoid complications," Dr. Tu Dung warned.

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