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Can Hydrogel Be Used Safely by Certified Professionals?

They say Hydrogel injections for the buttocks are safe. That it's unsafe here because people mix it with stuff or get bad liquid that isn't pure hydrogel. Its only a problem in the US. There wasn't a problem before in the other countries at all.

In the states, its a big problem because people misuse it. That's why you doctors tell us make sure we get a licensed professional to do it if we do decide to. So is it really bad?

Asked 28 months ago by crownofglory in tx
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Hydrogel isn't safe anywhere.

Who ever is giving you your information must be an injector of hydrogel and wishing for more patients.  These are ignorant and uneducated comments that should not be considered.  If hydrogel was safe, they would be FDA approved but they are not and they are illegal to inject in the US.  Maybe you should do more research and look up complications and patients suffering and desperate to find help after getting the injections.
Otto Joseph Placik, MD
Chicago Plastic Surgeon
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Hydrogel buttock injections

Crown, Who can say it any better than Dr. Aldea already has?  The Left Handed Liberation Society might take issue with his comments, but I think most plastic surgeons would agree with the commentary on hydrogel.  There are reasons that you can't get hydrogel in this country. 
Kenneth R. Francis, MD
Manhattan Plastic Surgeon
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Hydrogel is NOT approved in the US

"That's why you doctors tell us make sure we get a licensed professional to do it " Hydrogel is NOT approved for use in the USA. Using it is against FEDERAL law and can lend a doctor both in jail and to loss of his/her medical license. No debate. No argument. It is THE LAW. Therefore - Ask yourself just how much of a "professional" would an American doctor be who is injecting people with a banned unapproved substance (Hydrogel) ? Obviously he/she does not care if... more
Peter A. Aldea, MD
Memphis Plastic Surgeon
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