What is a polyacrylamide butt injection? Is it safe to get?

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Ryan A. Stanton, MD · Answer

Allow me to share with you some information that you may not hear elsewhere. There are only two proven safe and relatively effective methods for Buttock Augmentation and Hip Augmentation: 1) Autologous Fat Transfer (using your own fat, transferring from one area of the body to the other) and 2) Buttock/Hip Implants (semi-solid silicone rubber implants that cannot rupture &/or leak). Both are very good options so what it comes down to, like any surgery, is proper patient selection.Indeed because at least 50+ % of the fat transferred will melt away within a year, most patients are not good candidates because they lack an adequate amount of fat to harvest. Another tip is that if you purposely gain weight (i.e. fat) for the procedure, the fat you lose first as you get back to your baseline weight is that very same fat that was transferred into your buttock...so don't fall victim to this recommendation.  Although using your own fat is relatively safe, the one serious complication that can rarely (< 1%) happen is "fat embolism" in which some of the fat gets into the blood stream and travels up into the lungs, heart, and/or brain causing serious problems. This complication is more likely to happen with the larger amount of fat being transferred. This is even more likely to happen when using fillers like PMMA and hyaluronic acids. Also fillers, when injected in large quantities, have a relatively high tendency to migrate away from the original area they were placed and tend to stimulate a lot of inflammation and a subsequent disastrous amount of scar tissue/hardening.Thus buttock/hip implants become a very good, safe, and long term reliable option for most patients seeking buttock augmentation (at least in my practice). I prefer to insert the buttock implants through a 2 inch long incision over the tailbone (concealed within the crevice between the buttock cheeks) and the hip implants through a ~ 1 inch incision just below the beltline above the hip region. The buttock implant should always be placed under or within the gluteus maximus muscle. In this position, the implant is less palpable, less visible, and does not sag or shift/migrate over time unlike implants placed on top of the muscle. Therefore it is extremely important to seek consultation with a board certified plastic surgeon who specializes in this procedure (in fact both implants and fat transfer so that s/he is not bias). And in this case too, at least in my surgical practice, the infection rate is minimized to ~5%. Glad to help.Depending upon the amount of your current fat reserves and their distribution, you may or may not be a reasonable candidate for fat transfer.  If you are wanting to utilize the fat to further augment your buttock in addition to implants, then I caution you against this.  The reason being that the fat needs to be placed into the buttock muscles for optimal survival, however, this is exactly where the implant needs to reside and thus risks infection and/or death of the fat.  Because of this risk, I frequently avoid fat grafting into a buttock that has an implant.  Bottom line, I recommend consulting with a board certified plastic surgeon specialist in buttock augmentation (BOTH implants and fat transfer) to determine what option is best for you.  Glad to help.

Carlos Alberto Ríos García, MD · Answer

Hello
Asefuaba, thank you for your question.

As for your
question, I can answer that dont’inject this substance into your buttocks.

Biopolymers
ALWAYS should be removed, because you present at any time iatrogenic
allogenosis and probably A.S.I.A. syndrome.

Our plastic surgery center
specializes in the treatment of Biopolymers injections (permanent fillers:
liquid silione, Polyacrylamide Gel, PMMA, Biogel, Macrolane, Metacryletc.) to
the face, buttocks and other soft tissue and its complications. We see patients
that came worldwide who have complications arising from Biopolymers injections
to soft tissues. The Biopolymers cause a severe inflammatory reaction that can
cause permanent damage to the tissues known as Iatrogenic Allogenosis and an
autoimmune syndrome (A.S.I.A. Syndrome). In our plastic surgery center, I
developed the technique of resection of biopolymersin face, buttocks and lower back
through video – endoscopy, a surgery made with minnimal incissions to treat
patients with permanent deformities secundary to Biopolymers injections. Other
techniques such as liposuction, VASER or LASER are absolutely ineffective in
treating this type of situation.

I hope it has been helpful.

Spanish translation provided by doctor:

Hola Asefuaba, gracias por su pregunta.

En cuanto a tu pregunta
, puedo responderte que no vale la pena hecerse inyectar este tipo de
sustancias en tus glúteos.

Los biopolimeros
SIEMPRE deben ser retirados pues presentarás en algún momento alogenosis
iatrogénica y probablemente Sindrome de A.S.I.A.

Nuestro Centro de Cirugía Plástica se
especializa en el tratamiento de biopolimeros (rellenos permanentes: silicona
liquida, poli acrilamida gel, PMMA, Biogel, Macrolane, Metacryl, etc.),
inyectados en el rostro, glúteos y otros tejidos blandos y sus complicaciones.
Recibimos pacientes de todo el mundo que presentan complicaciones originadas
por la inyeccion de biopolímeros. Los biopolímeros causan una reaccion
inflamatoria severa que puede causar daño permanente a los tejidos conocida
como Alogenosis Iatrogénica y un síndrome de auto inmunidad (Síndrome de
A.S.I.A.). En nuestro Centro de Cirugía Plástica, desarrollé una técnica de
retirada de biopolímeros en el rostro, los glúteos y la esplada baja a través
de video-endoscopia, una cirugía realizada a través de incisiones mínimas para
tratar pacientes con deformidades permanentes secundarias a inyecciones de
Biopolímeros. Otras técnicas como liposucción, LASER o VASER son absolutamente
ineficientes en el tratamiento de esta situación.

Espero le haya sido
útil.

Carlos Oaxaca, MD · Answer

Not at all! Stay away! It is very very dangerous For your health . The problems are forever! Since local and migration to the kidneys. Once inside, it is imposible try to be taken off! Don't do it! I have several patients with this material that was put elsewhere, with big problems. Chronic inflamation. Pain, change of color of the skin, and at the end can cause death!regards

Steven Wallach, MD · Answer

Stay away from polyacrylamide it is illegal to use that in the US. Stick with fat or buttock implants. Good luck.

Anne Taylor, MD · Answer

Hello!Don't be fooled into something that is not safe. The substance that is be best for Butt Augment is either fat transfer or a silicone gel implant.  The other substances that are injected can turn into nodules, and then require surgical removal.Be careful and do your homework.Good Luck.

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