Is medical grade silicone safe for being injected into butt?

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I hade a BBL 2 years ago. I've always been small but I had about 10 lbs extra and always wanted a bigger bum. I loved the results however they were not long lasting. I exercise and eat well and when I lost a few lbs my butt got small again. I want to know the truth about silicone injections. Extremely skinny celebrities (like Kylie Jenner) seem to have growing bums, and its clearly not implants and cannot possibly be fat because she's thin to begin with. What are these girls doing??

Raffy Karamanoukian, MD, FACS · Answer

Our office specializes in the surgical removal of silicone from the face and body. Silicone cannot be completely removed but treatments are beneficial to reduce longterm complications. Best, Dr. KaramanoukianLos Angeles

Eric M. Joseph, MD · Answer

Medical grade silicone, like Silikon-1000 or AdatoSil-5000, would not be well suited for buttock injections to achieve augmentation. Off-label, facial microdroplet silicone injections are well tolerated in our practice - procedures typically involve depositing fractions of a teaspoon of silicone with multiple punctures. Buttock augmenation would require a large volume of silicone to see an effect, and large volume silicone injections should be avoided. Silicone buttock injections have lead to serious complications including disfigurement, migration, inflammation, pain, redness, firmness, pulmonary emboli, and death.Thank you for posting this important question on RS.Wishing you well.Dr. Joseph

Carlos Alberto Ríos García, MD · Answer

Regards,
Liquid silicone is unsafe, please do not use it ever. The autoimmune response could be triggered by this substance, if you look around on the Internet, you will find patients that have a lot of problems with this product. The inical medical use was only for retine problems.  
The Biopolymers cause a severe inflammatory reaction, known as Iatrogenic Allogenosis and Autoimmune Syndrome (A.S.I.A. Syndrome), then the use of any substance that is permanent is not advised, it also could migrate at the inicial injection suddenly, via retrograde arterial flow, at blood stream to organs and even to the lungs; that would be a catastrofic event. So I will not recommend to use it, the safest way to increase buttocks is through your own fat injections or through silicone implants. Unfortunately, in some cases, the fat is absorbed, especially patients who exercise a lot, that could be the reason.
Please remember to be aware, do not let any permanenrt filler to be injected into your face, breast, buttocks, calfs, genitalia, etc. It would be the worst solution.
I hope the information was usefull, have a nice day! Dr Carlos Alberto Ríos.

Steven Wallach, MD · Answer

I do not recommend silicone injections into the buttocks.  There is a long history of problems with this product, and it is almost impossible to remove completely.

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