What is the life expectancy of Hydrogel Butt Injections?

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The women who injected me used hydrogel wound dressing. I was young and stupid at the time so i thought that's what they used to inject you with. The day after the procedure my butt was extremely sore and i could barely walk, I thought maybe thats whats suppose to happen and its healing. As days went on the soreness started to fade away and my butt started to get really hard. Is it possible for a surgeon to remove it? and what is the life expectancy?

Ryan A. Stanton, MD · Answer

Complications such as hardening and sometimes much worse including migration, infection, embolization and even death are all well known and not only possible but probable after hydrogel injections for buttock augmentation.  Once the material is injected it can never be completely removed without severe deformity resulting.  I recommend consulting with a board certified plastic surgeon whom specializes in buttock augmentation as soon as possible to determine your best early options.  Glad to help.

Kenneth Hughes, MD · Answer

This is a difficult situation to remedy.  You will need an exam and imaging to determine if removal is reasonable.   I have dealt with these issues on numerous occasions.Kenneth Hughes, MDLos Angeles, CA

Samir Shureih, MD · Answer

The Hydrogel injected is of unknown origin and one would never be able to know what and where it was injected.A CT SCAN can determine where and how diffuse the injected material is in the buttocks. One can remove the majority of the injected material, but that will create deformities of the buttocks that will need further surgery to correct.Samir Shureih MD. FACSsshureih@msn.com

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