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Lethal Buttock Injection (And Other Toxicities of Illegal Cosmetic Body Fillers)
Episode 128th December 2021 • The Poison Lab • Clinical Toxicology LLC
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In this episode Ryan and Toxo dissect the fascinating underbelly of illegal cosmetic procedures and breakdown the toxicities that arise from them.

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Epidemiology

Recent new stories

Common injection practices

Toxicity

Filler embolism

  • Review 1, Review 2, Review 3
  • Filler lodges in pulmonary vasculature->clotting, bleeding, inflammation
  • 95% occur within 72 hours
  • Primarily respiratory symptoms (cough/hypoxemia)
  • Chest x ray ground glass opacity
  • Treat with supportive care (oxygen all the way through ECMO) +/- steroids
  • Filler Blindness
  • CRAO from body filler
  • No effective treatment (exception, can use hyaluronidase if filler is hyaluronic acid)

Granuloma

Case from the show

  • Some details changed for educational purposes

 

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