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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.
Intro
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
Music in this episode from pixabay.com
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