Liquid BBL’s and Boob Jobs: Why They’re Bad News
Over the last few years, dermal fillers have emerged as a cheaper alternative to surgical procedures like boob jobs and Brazilian Butt Lifts (BBL). But lower fees come with higher risk.
Let’s get into the specific factors which make these procedures so dangerous, especially when performed by non-medics in nonclinical settings.
Liquid Boob Jobs
Non-surgical filler breast augmentation, also known as a Liquid boob job, is a treatment which uses dermal filler to enhance the size and volume of the breasts.
In the UK, however, Dermal filler is not licenced for use in the breasts. This means that there is not enough peer reviewed evidence to show that injecting dermal filler into the breasts is safe.
Breast Cancer Screening
Back in 2012, the injectable filler Macrolane, meant for body contouring was withdrawn for use in the breast, due to a ‘lack of consensus’ on cancer screening results of breasts treated with the product.
Injecting dermal filler into the breasts could lead to the formation of nodules i.e. lumps of filler. These lumps make it far more difficult to accurately perform a breast exam to check for malignant lumps. The treatment can also interfere with imaging of the breasts and can mimic disease and cancer. This is especially dangerous when we consider that breast cancer may not be accurately diagnosed or identified before things progress.
Other Complications
While any invasive procedure carries risk, the rate of complication is markedly high in relation to liquid breast augmentation procedures. Complications include severe pain, swelling, infection, tissue death, encapsulated lumps and nodules, fibrosis.
Serious life-threatening procedures include infections, sepsis, and abscesses that may require hospital admission and often surgical intervention.
Find out what our Medical Director, Mr. Shoaib thinks about liquid BBLs and Boob Jobs
Liquid BBL Procedures
A non-surgical Brazilian butt lift or BBL, involves dermal filler or fat being injected into the buttocks to add volume and definition.
Complaints about liquid BBLs have been on the rise in recent years, with the situation reaching boiling point last month. Tragically, a young mother of 5 became the 1st to die following a non-surgical BBL that was performed by a non-medic in a non-clinical setting. This comes after please from campaigners at Save Face, as well as the Joint Council for Cosmetic Practitioners (JCCP) and The British College of Aesthetic Medicine for stricter guidelines on non-surgical treatments, such as liquid BBLs.
Save Face highlighted they received 150 complaints over 3 months which found that “more than half of those people had contracted sepsis (53%)” and “the vast majority of them (98%) were unsure what filler was injected into them” in the first place.
Non-medics are most often the ones performing these procedures. Save Face reports:
“Unlike with facial fillers where complications can be managed effectively by skilled injectors, these procedures often require hospital settings, intravenous drugs, and surgical intervention to rectify.”
Please avoid these procedures
The risks of these procedures far out weight the benefits. We urge anyone think of getting any of these procedures to reconsider. They are unlicensed, unregulated and unsafe.
