The whole neighborhood bought silicone from the market to self-transmit it, where it was glued with 502 glue

On January 25, JW Korea Aesthetic Hospital said that this unit has just received a patient named NDT (20 years old, Tra Vinh), injecting a liquid silicone solution of unknown origin, causing the face, lips, and cheeks. stiff as a block of concrete, all over his back is covered with blisters.

Through taking the history, the patient said that he had bought liquid silicone at a good price in the market and was introduced as "artificial fat imported from Thailand" with miraculous beauty effects, where it was injected. How to use is extremely simple, no need for anesthesia, just use alcohol to apply to the area to be pumped and perform silicone pump on the place you want to be beautiful.

Then, T. invited the LGBT group and women in the neighborhood to the warehouse to experience the "panacea". To save money, the group decided to use the same pump and did not use any more sterile equipment, nor did they need to consult a specialist or doctor.

During the self-pumping process, if anyone feels pain / soreness, discomfort will use alcohol to apply antiseptic / antiseptic, even if the silicone spills, it will be fixed immediately with "elephant glue" to stick it back.

"Where is bad, lacking, too tight is injecting, until I see it as stopping", T. calmly said and confirmed that someone had injected 1-2 liters of liquid silicon into the body.

T. said: "Where I live, people pump liquid silicone as a habit, the seller said it is artificial fat imported from Thailand. The silicon is contained in a bottle of mineral water without a label, with a white wave color. compared to cooking oil and sold in heaps for only 1-2 million dong and half a liter. Silicon is "steamed" as a food, then filtered through a sieve to smooth. Fortunately, you can buy new, smooth silicon that will be easy to pump. If you are unlucky, you will get silicon so you have to "cook" it again for a long time.

After only a few hours of injection, T. began to have a high fever, convulsions in his legs and then a series of complications such as swollen lips and cheeks; My back started to grow acne. Some other people also have necrosis of the silicone injection area, chest necrosis. When the body starts with more serious/complications and manifestations. Blocked silicon makes T. unable to open his mouth to talk and eat normally. The whole neck and back area was covered with dense acne, many sores/ulcers.

Bite your teeth and endure because of foolishness

It is worth mentioning that even though injecting liquid silicone is going to have dangerous complications, T. still believes in the word of mouth of people in the neighborhood about this "panacea". Even those who think that after the injection has complications, it's just "unlucky".

"Just a few hours after injecting silicone into the grooves of my cheeks and lips, I had a high fever, my whole body was convulsing, my face was sensitive and swollen. The cheek area was stiff, red like blood veins. Family gave me pain relievers and fever reducers continuously, but my condition still did not improve" - T. confessed to the doctor.

Fearing serious complications, T. urged his relatives to take him to a beauty salon near his home to suck liquid silicone out of his body. The whole process of silicone suction took place without anesthesia, Mr. T. gritted his teeth and endured "living silicone suction" for 2 hours. After the procedure, the technician gave Mr. T. a prescription to take home. But when the drug was gone, T.'s condition did not change, but became tight and swollen twice as large as the original, more serious than T. felt each line of liquid Silicon still exist on the face. and flows from the nasolabial fold to the edge of the mouth.

Three months later, Mr. T. went to a hospital in Ho Chi Minh City to continue aspiration of silicone from the face. At this time, the silicone has spread to both cheeks, making the face stiff, lips upturned and mouth unable to smile.

Through clinical examination, Dr. BS Nguyen Phan Tu Dung, Director of JW Korea Aesthetic Hospital, said that silicone floats and spreads farther than half of the face, redness and acne grow, causing swelling all over the body. . Immediately, the doctor assigned to dredge the face and lips with silicone, promptly saving the patient.

"Silicon blocks into hard blocks like concrete, penetrates deeply and penetrates from the epidermis of the skin into the muscle tissue, causing severe inflammation. The spread of silicone causes complete numbness of the mouth area, making the lips tight, swollen, and puffy. blistering and cyanosis The process of dissection was extremely difficult because the silicone was liquid, clumped, and mixed into the necrotic tissue, making it difficult to distinguish. Industrial silicone adheres firmly to the patient's cells, pumps and cleans the entire outbreak to avoid the risk of face necrosis "- Dr. Tu Dung shared.

After 3 hours of surgery, T.'s health is stable and continues to receive antibiotics to prevent infection.

This case once again warns of the rampant sale and injection of liquid silicone.

According to doctor Tu Dung, the end of the year is considered a golden time for beauty. Therefore, many people have chosen "convenient" and "cheap" beauty methods to solve the beauty needs of Tet without paying attention to the unpredictable consequences of these methods. For personal gain, a series of unlicensed merchants, spas, and beauty salons work against the law and ethics. In fact, there isn't any product called Thai artificial fat, it's all just a trick to seduce customers.

Sadly, there are a lot of people out there who want to be "cheap", ignore the safe procedure in cosmetology, pursue instant beauty methods without complications, and then receive unfortunate consequences. Doctor Tu Dung advises customers to learn carefully before deciding to beautify.

It is best to go to large hospitals with plastic surgery specialties to be consulted and performed by highly qualified and experienced doctors, to avoid unpredictable consequences causing lifelong injury, even death.

Silicone is a medical beautifying agent that was first used in the 1950s. After that, silicone was widely used all over the world, especially in plastic surgery. . Commonly used chemical formulas are cyclopentasiloxane and cyclohexasiloxane; Dimethicone and phenyl trimethicone are occasionally encountered. Silicone products exist in the following forms: Cream, liquid, colloid, soap and plasma. In fact, silicone is a special liquid refined from sand. This liquid has the ability to fill, create and maintain a healthy shape when it is injected into organs with loose connective tissue such as: forehead skin, eyelids, face skin, hands, ... and especially used for breast augmentation in the form of a bag (breast pocket). The purpose of using silicone is to make the user have a younger, healthier and more attractive body.

However, due to many reasons, many people after plastic surgery, injection, silicone implant have complications, causing damage to health ...

According to Ms. Pham Thi Viet Dung, lecturer in the Department of Plastic Surgery, Hanoi Medical University, the nature of silicone is an unnatural synthetic chemical, so it cannot be absorbed into the human body. on the contrary, it lasts forever in the injected human body with serious complications. But many cosmetic establishments have deceived customers by just saying this is a filler, but in fact it is liquid silicone. This is a banned, dangerous substance and is used by many cosmetic establishments under the name of fillers or artificial fat to deceive customers.

Unforeseen consequences

According to scientists, if silicone persists for a long time under the skin, it will occupy the spaces and cause local nutritional deficiency, cause embolism of the lymphatic system leading to local infections, even systemic infections leading to death. Along with that, silicone can also become toxins, pathogens for humans and leave serious consequences on the body, such as: Deformity, degeneration, degeneration of the injected area. The results of studies by the World Health Organization (WHO) show that: Silicon can leave many bad sequelae on the human body and recommend to be very careful when using it.

Experts in domestic and international plastic surgery also said that due to lack of understanding about the harmful effects of silicones on the human body and due to the gullibility and gullibility, there are quite a lot of women. Women are deceived by cosmetic establishments. Many cases after injection, silicone implant from 5 to 10 years still have complications. It all depends on how much silicon is injected into the person. Experts also recommend that, when there is a need to do cosmetology, everyone should research, learn and choose reputable cosmetic facilities to be consulted by a doctor. Along with that, it is necessary to wisely choose which service package is suitable, avoiding "money loss disability" due to lack of understanding.