HanoiBelieving the advertisement of a beauty salon as “filler injections to straighten the legs”, the 47-year-old woman applied, then suffered severe complications, pain, redness, and calf abscess.
On the morning of May 6, the patient went to the Central Dermatology Hospital for examination and continued treatment for complications. She said that a month ago, she performed fresh collagen injection therapy with the aim of rejuvenating the legs, helping to straighten the legs, the cost for this package was 60 million dong. The cosmetologist introduced “this is fresh collagen” with HA (Hyaluronic acid) of Swiss origin to create leg tissue, help legs straight, beautiful, 20-year warranty.
Immediately after the injection, she felt discomfort and pain in the calf area. The cosmetologist explained that due to the effect of the anesthetic, it will go away after a few days. At night, her calves were swollen, painful, red, tight in the calf area, unable to walk. She returned to the cosmetic facility to receive pain relief therapy, but the pain and swelling still did not decrease, she went to the Central Dermatology Hospital for examination.
Doctor Vu Thai Ha, Head of the Department of Research and Application of Stem Cell Technology, National Hospital of Dermatology, said that the patient came to the clinic 10 days after injecting a leg straightening agent, but it was unclear what material it was. An ultrasound image of the leg with two ml of filler injected shows an abscess; The other side is injected with 1 ml, the abscess is gradually forming. The patient is prescribed antibiotics for anti-inflammatory, pain relief…. After 5 days of treatment, the patient’s health is more stable, continue to monitor.
“This is the first rare case that I’ve seen and the medical literature has never shown an indication to inject the leg straight with filler or fresh collagen,” said Dr. Ha.
Usually, filler is usually injected into the skin to make the skin smoother or injectable to lift the nose, create baby cheeks, and fill the lips. And patients with bent legs or bow legs related to the bone cannot be corrected with filler injections. If your calves are big, you can inject botox to slim down.
According to Dr. Ha, this patient was fortunate to be detected in time, so there were no consequences. However, late treatment cases, when the abscess will spread, can destroy the tissue, causing keloid scars or sepsis, even death.
Image of patient’s leg swelling, lumps suspected due to unsafe filler injection. Image: Duong Hai
Recently, after the Covid-19 epidemic was controlled, the Central Hospital of Dermatology and many large hospitals across the country continuously received cases of complications after filler injection. Many cases of necrosis, blindness, severe complications and most of them are performed at unlicensed cosmetic facilities, using floating filler materials of unknown origin… Groups of people who experience accidents are usually in middle age, family conditions. Meanwhile, in previous years, the hospital mainly accepted young women, without economic conditions or cheap beauty treatments.
Currently, cosmetic with filler is increasingly dominant thanks to the relatively simple technique, less pain, immediate and long-lasting effect, without having to undergo surgery, but also with many potential risks.
The doctor recommends that people with aesthetic needs be conscious of choosing a beauty facility and be responsible for their health. Facial procedures such as filler injection, rhinoplasty, plastic surgery… need to be performed at a licensed clinic, the surgeon must have a practicing certificate, fillers such as filler, botox must be licensed by the Ministry of Health.
Thuy An
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