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Cirugía Plástica Ibero-Latinoamericana
On-line version ISSN 1989-2055Print version ISSN 0376-7892
Abstract
DUARTE Y SANCHEZ, Alejandro; HAMID HEDO-TOLEDO, Abdul; PRADEL-MORA, Juliana and GOMEZ-RECILLA, Víctor. Late complication after biopolymers injection in buttocks. Cir. plást. iberolatinoam. [online]. 2016, vol.42, n.4, pp.385-389. ISSN 1989-2055.
Biopolymers are synthetic macromolecules when used illegally in the field of Cosmetic Medicine as tissular fillers, they produce multiple local and systemic complications that may appear immediately or years later, and sometimes even endangering the lives of patients. We report the case of a patient who 3 years after buttocks infiltration with biopolymers, suffered gluteal abscess and siliconomas, meriting surgical extraction and serial washed till getting final wound closure. The evolution was satisfactory and currently, she is in monitoring for posterior gluteal remodeling.
Keywords : Gluteal abscess; Gluteal remodulation; Modeling substances; Biopolymers.