Consequences of biopolymer gel: why is it banned in Russia?

For modern girls who care about beauty, the word “filler” is associated with gels based on hyaluronic acid. These drugs dissolve on their own over time and do not cause rejection by the body. If the procedure for contouring the lips, cheekbones or other areas was carried out incorrectly, if there is an excess of the drug, you can get rid of the gel using hyaluronidase injections. What if the gel is non-absorbable? This is how they were at the dawn of injection contouring. Medical centers and beauty salons used biopolymer (“liquid silicone”) and polyacrylate fillers. The main disadvantage of such injections was the inability to predict how the gel would behave over the years.

Many women come to us with complaints of pain, inflammation and deformation. For most of them, several years or more have passed since the introduction of the biopolymer. We are always ready to help you in restoring the aesthetics of your lips. After all, it is obvious that lips influence the perception of the face as a whole and are the point of attraction for the interlocutor’s gaze.

Impact of biopolymer on the body

Another name for the substance is silicone. It consists of particles of synthetic origin, familiar to many from organic chemistry courses, as polymethyl acrylate.

Despite the seemingly harmless ratio in the composition of the product (95% water and only 5% synthetic drug), the biopolymer negatively affects the body. Unlike hyaluronic acid, it does not dissolve over time, but migrates under the skin layer. The freed areas from the “escaped” gel are filled with fibrous tissue, which is why lumps appear on the lips and asymmetry is observed. In addition, the gel puts pressure on the blood vessels and capillaries, the lips become numb, swell, grow to unnatural sizes and cause severe discomfort to their owner.

Of course, if the biopolymer was introduced correctly and only high-quality materials were used, there will be no serious consequences. But most patients for a “beauty injection” do not go to a plastic surgeon from an expensive clinic, but to a cosmetologist, a person who is not always competent in facial plastic surgery. If the injection was administered entirely at once, the gel was not distributed evenly throughout the lip. And this is the main reason for the problem.

The insidiousness of the biopolymer lies in the “delayed” complications. They appear only six months to a year after the procedure, when it is already difficult to find the specialist who did the injection, and the girl herself may not immediately understand the cause of the concern: many blame lipstick, allergies or herpes.

Types of biopolymers

Today our world has a huge number of methods and methods for lip augmentation for women, including biopolymer gels (silicone is also one of them). Biopolymer is a fairly popular gel and the method itself, mainly because of its good price. And to this day this method is very popular and widespread.

In (cosmetology) clinics, patients are injected into their lips with a biopolymer of synthetic origin, because using only natural ingredients, you will not get the desired effect, which will be quite lasting. Lips are enlarged with biopolymer gel using the following synthetics:

• Polymethylmethacrylate;
• L – lactic acid;
• Bioalkamid;

Consequences of biopolymer gel

If natural particles are absorbed by the body, then artificially grown substances cannot take root in the tissues. On the one hand, this property determines the declared permanent effect of silicone (although in fact its effect also has an expiration date), and on the other hand, there are consequences of contact of a synthetic substance with living matter, which have consequences:

• disruption of blood flow at the site of cosmetic surgery;
• formation and development of fibrosis;
• hypertrophy of the contour of the lips and their mucous membrane;
• the occurrence of chronic inflammation, which is accompanied by swelling, a feeling of fullness of the lip and other inconveniences;
• noticeable change in the shape of the lips.

In addition, the disadvantages include properties such as slower tissue regeneration and the risk of developing a bacterial infection, since the biopolymer is an inert substance that the body simply “does not see,” which means the immune system will not react to it.

It is worth noting that the migration of the biopolymer can go far beyond the boundaries of the lips; the gel is able to “travel” throughout the face, and, consequently, distort features. Experts explain this phenomenon by facial expressions and chewing movements, which stimulate the gel to move.

Reasons for removing biopolymer from lips:

• Unnatural, exaggerated appearance. The so-called duck lips, or a pronounced lip, strongly reminiscent of a hare lip.
• Asymmetry. It occurs due to the movement of the substance inside the lips, as well as due to “clumping” or fibrosis, the overgrowth of a gel particle with a fibrous capsule.
• Pain or decreased sensation. Pressure of foreign fibers on living tissue, capillaries and vessels.
• Articulation impairment. Fibrosis prevents the contraction of facial muscles, which causes problems with the pronunciation of all speech sounds and eating.
• The likelihood of tumors. Chronic inflammation can cause the development of cancer.

If the biopolymer was injected into the skin by injection, then it is no longer possible to pump the substance back through a syringe: the gel hardens, and it becomes possible to remove it only surgically.

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What is the power of biopolymer?

Biopolymer gel in reasonable doses does not cause complications, such as polyacrylomide gel, which itself is toxic and contributes to the development of infections in tissues. Its excess amount is dangerous, which causes fibrosis, i.e. the formation of internal scars, which is the result of the body’s struggle with the gel. Actually, due to internal scars, the consistency of the result is achieved. But everything is very individual - there are both positive and negative examples.

When you deal with polyacrylamide gel, not only does it retain its structure, it is also hydrophilic, i.e. increases in volume, attracting water. At the microscopic level, the following process occurs: macrophage cells “capture” the outer particles of this drug and take it throughout the body. That is why the presence of this gel can be detected in lymph nodes distant from the injection site.

Contraindications to the introduction of biopolymer

In addition to improper administration and the body’s natural reaction, the gel can cause complications that will negatively affect a woman’s health. However, there are groups of people for whom the procedure is completely contraindicated:

• pregnant and lactating women;
• teenagers under 16 years of age;
• people with post-traumatic scars on the lip;
• for pathologies associated with immunodeficiency;
• for chronic diseases during exacerbation;
• with intolerance to the components, as well as with poor blood clotting.

Due to the severe consequences identified, injections with biopolymers are prohibited in Russia. This procedure can still be done in rare clinics in Europe, but the girl must carefully weigh the pros and cons.

Today, up to 90% of affected women turn to the services of plastic surgery with a request to remove the biopolymer gel from the lips, which they recklessly introduced in their youth.

The main thing is the dosage!

Biopolymer gel PS350 is a good product, especially considering that the result is long-lasting - there is no need, as in the case of hyaluronic acid, to repeat procedures every six months or a year. But the most important thing is not to overdo it with its introduction.

Small details are also important, for example, when introducing a biopolymer into the lips, you need to take into account the bite, the evenness of the dental arch: if a tooth sticks out on some side, this will definitely lead to migration of the gel in this area and some kind of dip in this place above the tooth. It is very difficult to predict how the gel will behave. Therefore, in this sense, working with hyaluronic acid is much easier. In addition, if you don’t like the result, you can always “cancel” it by using Longidaza, which has no effect on the biopolymer gel.

Biopolymer gel in the buttocks photo

In summary, it should be noted that today there are many alternative and safe drugs for correcting age-related changes in the face and body, so it is better, after all, not to use biopolymer

. Be carefull!

Removing biopolymer gel

The surgical operation consists of several stages:

1. Antiseptic treatment of the operated part of the face.
2. Anesthesia.
3. An incision on the inside of the lip.
4. Extraction of biopolymer particles.
5. Excess fragments of the mucous membrane are excised, and the shape of the mouth is corrected.
6. The second lip is corrected (if necessary).
7. Suture.

The operated lip does not look aesthetically pleasing, but over time the sutures heal and normal “native” lips return.

Stages of the operation

The operation to remove biopolymer gel consists of two main stages.

• At the first stage, under general anesthesia, all remaining filler is removed from the lip tissue. In some cases, biopolymer particles migrate beyond the injection area and must also be completely removed. The biopolymer is removed through an incision on the inner surface of the upper lip.
• At the second stage, the plastic surgeon eliminates tissue deformation and corrects the shape of the lips. A successful operation guarantees complete restoration of lip shape and articulation abilities.

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Rehabilitation after biopolymer removal

It will take approximately 2 weeks to return to your normal life; during this period, the swelling after the operation should go down and the stitches should dissolve. In fact, an unhealed wound on the lip is at constant risk of infection: food, hot spices can stimulate inflammatory processes, as well as street air with inevitable bacteria.

Wound infection can stimulate the development of fibrosis, and to avoid such consequences, experts recommend:

• treat seams with antibacterial agents;
• talk little;
• do not wet the operated area with water or touch it with your hands;
• the first few days you can take painkillers;
• eat food carefully, drink through a straw;
• for several months, refuse to visit the pool, bathhouse, sauna and beach;
• do not take blood thinning medications without the permission of your doctor;
• do not consume nicotine and alcohol.

If the shape of the lips does not live up to expectations, it can be corrected with hyaluronidase, but only several months after removal of the biopolymer.

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Not so long ago, lip augmentation using a biopolymer was quite popular; the procedure was considered safe and affordable for almost everyone. However, several years after the procedure, many women began to complain of side effects.

Patients began to come to clinics with complaints of impaired articulation, asymmetry and deformation in the lip area. Today, biopolymer removal is no less important than it was several years ago. This is due both to the dishonesty of some plastic surgeons who still practice the injection of biopolymers, and to the ignorance of women who prefer cheap methods of lip augmentation to more expensive but less dangerous drugs and techniques.