A Chinese woman who noticed two sizable lumps
growing on her stomach was shocked to find out that they were her 'breasts.' The
middle-aged woman was hospitalised after noticing that, as her breasts shrunk,
two similar-sized mounds were growing on her stomach. Doctors discovered that a
toxic hydrogel previously injected in the woman's breasts was slowly pooling in
her abdomen, the Shanghaiist reported.
The woman told doctors that she had a substance
called 'Amazing Gel' injected into her chest years earlier as part of a breast
augmentation surgery. Amazing Gel is a semi-permanent cosmetic filler - once
popular in China - that has been linked to severe and long-lasting health complications
over the past decade. Studies have documented how, in other patients,
injections of the gel have migrated to the stomach, the armpits and even the
back. Doctors made an incision in the stomach to remove the lumps, which
drained out as a yellow gel. It is understood that the woman has made a full
recovery.
In 2005 doctors told the South China Morning Post
that Amazing Gel could cause women to lose their breasts or even develop
cancer. 'We see the urgency to give a health warning to those who plan to have
the injection across the border before more patients return with the side
effects,' Dr Ho Chiu-ming said at the time. Amazing gel is a form of cosmetic
filler also known as polyacrylamide hydrogel, which is injected into the body. It
was developed in the 1980s as an easy way to alter or enlarge the breasts. It
became a common substance for breast augmentation surgery due to its cheap price
in China during the 1990s. In the following years a huge number of women who
had the hydrogel injections began noticing infections and other health
complications, such as the gel moving into the stomach, armpit or even the
back. Doctors have warned that the substance could also cause cancer.
'The majority of women receiving this operation have
local symptoms and adverse effects to different extents,' a 2012 study found.
'The complete removal of this material is very
difficult and may cause severe adverse effects,' researchers said.
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