The Use of Gluteal Subfacial Implant for Gluteal Atrophy due to Injection: A Case Report

Abstract

A 20 years old female patient had muscle and subcutaneous tissue atrophy in her left gluteal region was admitted to our clinic. She had gluteal injection in this area when she was 5 years old. After the injection, gluteal atrophy occurred at the injection site. The patient underwent subfascial gluteal implant placement operation. In a one-year follow-up, any postoperative complication was observed. After one-year follow-up patient underwent an operation of liposuction from non-augmented side and lipofillig to the augmented side to obtain more gluteal symmetry. [Med-Science 2014; 3(3.000): 1517-24]

Keywords

• Gluteal atrophy
• subfascial implant
• gluteal injection