A woman with a nose like an "Elephant's Trunk".
For more than a century, exogenous lipids and injectable silicone have been used by nonmedical personnel or even licensed physicians to correct body defects and augment parts of the human body. Any skin-implanted exogenous substances can trigger an inflammatory response in individuals. Notably, oily substances have commonly been reported to produce a foreign body granulomatous reaction known as "sclerosing lipogranuloma". Despite local and systemic complications, injections of illegal materials by unlicensed practitioners are widespread and are still a problem throughout East Asian Countries. We herein present a unique case of sclerosing lipogranuloma following illegal filler injection.
Department of Dermatology, Incheon St. Mary's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea , Incheon , Republic of Korea.
Young Sun
YS
Eun
Sang Hyun
SH
Cho
Jeong Deuk
JD
Lee
Hei Sung
HS
Kim
D003357:Cosmetic Techniques / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D006099:Granuloma / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009666:Nose; D056910:Republic of Korea