Sabah Breast Imaging

03/11/2025

Here comes the end of October 2025 — time to slip back into hibernation mode, haha! Until next October!

03/11/2025

01/11/2025

❌ MYTH 9: “If my friends did it and had no issues, it’s safe for me too.”

✅ FACT: It’s a mistake to assume that unauthorized breast filler injections are safe just because someone else didn’t experience any problems. Every person’s body reacts differently to foreign substances. Factors like immune response, skin type, medical history, and where or how the filler was injected can all affect the outcome.

Even if a friend seems fine now, complications will appear months or even years later, including hard lumps, infections, inflammation, or tissue damage. What looks safe at first might become dangerous over time.

Unauthorized fillers are also unpredictable—there’s no guarantee of what’s actually in them or how sterile they are. So, what didn’t harm one person could cause severe reactions or permanent damage in another.

In short, other people’s experiences don’t prove safety. Using illegal or unapproved fillers always carries serious, personal health risks.

30/10/2025

❌ MYTH 7: “Removing unauthorized fillers is easy and painless.”

✅ FACT: Removal can be very complicated, painful, and traumatic experience.

1. Why removal can be complicated
• Different filler materials: Most unauthorized fillers cannot dissolve. These non-dissolvable fillers will harden or migrate, making removal complex.
• Deep tissue involvement: If filler spreads into muscles, blood vessels, or near nerves, it becomes risky to remove without causing more harm.

2. Pain and expense
• Removal often requires multiple medical procedures, including imaging (ultrasound or MRI) to locate filler material, local or general anesthesia, and sometimes reconstructive work.
• These treatments can cost a lot and may not be covered by insurance, since cosmetic filler removal is considered elective.

3. Surgery and recovery
• In severe cases—such as infection, necrosis (tissue death), or granuloma formation—surgery is needed to excise hardened filler or damaged tissue.
• Surgical wounds may take weeks to months to heal, and swelling or bruising can last for a long time.

4. Permanent effects
• Unauthorized or unapproved fillers (especially those done outside clinical settings) cause scarring, asymmetry, or disfigurement even after removal.
• Damaged tissue will not regenerate normally, leaving permanent indentations or texture irregularities.

In short: filler removal isn’t always a simple “reversal.” It can be a long, invasive, and costly process with lasting side effects—particularly when low-quality or illegal products are used.

28/10/2025

❌ MYTH 6: “Unauthorized fillers dissolve naturally over time, so no need to worry.”

✅ FACT: Many illegal fillers contain permanent substances that are not meant to be used in the body. Unlike medically approved fillers that naturally dissolve over time, these materials stay inside the body and can cause serious reactions. The body often forms scar tissue around them, leading to hardness, lumps, and pain. Over time, they can trigger ongoing inflammation that damages healthy tissues, especially in sensitive areas like the breasts. In some cases, the filler can even move to other parts of the body, causing swelling or damage far from where it was injected. Because these fillers are permanent and difficult to remove, they often lead to long-term health problems and disfigurement.

24/10/2025

❌ MYTH 5: “If the filler is injected by a ‘beauty expert’ or nurse, it’s safe enough.”

✅ FACT: Only board-certified plastic surgeons or licensed medical doctors should perform breast filler injections. Even trained nurses require supervision by a qualified doctor.

Unauthorized practitioners may lack the skills or knowledge to handle complications.

Unauthorized breast fillers can lead to breast deformities requiring multiple surgeries to correct.

Proper counseling and consultation with a licensed plastic surgeon can help you make safe choices about breast enhancement.

23/10/2025

❌ MYTH 4: “If it looks good after the procedure, then it’s fine.”
✅ FACT: Complications from unauthorized fillers often appear months or years later — including lumps, hardening, infections, chronic pain, or organ damage.

What Can Happen Months or Years After Getting Unauthorized Breast Fillers?
Even if your breasts look okay right after the procedure, problems can show up months or even years later:
1. Lumps or Bumps Under the Skin
You might notice hard lumps forming in your breasts. This happens because your body is trying to fight off the harmful substances injected which they treat as foreign bodies. These lumps can make your breasts look uneven or misshapen. You will feel more and more lumps as years go by.
2. Breasts Becoming Hard or Tight
Your body will build up scar tissue around the filler, making your breasts feel hard, tight, or uncomfortable. This will change the shape of your breasts later and cause pain.
3. Long-Lasting Infections
Unsafe fillers can cause infections that don’t go away easily. These infections might make your breasts red, swollen, or painful, and you may need strong medicines or surgery to fix them. We have patients who have to undergo mastectomy to solve the issue.
4. Ongoing Pain or Discomfort
Some people experience constant pain or soreness in their breasts because the filler damages nerves or causes inflammation.
5. Damage to Other Parts of Your Body
Sometimes, harmful substances from unauthorized fillers can travel to other organs like your lungs, liver, or kidneys. This can cause serious health problems that affect your whole body.
6. Life-Threatening Conditions
In rare cases, infections can spread to your bloodstream, causing a dangerous condition called sepsis. Severe allergic reactions can also happen, which require emergency care. If fat injections are done incorrectly, it can block blood vessels and cause sudden death.

Important Takeaway:
Even if everything looks fine at first, unauthorized fillers will cause serious problems later on. This is why it’s very important to only get breast fillers from licensed doctors in safe medical clinics using approved products.
Your health and safety always come first!

22/10/2025

Myth 3
Cosmetic procedures, including breast fillers, must always be performed in a licensed medical facility under sterile conditions by qualified professionals, such as board-certified plastic surgeons. Undergoing breast filler treatments outside of medical clinics is dangerous for several reasons:
1. Lack of Sterility: Non-clinical environments lack proper sterilization, significantly increasing the risk of serious infections like cellulitis (skin infection), abscess formation, necrosis (tissue death), and sepsis (a potentially life-threatening blood infection).
2. Use of Unapproved or Counterfeit Fillers: Informal settings often use unregulated substances such as industrial silicone, motor oil, mineral oil, or paraffin. These materials are unsafe for injection and can trigger immune reactions, chronic inflammation, and even cause organ damage.
3. Absence of Emergency Medical Support: In non-medical environments like homes or hotel rooms, there is no access to life-saving equipment or trained personnel to manage emergencies such as allergic reactions, respiratory complications from anesthesia, or hemorrhaging. This leaves patients extremely vulnerable if complications arise.
4. Unqualified Providers: Many individuals offering at-home cosmetic procedures are neither licensed doctors nor trained in anatomy or emergency care. Some may present fake credentials and lack accountability, greatly increasing the risk of botched procedures and permanent harm.
5. Lack of Accountability and Legal Recourse: When complications occur in unregulated settings, victims often do not know the provider’s true identity, and there are no official records of the procedure. This makes pursuing legal action difficult or impossible, leaving victims without support or compensation.

21/10/2025

Unauthorized fillers are dangerous. They may contain industrial-grade silicone, oils, or unknown substances not approved for human use. These can cause severe infections, tissue death and disfigurement.

Complications from unauthorized fillers can appear months or years later — including chronic pain, implant rejection, hardening, or life-threatening infections. Some damage may be irreversible.