“A slippery slope”: a scoping review of the self-injection of unlicensed oils and fillers as body enhancement
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“A slippery slope” : a scoping review of the self-injection of unlicensed oils and fillers as body enhancement. / Brennan, Rebekah; Overbye, Marie; Van Hout, Marie Claire; McVeigh, James.
In: Performance Enhancement and Health, Vol. 8, No. 4, 100185, 2021.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review › Research › peer-review
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T1 - “A slippery slope”
T2 - a scoping review of the self-injection of unlicensed oils and fillers as body enhancement
AU - Brennan, Rebekah
AU - Overbye, Marie
AU - Van Hout, Marie Claire
AU - McVeigh, James
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2021 The Authors
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - Self-injection of a range of oils and fillers for body enhancement dates back to 1899, but due to significant associated harms and fatalities this practice has been largely linked to distinct cultural groups in recent times. This scoping review gathers what is currently known on the self injection of body fillers for aesthetic purposes, using Arksey and O'Malley's (2005) five stage iterative process scoping review methodology. Thematic manual coding then organised the data into themes through identified patterns: indicative profiling of individuals who self inject body fillers; motivation for use across types of oil injection; sourcing routes and documented harms. It was found that the majority of people who inject body fillers are male and do so to grossly increase muscle size. Injection of oils and other materials in the male genitalia was also described, in addition to female self-injection in the breast, hand and leg areas for augmentation. A range of health consequences were reviewed. Recommendations are made for further research into this unique phenomenon, which although is relatively rare warrant future research attention considering the documented increase in DIY facial fillers and contemporary body image culture.
AB - Self-injection of a range of oils and fillers for body enhancement dates back to 1899, but due to significant associated harms and fatalities this practice has been largely linked to distinct cultural groups in recent times. This scoping review gathers what is currently known on the self injection of body fillers for aesthetic purposes, using Arksey and O'Malley's (2005) five stage iterative process scoping review methodology. Thematic manual coding then organised the data into themes through identified patterns: indicative profiling of individuals who self inject body fillers; motivation for use across types of oil injection; sourcing routes and documented harms. It was found that the majority of people who inject body fillers are male and do so to grossly increase muscle size. Injection of oils and other materials in the male genitalia was also described, in addition to female self-injection in the breast, hand and leg areas for augmentation. A range of health consequences were reviewed. Recommendations are made for further research into this unique phenomenon, which although is relatively rare warrant future research attention considering the documented increase in DIY facial fillers and contemporary body image culture.
KW - Body image enhancement
KW - DIY body enhancement
KW - Human enhancement drugs
KW - Negative body image
KW - Self injection of body fillers
U2 - 10.1016/j.peh.2020.100185
DO - 10.1016/j.peh.2020.100185
M3 - Review
AN - SCOPUS:85099535768
VL - 8
JO - Performance Enhancement & Health
JF - Performance Enhancement & Health
SN - 2211-2669
IS - 4
M1 - 100185
ER -
ID: 385644057