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[Paraffin oil injection in bodybuilders calls for preventive action]
Trine Foged Henriksen1, Jette Bisgaard Løvenwald, Steen Henrik Matzen
1Plastikkirurgisk Afdeling, Roskilde Sygehus, DK-4000 Roskilde, Denmark. tfh10@webspeed.dk
Abstract:
Injection of paraffin oil to change physical configuration is an obsolete procedure from 1899, revived by bodybuilders as an alternative to intramuscular injections of steroids. Paraffin oil has destructive consequences: skin inflammation, hard oedema, sterile abscesses, diffuse lymphangitis and paraffinomas. We report a case of a 24-year-old male bodybuilder who self-injected one litre of paraffin oil in each arm. Hazard notice and advice to bodybuilders with potential risk attitude or "reverse anorexia" are warranted.
