EXCLUSIVE Cardi B style 'butt shots' leave women with ROTTING flesh READ MORE: Cardi B had surgery to remove 95% of biopolymers, 'a** shots' By Cassidy Morrison Senior Health Reporter For Dailymail.Com Published: 16:51 EDT, 6 October 2024 | Updated: 16:51 EDT, 6 October 2024 e-mail 1 View comments Women are sounding the alarm over dangerous ‘butt shots' once loved by rapper Cardi B, which some say have left them with rotting backsides. Injectable biopolymers, a natural alternative to plastic, aims to give the patient a curvier, perkier backside without the strains of surgery.
And celebrities like Cardi B , Love & Hip Hop Atlanta star K. Michelle, and Blac Chyna have all received them at one point. The types of fillers used to create the knockoff BBL look are FDA approved, but only for the face, and using them on the buttocks puts people at risk of side effects the injectables' developers never tested for.
Now, a growing number of women are having the plastic-like substance removed after severe adverse reactions, including rotting tissue. Helen Arias thought she was getting vitamin injections to make her legs curvier. Years later, she found out they were biopolymers that were causing her skin to die.
Photo courtesy of Ms Arias Ms Arias had to have biopolymers surgically removed from her legs. She was able to see a celebrated Miami surgeon free of charge. Photo courtesy of Ms Arias Your browser does not support iframes.
Helen Arias, 44, had been inundated with advertisements .