Doctors are sounding the alarm in front of a disturbing phenomenon: that of injecting bouillon cubes into the anus in order to obtain a more rounded buttocks. A much sought-after objective in Africa and in French reality TV shows.
- After years of fashion devoted to filiform women, the trend is now that of imposing buttocks.
- More and more women are resorting to cosmetic surgery to increase the volume of their buttocks.
This is a surprising and worrying trend. In the Democratic Republic of Congo, doctors have repeatedly had to take care of patients who had injected bouillon cubes normally used in cooking… into the anus. In this African country, the trend is so widespread that it is even mentioned at the beginning of the song “Ntaba ya Bandundu” by Shiko Mawatu, released in 2007.
At the end of March, Dr Silas Agbesi Joy warned of his Twitter account : “Stop injecting seasoning cubes into your anus to enlarge your buttocks. It’s not sure“. But why stock cubes? According to the widespread idea (although it has no real scientific basis), the salt present in these products causes tissue to expand, thus giving the buttocks a larger appearance. and rounder.
Health risks
If this trend is widespread in the Democratic Republic of Congo, but also in other countries in Africa like Nigeria, it is mainly because women with plump buttocks are considered more desirable. However, as Dr. Agbesi Joy reminds us, these injections involve health risks, starting with hypertension.
“If you crush the seasoning cubes which contain a large amount of salt and inject them into your anus, the wall of the anus will absorb a huge part of this salt into your blood. Excess salt in the bloodstream is a major contributor to hypertension, especially among Africans. A person, in theory, can develop hypertension from this practice“, explains the doctor on the social network.
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