Published cases describe kidney complications after cosmetic filler injections
A systematic review collected serious kidney outcomes following silicone, methacrylate and oil injections, but cannot estimate how often these complications occur.
Based on the published abstract. The full paper may contain additional methods, results and limitations.
The 30-second takeaway
The review documents kidney disease after cosmetic filler injections, with chronic kidney disease the most commonly reported kidney complication. Some patients entered remission, while others developed chronic kidney disease or died. Because the review collected cases already selected for complications, it cannot estimate the risk among all people receiving fillers or establish comparative safety between materials.
Case reports and series provide no denominator for all exposed patients. The abstract also does not give a consistent timeline between injection and kidney disease, limiting interpretation of the sequence and subsequent outcomes.
Which procedures appeared
Most reported injections involved the buttocks, and the materials were silicone, methacrylate or oil. These details define the cases reviewed; they do not justify applying the same complication pattern to every cosmetic filler product or injection site.
What practitioner information can show
Some articles identified the injector as a non-medical professional. That observation raises a question about procedural context, but this case collection does not provide a comparison that measures how practitioner qualifications change the risk of kidney complications.
The original publication
Renal Complications Associated with Silicone, Methacrylate, and Oil-Based Fillers: A Systematic Review.
Posso AN, Cojuc-Konigsberg G, Mustoe A et al.
Aesthetic Plast Surg · 2026
- PubMed ID
- 40775192
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