Macrolane Trial

For a truly uplifting experience, go up a cup size in an hour without surgery, writes Becky Barker.

It could only be a matter of months before women are queuing up for a walk-in, walk-out, go-back-to-work boob job in Australia. Dr Anoop Rastogi, who has a practice in Double Bay, started clinical trials on three patients with the new, injectable, gel-like filler Macrolane last month and says the patients love the look.

"There was a little bit of swelling, they took mild painkillers for a couple of days and were back at work the same day," says Dr Rastogi, who administered the treatment at 40-minute appointments where the subjects received a local anaesthetic under light sedation.

Dr Rastogi says the technique has since been refined and he has 100 patients on a waiting list if Australia's regulator for medical drugs and devices, the Therapeutic Goods Administration, gives Macrolane the go-ahead. It is said to suit people who are averse to surgery and scarring and want a subtle change from A to B or B to C cup.

The new filler is a thicker form of Restylane, which has been used as a skin-plumper for 10 years.

Despite that, there are big concerns about the jab's safety, cost - expected to be about $5000 to $7000 - and longevity. The effects last about a year before needing a top-up.

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