I paid nearly $6,000 for a beauty chip to look hotter years later, Im still living with terrifying consequences

Beauty is pain — especially when it’s implanted.Playboy model Janaina Prazeres says she’s still suffering the side effects of a so-called “beauty chip” three years after having it removed, including a surprise she didn’t ask for.The Brazilian beauty, 35, said she spent $5,952 (£4,600) on an experimental device, touted in some countries for weight loss, anti-aging, menopause relief and boosting libido, muscle mass and fat reduction.In Brazil, subcutaneous hormonal implants, called “beauty chips,” were originally sold for cosmetic purposes.However, Anvisa, the national health regulator, has banned them due to dangerous side effects.These implants, often containing synthetic hormones like testosterone or estrogen, were promoted for muscle growth, fat reduction, better skin, menstrual suppression and body shaping for sexual attractiveness.Doctors have warned of complications like hormone imbalance and now, Prazeres is sharing her story as a cautionary tale.“The outcome was the opposite of what I had hoped for,” Prazeres, dubbed Playboy’s “Perfect Woman,” told Jam Press.The controversial influencer shared that having the chip implanted “caused an overload of unnecessary hormones” in her body and also led to “kidney complications, hair loss and clitoral enlargement.”Prazeres, often praised for her sculpted physique, initially pursued this “trendy innovative treatment” for help with “body toning, cellulite reduction, decreased hunger, better skin and becoming more attractive overall.”Soon after getting the cryptic implant in 2018, Prazeres said she often felt “extremely bloated,” experienced “a lot of water retention” and her hunger “increased drastically” to the point of desperation.“I was desperate, felt terrible and blamed myself for seeing the signs, but not stopping sooner – but I believed in a false promise of beauty,” she admitted.The São Paulo native also noticed “a lot of hair loss,” and that wasn�...