GRAVITY DEFYING
Mum has ‘internal spider’s web’ threaded into her bum to tighten muscles and stop it sagging – and claims it was pain free
Marcela Iglesias has had 100 threads inserted into her bum because she's too scared to get plastic surgery
A MUM is hoping to prevent her bum from sagging as she ages by undergoing an unusual "spider web" procedure.
Marcela Iglesias, from LA, had 100 injections into her bum cheeks to stimulate collagen, tighten the muscles and keep her derriere looking perky.
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She hopes that by having the "painless", non-invasive procedure alongside regular leech therapy and a healthy lifestyle, she'll be able to "age beautifully".
Marcela, who is originally from Argentina, said: “I want to maintain the way I look and keep people guessing how old I am, people can’t believe I have a 17-year-old son.
“For the past five years I have done a lot of research to maintain youthful skin from leech treatment to taking care of my body, quitting soda and meat.
“I know with ageing of the muscles you start to lose volume in every part of your body, so I know this will help me.
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“The spider web butt lift prevents sagging and stimulates collagen so will give a bit of extra volume too.
“I felt no pain at all, I encourage anyone who is scared of plastic surgery to try the treatment.
“I want to keep looking as young as I can with procedures and a healthy lifestyle, I feel more confident.
“I’m looking for the eternal fountain of youth, a new way of life, so I look the best I can be without modifying or changing my body through surgery.
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“I’m doing all I can to avoid ageing, I like to say I’m ageing beautifully.”
The mum-of-three had the "spider's web butt lift" less than two weeks ago.
It's said to encourage cellular renewal and renews elasticity.
Named after the unusual pattern created on the patient's rear that threats are then inserted into, the procedure costs $3,000 (£2.3k) a pop.
Marcela believes that her obsession with body alteration stems from not having been allowed to play with Barbi dolls as a kid, because her mum thought them to be "too fake".
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“When I was younger, I wanted to transform myself, but I was raised in a society where it’s a taboo to change the way you look, I couldn’t express myself the way I wanted.
“Internally I would love to look like Super Girl, but as a child, I couldn’t go out like that nor look crazy, no one would let me and would criticise me to the point of bullying.”
Although she claims to never have had plastic surgery herself, Marcela founded the Plastics of Holywood platform in 2016, dubbed the "Real Life Barbie Doll House" that hosts people wanting to alter themselves through surgery.
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Marcela said: “My mother never bought me a Barbie doll to play with as a child because she said they looked fake, but now I have the real human dolls to have fun with.
“I am amazed by people who can achieve certain looks or turn themselves into characters and couldn’t believe these people didn’t have a platform like mine that supports them unconditionally.”
She says that because she's seen "'the good, the bad and the ugly' and there's a lot more bad and ugly than good", Marcela has always been scared of having plastic surgery.
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Her butt procedure was so painless that she says she was working and joking throughout the whole thing.
The spider web lift takes 45 minutes and uses polydioxanone (PDO), a strong flexible fibre that breaks down in the body within one to two months.
Its effect can last up to a year, depending on the number of threads used, and can apparently be done to any part of the body that requires a little lift - including belly and arms.
It was performed by Dr Aleix Bazzi of L’Artiste Aesthetics and Dr Payman Simoni from Simoni Plastic Surgery.
Dr Bazzi said that the threads help the skin to produce collagen, leaving the skin "lifted, tight and more youthful".
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“If you look at the butt it’s a circular object, so we create a swirl so to speak.
“The threads will enhance the skin colour and texture but improves the cellulite dimpling affect too."
Or if you don't have a spare £2k lying around, you could go down the old-fashioned, free route and just squat for your butt gains.
The Sun has contacted the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons for comment.
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