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Injectable Silicone

Discussion in 'USA' started by toemeister, Nov 30, 2004.

  1. toemeister

    toemeister Member


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    I have been impressed with the research done on injectable medical grade silicone for intractable plantar keratoses. Does anyone know where I can purchase some?
    Dr. Douglas Flegal
     
  2. admin

    admin Administrator Staff Member

    There is this website that has some info on the current legal status of injectable silicone for cosmetic uses:
    http://www.orentreich.com/silicone_injections.htm

    Not sure where to purchase, but guess from medical suppliers to cosmetic surgeons :confused:

    The most recent key references were:
    The Histologic Host Response to Liquid Silicone Injections for Prevention of Pressure-Related Ulcers of the Foot
    Efficacy of injected liquid silicone in the diabetic foot to reduce risk factors for ulceration: a randomized double-blind placebo-controlled trial
     
    Last edited: Nov 30, 2004
  3. toemeister

    toemeister Member

    Silicone injections

    I have spoken a couple of times to Dr. Balkin who did the studies and he has much evidence as to it's safety.
    I have tried to obtain the silicone but evidently it is not available in the U.S. I would probably need to get it from another country. I understand it is approved for use in Canada, England and Norway but I don't know where to buy it. I would plan on using it "off label", as we do with many other medications.
     
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    Articles:
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    The characterization and optimization of injectable silicone resin particles in conjunction with dermal fibroblasts and growth factors: An in vitro study.
    Crews RM, Jennings JA, McCanless J, Cole JA, Bumgardner JD, Haggard WO.
    J Biomed Mater Res B Appl Biomater. 2010 Jan 20.
     
  5. ezlington

    ezlington Member

    Re: Silicone injections

    As I understand the situation in the USA, It is a "misdemeanor" in many States to inject Silicone fluid without a containment medium.

    I quote from my (under construction) website

    "Injecting tiny volumes of Silicone fluid between bony prominences and the skin DrBalkin assumed that the fluid behaved like a half inflated baloon and formed a cushion. His early technique involved implanting 0.5 – 1.0 ml directly under the lesion, however, at that time many plastic surgeons and non-qualified practitioners were injecting 500 – 1000ml (often of poor quality or industrial grade) directly into breasts. As there was no containment volumes of this silicone migrated under the influence of gravity, forming unsightly tags. .In an attempt to prevent this, many practitioners adulterated the silicone with scarring agents in an attempt to wall in the silicone. The very poor results of the silicone injections on both men and women led to lawsuits. Most of the legal actions failed as the patients had signed “experimental procedure waivers”. Unfortunately for Dow Corning, the manufacturers of the silicone products used, the USA had “Product Liability” Laws in place and they were held accountable for the misuse of their product. There was a settlement for almost $80,000,000 : a lot of “bread” in the 70’s .

    At the time the regulation of "medicines" in the USA was very lax, basically anything that was not "banned" could be used on people, compared with the UK where medicines had to be licensed fro use.

    To prevent a repetition, in 1975 Dow Corning had it "banned" which made it a misdemeanour to inject Silicone without a containment medium as the company was unable to devise a workable system of control that would prevent the misuse of of the highly purified medical grade silicone.
    "

    http://www.siliconeinjections.co.uk/index.html

    Cheers,

    €z
     
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