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Medical Video: FDA: Silicone Injections Extremely Dangerous For Lips, Body, and Other Parts
While some of us feel anxious and worried about our work, health, or family members, most people feel very deep fear about their limbs. Busy with physical appearance, all our attention can be distracted from what's really important in life, and instead worry about that part of the body.
Maybe this is why trends and requests to enlarge certain body parts - from the lips, breasts, buttocks, to the penis - appear to never die out anytime soon. Unfortunately, on the way to reaching the ideal body, some people prefer "frugality" to get implants or illegal silicone injections rather than having to spend deeply to get treatment from a professional plastic surgeon. On average, breast enlargement operations in Jakarta alone range from 40-50 million rupiah - double the operating costs on the black market in general.
In fact, illegal silicone injections can cause a number of serious health complications. Problems range from tissue hardening, chronic pain to infection, respiratory problems, even life-threatening blood clots.
All of the above problems are associated with injecting liquid silicone, one of the most controversial substances in the field of cosmetic surgery. Liquid silicone has long circulated in the world of cosmetic surgery without any official sanctions before and was banned by the Food and Drug Association (US FDA), now liquid silicone has finally been approved since 1997 and is limited to certain medical uses, one of which is to hold the retina loose so as not to return to escape.
The FDA does not approve the use of injecting liquid silicone or gel to enlarge the limbs
Since the FDA's initial approval, the popularity of silicone injections has risen again. At the same time, a number of doctors use it to fill the wrinkles on the face and improve the smile line, increasing the volume of the lips and cheeks.
Soft tissue fillers made from temporarily absorbed ingredients (such as collagen, hyaluronic acid, calcium hydroxylapatite and Poly-L-lactic acid / PLLA) have been approved by the FDA for simple to severe correction in cases of facial wrinkles and skin folds. , like a smile line. Some soft tissue fillers have received approval for restoration procedures and / or correction of conditions of facial fat loss (lipoatrophy) in people with HIV.
Meanwhile, soft tissue filling material is non-absorbing (permanent) only approved for smile line correction. The FDA only approves two temporary tissue fill material for lip augmentation procedures, one for increasing cheek volume, in patients over the age of 21 years. The FDA has also approved one filler material for the procedure to increase the back volume of the hand.
The FDA does not approve the use of liquid silicone injections or gels to fill wrinkles or enlarge any limb. The FDA limits only the use of silicone implants to women who carry out breast reconstruction procedures after breast cancer surgery and breast augmentation for cosmetic reasons.
Pro counter injection of silicone
Silicone injection practitioners say they prefer to use liquid silicone because the price is more affordable than other tissue fillers, such as collagen or Restylane (gel made from hyaluronic acid), easy to use, and side effects only occur in less than 1 percent of patients. However, in general they like silicon because of its permanent effect.
Filler like collagen and Restylane can only last up to six months, so patients are required to re-inject, many times. With silicone, once wrinkles and wrinkles are leveled, the effect will last a lifetime. But this means, the side effects of silicone injections, although they are rare, can also be permanent.
Liquid silicone, also known as silicone oil, has a consistency similar to motor oil. When injected into the skin, this causes the immune system to react to the entry of foreign substances by wrapping it with the body's natural collagen. This new collagen, in the end, will thicken the skin.
Those who are pro on the use of silicone injections assume that this procedure is safe to do if done under the supervision of a professional doctor using pure top quality liquid silicone fillers. Those who doubt the safety of silicone injections argue that the health complications of this procedure are basically inevitable and unexpected, and outweigh the benefits.
The permanent nature of silicone injections does not take into account the progress of loss of facial fat and / or body, both from age and lifestyle changes. So, it is very likely that you will experience uneven lumps here and there due to "collisions" of liquid silicone residues that remain in shape with a thinning skin texture and a reduction in body fat volume over time. Other side effects include pain and infection, inflammation, silicone migration, to dysfiguration of affected limbs.
Other "superficial" bumps, bumps and side effects can be dealt with with corrective surgery, but can leave scars that look worse than before.
Dr. David M. Duffy, a dermatologist in Torrance, California, quoted from the NY Times, found that injecting liquid silicone can cause problems even when done by experienced doctors. One feared complication is the formation of silicone granulomas, aka siliconoma.
Granuloma formation as a side effect of silicone injection
Granuloma is a clump of inflammatory cells that is localized as a result of the persistence of non-recycled products (such as permanent liquid silicone) or as a hypersensitivity reaction.
Silicone leaks in body tissues produce an inflammatory reaction. The immunological response to injections of pure silicon is currently unknown. To be sure, all foreign banda that enter the body will get certain reactions from the body's immune system, and granuloma is thought to be one of the common responses. Granulomas are the result of a protective mechanism and are formed when the acute inflammatory process cannot destroy the foreign agent.
The clinical presentation of granuloma due to silicon can resemble a cancerous tumor, especially if it affects the axillary gland or enlargement of the lymph. The formation of granulomas due to silicone leakage has also been associated with fever, calcitriol-mediated hypercalcaemia, and reactive amyloidosis.
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is usually recommended in addition to mammograms and ultrasonogram (USG) to evaluate the severity of lesion expansion and confirm oncology examination. Surgical removal of affected tissue is generally required for therapeutic purposes. A total mastectomy with or without preservation of the skin / nipples of the areola complex is the main choice in the breast that is severely damaged by severe silicone leakage. Immediate or delayed reconstruction procedures must be included as part of the treatment plan.
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