Re: Fw: Illegal Silicone Injected At Parties In South Florida

[Guest guest]

OooHhhh, HOW SICK!!!

MM

Martha Murdock, Director

National Silicone Implant Foundation

Dallas, Texas Headquarters

----- Original Message -----

From: " Patty " <faussettdp@...>

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Sent: Monday, April 02, 2001 1:19 AM

Subject: Fw: Illegal Silicone Injected At Parties In South

Florida

> Yikes, where is the common sense in these people?

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> From: " Ilena Rose " <ilena@...>

> Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2001 7:43 PM

> Subject: Illegal Silicone Injected At Parties In South Florida

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> > http://www.click10.com/mia/news/stories/news-56479220010329-130339.html

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> > Silicone Injected At Parties In South Florida

> >

> > Health Department Calls It An Epidemic

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> > MIAMI, 2:49 p.m. EST March 29, 2001 -- Some people say that you can

alter

> > your body by going to silicone parties.

> >

> > It's a disturbing trend in cosmetic surgery that has people wanting to

> > inject silicone into their bodies to make their buttocks bigger, among

> > other things.

> >

> >

> > One man, who didn't want to be identified, said that he started going to

> > silicone parties 12 years ago. Now, his legs have become numb. It's one

of

> > Your Stories that a Channel 10 viewer told to Eyewitness News. (To pitch

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> > story idea, click here.)

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> > He initially turned to silicone to create a crease in between his nose

and

> > lips. Then he moved on to getting his buttocks enlarged. The man said

that

> > he considers himself lucky after hearing about the Miramar, Fla., woman

> > who died last week after silicone leaked into her bloodstream. She, too,

> > was at a private home when the silicone was injected.

> >

> > The Miami-Dade County Health Department's lead detective said that cases

> > of silicone parties are skyrocketing.

> >

> > " They do this like Tupperware parties, " the source said. " You go in and

> > they have silicone injection parties. They pump this unapproved material

> > into different parts of the body and they sell if for cash. "

> >

> > And as the health department source said, the silicone is not always

> > medical quality. Some people use industrial grade silicone mixed with

oil.

> > It's a combination that can be deadly. And the man who used to attend

> > silicone parties said that there is definitely pressure to be pumped up.

> >

> > " I would go to these parties and everybody would be egging each other on

> > and I just kind of felt like if everybody's doing it, why shouldn't I? "

he

> > said. " I want to just tell people that it really isn't worth it. It

really

> > isn't. Just be who you are. "

> >

> >

> > What You Should Know -- BEFORE Getting Silicone Injected

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http://www.click10.com/mia/health/stories/health-56459820010329-110320.html

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> > Dying For Beauty: Silicone Injections

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> >

> > Following World War II, there were reports that some Asian girls who

found

> > that American soldiers preferred large breasts attempted to enlarge

their

> > breasts with injections of industrial-grade liquid silicone. The

> > injections led to numerous complications. The injected liquid would

> > migrate to other parts of the body, causing infections, formation of

hard

> > lumps called granulomas, blood clots to the lungs, cancer and death.

> > Japanese doctors reported in medical journals that women injected with

> > silicone showed symptoms of immune system disorders.

> >

> > In South Florida and other parts of the country, there has been a recent

> > resurgence of the use of injectible silicone in under-ground " parties. "

> > People attending the parties get injections in their buttocks and other

> > areas of their bodies. The silicone is often mixed with oil to make an

> > injectible solution. There have been reported deaths related to silicone

> > injections in Miami, New York, and Atlanta.

> >

> >

> > The FDA has never approved the marketing of liquid silicone for

injection

> > for any cosmetic purpose, including the treatment of facial defects or

> > wrinkles, or enlarging the breasts.

> >

> >

> > Besides the risk of death, the adverse effects of liquid silicone

> > injections have included movement of the silicone to other parts of the

> > body, inflammation and discoloration of surrounding tissues, and the

> > formation of granulomas (nodules of granulated, inflamed tissue).

> >

> >

> > The FDA prohibits manufacturers or doctors from marketing or promoting

> > unapproved products such as liquid silicone. This means that a doctor

> > cannot legally advertise or sell this material. The only exception is a

> > particular form of liquid silicone currently in use by opthamologists.

> >

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