Fw: Women Dying in Quest for Beauty at 'Silicone Parties' ~ National Enquirer

[Guest guest]

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

Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2001 1:03 AM

Subject: Women Dying in Quest for Beauty at 'Silicone Parties' ~ National

Enquirer

> Not yet on their website ... very interesting article on black market

> silicone ... some excerpts:

>

> " Quacks inject patients with raw silicone in deadly new rage. "

>

> " Silicone itself can be deadly... "

>

> " I've seen the horrific effects, said ( Enrique , chief

> investigator for the Florida Dept. of Health's Unlicensed Activity

> office). One person in Miami had to have his leg amputated. Others have

> lost their lives. "

>

> " She was killed by a silicone embolism that had entered her bloodstream.

> In caes where the silicone gets into the blood system, it works as an

> emboli (a blockage) which causes clots. People get strokes and they die, "

> explainted Dr. Wolf.

>

> " When you inject silicone into the body, you are injecting little time

> bomb. Smetimes it takes years before anything happens. "

>

> " Silicone cannot be removed unless it is cut out, and sometimes it travels

> in the body - causing grotesque bumps, injury or death. "

>

>

[Guest guest]

WOW, am I lucky! I had a silicone embolism removed from the main vein in my

right arm, just about 18+ months ago! No wonder my PS was sooo concerned!

He removed 2 other 'things' in the same vein that were not emobolisms.

L & L,

MM / NSIF

Martha Murdock, Director

National Silicone Implant Foundation

Dallas, Texas Headquarters

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

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Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2001 9:36 AM

Subject: Fw: Women Dying in Quest for Beauty at 'Silicone

Parties' ~ National Enquirer

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

> Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2001 1:03 AM

> Subject: Women Dying in Quest for Beauty at 'Silicone Parties' ~ National

> Enquirer

>

>

> > Not yet on their website ... very interesting article on black market

> > silicone ... some excerpts:

> >

> > " Quacks inject patients with raw silicone in deadly new rage. "

> >

> > " Silicone itself can be deadly... "

> >

> > " I've seen the horrific effects, said ( Enrique , chief

> > investigator for the Florida Dept. of Health's Unlicensed Activity

> > office). One person in Miami had to have his leg amputated. Others have

> > lost their lives. "

> >

> > " She was killed by a silicone embolism that had entered her bloodstream.

> > In caes where the silicone gets into the blood system, it works as an

> > emboli (a blockage) which causes clots. People get strokes and they

die, "

> > explainted Dr. Wolf.

> >

> > " When you inject silicone into the body, you are injecting little time

> > bomb. Smetimes it takes years before anything happens. "

> >

> > " Silicone cannot be removed unless it is cut out, and sometimes it

travels

> > in the body - causing grotesque bumps, injury or death. "

> >

> >

>

>

>