Fw: More Dangers of Silicone Injections / Implants

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From: " ilena rose " <ilena@...>

Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2001 5:19 PM

Subject: More Dangers of Silicone Injections / Implants

> " Barbara " <blope@...> wrote:

>

> Dear Ilena

>

> Thought this was rather an interesting article....seeing is how there are

> " no " dangers surrounding silicone implants...I wonder if the doctor

> performing this procedure asked the question . " DO YOU HAVE OR DID YOU

EVER

> HAVE IMPLANTS... " Thanks for the wonderful Job you do for all of us

> daily...God Bless Barb

>

> ~~~~~~~

>

> You are so right Barb ... a ruptured implant IS a silicone injection ...

> and 2 out of 3 implanted women have at least one rupture within 17 years

> ...

>

> The manufacturers and Plastic Surgeons, through their PR teams ~ ACSH &

the

> Junk$cientists and all their splinter groups ~ have done an excellent job

> lying to the public about the true dangers of implants for years ...

Ilena

>

>

> EXCERPTS:

> " They found the " silicone flash " does indeed occur, and it has the

> potential to burn and scar the skin. They published their findings in the

> April issue of the Archives of Otolaryngology--Head and Neck Surgery. "

>

> " Silicone injection material that has been in a patient's body for

> decades, he explained, would be solid, like " caulk, " and would not

produce

> the same effect when exposed to a laser. "

>

> " But exposing silicone-injected skin to a laser could indeed be dangerous,

> he adds, because silicone injections produce scarring and altered blood

> flow. "

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> Lasers, Silicone Can Be An Explosive Mix

>

> ReutersWednesday, April 18, 2001

>

> By Anne Harding

>

> NEW YORK, Apr 18 (Reuters Health) - Resurfacing the skin with a carbon

> dioxide laser is a popular way to erase wrinkles. But this anti-aging

> treatment could be hazardous for people who have had silicone injections,

> according to Philadelphia researchers.

>

> Silicone injections for " filling in " wrinkles became popular in the late

> 1970s and early 1980s. The injections produced scarring in many patients,

> and are now illegal in many US states. Collagen and other Food and Drug

> Administration-approved " fillers " have largely replaced injected silicone.

>

> In 1986, a plastic surgeon reported that " an incandescent flash of

> yellow-orange flame " burst forth from a patient's breast when he was using

> a laser to remove silicone deposits from her ruptured breast implant.

>

> To investigate whether this " silicone flash " is a threat today to patients

> with silicone deposits in their skin, Dr. Warren Zager and colleagues

>from

> Jefferson Medical College conducted a series of experiments. They observed

> what happened when they exposed tiny droplets of silicone fluid to carbon

> dioxide lasers, and also tested skin samples that had been injected with

> silicone.

>

> They found the " silicone flash " does indeed occur, and it has the

potential

> to burn and scar the skin. They published their findings in the April

issue

> of the Archives of Otolaryngology--Head and Neck Surgery.

>

> People who have had silicone injections should not have carbon dioxide

> laser skin resurfacing, the researchers advise. Instead, they recommend,

> silicone deposits should be removed surgically.

>

> " This is accurate. It's important, but it's probably not a large issue, "

> Dr. Kinney, a Los Angeles plastic surgeon and clinical assistant

> professor of plastic surgery at the University of Southern California,

> told Reuters Health. " It is probably not a huge problem with actual live

> patients. "

>

> Kinney notes that the original " silicone flash " occurred when a doctor was

> removing a ruptured silicone implant with a laser, which is not a normal

> practice. Instead, the remnants would usually be removed with a scalpel,

he

> explained.

>

> Also, Kinney notes, the Philadelphia researchers' studies were done with

> fresh droplets of liquid silicone. Silicone injection material that has

> been in a patient's body for decades, he explained, would be solid, like

> " caulk, " and would not produce the same effect when exposed to a laser.

>

> But exposing silicone-injected skin to a laser could indeed be dangerous,

> he adds, because silicone injections produce scarring and altered blood

> flow. Plus, the laser itself can burn the skin and increase blood flow.

> For this reason, Kinney said, a person who has had a silicone injection

> and is considering laser resurfacing treatment should inform his or her

> doctor about the injection.

>

> Using a laser on skin over a silicone breast implant could also be

> hazardous, he noted.

>

> Laser skin resurfacing itself is not risk-free, study co-author Dr.

> Reiter told Reuters Health. " There can be prolonged redness and irritation

> of the skin, scarring, pigment changes, and other rarer local effects. "

>

> SOURCE: Archives of Otolaryngology--Head and Neck Surgery

2001;127:418-421.

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