Talk:Silicone (medical and surgical uses)
Reading the medical literature about cheek implants, chin implants, and breast implants brings one directly into the history of silicone for these uses. Hopefully, this article will eventually be complete enough to stand on its own. At the moment there is a natural tie-in to cosmetic and plastic surgery. Nancy Sculerati MD 14:07, 3 March 2007 (CST)
References
Dermal filler
Johl SS. Burgett RA. Dermal filler agents: a practical review. Current Opinion in Ophthalmology. 17(5):471-9, 2006 Oct.
Injectable silicone for body contouring
Criminal use
Since injection of silicone can be done by individuals who are not highly trained, there have been cases of lay individuals Practicing cosmetic surgery without a license" using this technique. Complications, including fatal embolism, are not rare.
- 1. Man sentenced to 5 years for fatal silicone injection, The Houston Chronicle, March 10, 2005, Thursday, 3 STAR EDITION, B;, Pg. 5, 405 words, ANDREW TILGHMAN, Deaths Prison Sentences. (A transgendered man who lived as a woman was sentenced Wednesday to five years in prison for giving another man a fatal injection of liquid silicone designed to create female-sized breasts)
- 2. Woman is sought in injections case, The San Diego Union-Tribune, June 25, 2005 Saturday, LOCAL; Pg. B-2:2,7; B-3:1, 129 words, Jenny Shearer (woman in California, non-medical professional allegedly injected several transgendered people. "Two of the five people who received injections in their buttocks, hips, cheeks and lips became ill within hours and are on life support. One isn't expected to live, police said."
- 3. Woman accused of illegal injections; Silicone used to 'pump up' bodies, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, August 5, 2004 Thursday, Home Edition, Pg. 1JJ, 711 words, LATEEF MUNGIN, JEFFRY SCOTT
(When she was arrested Tuesday, investigators found a room in her home that had examination tables, 12 gallons of silicone and topical anesthetics. They also found waste thought to have been used in 20 to 30 surgeries, such as blood-soaked gauze and silicone-stained syringes, Gwinnett District Attorney Danny Porter said. )
- 4. Floridians pay high price in pursuit of beauty; Illegal silicone injections have resulted in disfigurement, death, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Wisconsin), April 24, 2001 Tuesday, FINAL EDITION, Pg. 12A, 832 words, THOMAS C. TOBIN St. Petersburg Times (Vera Lawrence, a 53- year-old Miami secretary and mother of two, died last month in the Broward County suburb of Miramar with 36 fresh needle marks in her hips and buttocks. She allegedly was injected in a friend's apartment by Mark D. Hawkins, a 36- year-old man from Greenville, S.C., who also worked as a house cleaner.
Hawkins was charged with manslaughter, third-degree felony murder and practicing medicine without a license after an autopsy showed Lawrence died from a silicone embolism in one of her lungs.)