Jacksonville Silicone Injections doctors

	David C. Pearson, MD Jacksonville Facial Plastic Surgeon 1835 East West Parkway Suite 19, Fleming Island		1 answer
	Scott Trimas, MD Jacksonville Facial Plastic Surgeon 1361 13th Ave South Suite 125, Jacksonville Beach

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Lip Augmentation Gone Bad I had silicone gel injected in my upper lip in 2004. now my lip is droopy and completely covers the lower lip, needless to say it looks awful.I was told by a p.surgeon in lebanon that there is a substance which can be injected and the silicone dissolves over some time.is this true?and is there a way to fix my lip???I am feeling so hopeless as i cant find any succsess stories on the net and since i am in dubai, we dont have a plethora of plastic surgeons here at my disposal.im looking for a doctor with extensive experiance on bad lip augmentations. PLEASE HELP.and please dont ask for a jpeg of my lips-i think the severity of my case is evident.

A: You can't dissolve the silicone.

There is nothing that can be injected into your lip that will dissolve the silicone, regardless of what your surgeon in Lebanon claimed.

Silicone resins, in general, are very difficult to decompose and usually require strong acids and/or non-ionizing polar organic solvents such as dichloromethane. All of these are also very, very toxic and will destroy and poison living tissue, too.

The only way to remove it is to physically remove it: i.e., excision of the tissue into which it's been embedded.

Best of luck.

David C. Pearson, MD

Jacksonville Facial Plastic Surgeon