Risks of Silicone Lip Injections

I strongly disapprove of silicone injections.
I am the unfortunate position of taking care of many of the patients who were treated by the disgraced Argentinian doctor. Many received silicone injections to their lips.
At first, silicone injections look great. For years, in fact. Then, a blunting of the normally distinct and beautiful vermillion roll and white roll occurs. The lips appear "sanded down". Next, silicone starts to move to the bottom of the lip. A trout-lip deformity results. Inside the mouth, the lips thicken. People start chewing inadvertently on their very thick lips.
This deformity is untreatable except by cutting out tissue, which of course leaves scars.
There are ways of managing the silicone injections, but they are only temporizing.
Long term, patients with silicone begin to look freakish. They develop chronic edema which is also untreatable and deforming.
I am very disturbed about the resurgence of silicone injections. It should not, in my opinion, be used in patients.

Thanks for your question -
Silicone injections are not FDA approved and represent a potentially dangerous technique for lip augmentation.
I have had several patients who have come to our office for correction of free silicone injections. This technique can lead to swelling, pain and chronic inflammation long term.

I hope this helps.

Silicone injections should not be used for injection into the lips. The variable safety profile of silicone underscores the need to exercise caution with the injection of silicone and its inherent treatment after injection.In my office, I have personally seen dozens of patients with poor results and facial deformities caused directly by the injection of silicone into the facial anatomic units, including the lips, eyelids, nose, cheeks, and jawline. These patients require extensive non-invasive and surgical procedures to minimize the inflammatory component associated with silicone injections.As a national referral center for silicone injections, I would caution patients from undergoing silicone injections to the face.