29 years old - I want to start my journey towards removing silicone injections from my body. What do I do?

I thank you for your question about removing silicone injections from your body. Unfortunately, you had silicone injected into your buttocks and hips, but there is hope. I believe many of your symptoms (including your anxiety, paranoia, and pain, anxiety paranoia, pain, and swelling in your leg) are indeed related to your silicone injections. The best workout would include an MRI with and without contrast of the buttock, hips, and thighs. Ultrasounds are not as accurate. Please call my office for a virtual consultation, and we can arrange for an MRI to be done in Hamden. Once an MRI has been completed, a surgical plan can be created. If silicone is in the back muscles, namely the gluteus maximus muscle, you may require an incision; otherwise, if the silicone is not in the gluteus maximus muscle. You may be able to remove the silicone with a closed or a suction technique. Please seek an experienced board-certified plastic surgeon.

I specialize in biopolymer and silicone removal and subsequent reconstruction. Since removing biopolymer and silicone is an extensive procedure, please seek an experienced, board-certified plastic surgeon with significant experience in removing silicone from the buttock. Do your research. Make sure they have performed at least 100 biopolymer and silicone removal surgeries and have the before and after pictures to prove it. Carefully examine their before and after photos and check their reviews on RealSelf.  If you cannot find an experienced buttock silicone removal surgeon in your neighborhood, consider traveling out of state if you must.
Sincerely, Dr. Katzen. (“Verified” Plastic Surgeon, President of the American Society of Bariatric Plastic Surgeons, Certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery, Fellow of the International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, American College of Surgery, and International College of Surgery, and ​member of the American Society of Plastic Surgery, American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery and RealSelf Hall of Fame.)

Hi there and thank you for your question! I am really sorry to hear about the pain and symptoms you’re experiencing. Unfortunately, these symptoms are common amongst those who have been injected with silicone/biopolymer. Fortunately, there is hope! The first and best thing you can do is begin scheduling consultations with surgeons who are board certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery (ABPS) and specialize in this highly complex surgery. At the time of your consultation, be sure to go over your symptoms, any questions or concerns, MRI/imaging requests, as well as their technique (I perform surgical excision of the product in a two-stage surgery at my private plastic surgery practice) and review in great detail the proposed surgical plan.
I hope this helps!

Patients frequently report ongoing inflammation and chronic pain syndromes that can result in moving pains throughout the body from the legs down into the ankles and into the abdomen as well. I have several utube videos showing how I pick each piece of foreign material from the areas where they were injected. Removing good tissue with bad can leave dents which have to filled with fat transfer after you have healed from the silicone removal.