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I have a large series of patients in whom I have removed silicone from the lips. I do not advise treatment with liquid silicone. Raffy Karamanoukian Los Angeles
Silikon 1000 is make for a single medical purpose. It keeps people with complex retinal detachment from going blind. The dense clear liquid is used to fill the eye after the vitreo-retinal surgeon has laid flat a complex retinal detachment. Doctors misappropriate this product for use as a facial filler. It is not FDA approved for this use. While in general the FDA tolerates off-label use of products, this is one product that is considered so harmful when used in an off-label fashion that the FDA has threatened several doctors with prosecution for using this liquid silicone product. It is not meant to be used as a filler and it is absolutely not safe for this purpose. It saves people from going blind but was never meant to be a filler for the face.
Silikon 1000 is approved on-label for retinal detachment in the eye. However, it can be used off-label for facial filling. In the hands of an expert injector with experience and proper technique, it is an excellent facial filler as it gives precise, permanent and natural-appearing results. We use it for aging rhytes of the face, acne scars, volume loss, facial lipoatrophy, surgical scars, aging hands, and aging lines in the neck. I have injected several hundred patients and my mentor and father has injected thousands of patients over 40 plus years. Neither one of us has ever had a patient have any serious complications or who developed granulomas.
X rays are not the first line diagnostic test for patients with silicone injections. Our office specializes in silicone removal from the face and body. An examination is usually the first step in identifying silicone that can be removed. Raffy Karamanoukian MD FACS
There may be immediate swelling after injection of silicone and longterm swelling that may be permanent. Early treatment of swelling is important with silicone injections. Our office specializes in the removal of silicone from the soft tissue of the face and body. Raffy Karamanoukian MD FACS
Regards, Liquid silicone is unsafe, please do not use it ever. The autoimmune response could be triggered by this substance, if you look around on the Internet, you will find patients that have a lot of problems with this product. The use for lips and other areas is off label...