12 Important Facts About Silicon

Having beautiful breasts, sharp nose, or shank sections through plastic surgery is lucrative. But, not a few who worry about side effects. Consider the following Samba.

1.Apa that silicone?
Silicones are inorganic polymers which vary, from a liquid, gel, rubber, up to a kind of hard plastic. Some special characteristics of silicon: odorless, colorless, water-resistant, and not damaged by chemicals and oxidation resistance in high temperature, and can not conduct electricity. First discovered, is used to make adhesives, lubricants, artificial heart valves, to breast implants.


2.Jenis anything-type silicon that is used for health and beauty?
There are 3 types of silicon that is medically safe:
a. Solid silicon
The shape resembles a rubber eraser. Used for artificial heart valves, replacement testicles, catheters, and artificial joints. In the world of plastic surgery, solid silicone implants are usually used for the nose, chin, and cheeks. In recent years, solid silicone is also used to help people with erection problems, using solid silicone material that can be blown.

b. Silicon-shaped solid silicone gel in the container
Resembling lunkhead, with very good levels of adhesion molecules. Used for breast implants / calf. If split, will not melt or spread, but still follows the shape of the container penyimpannya.

c. Liquid silicone
Silicon liquid form in the medical world, according to dr. Donna V. Istiantoro from Jakarta Eye Center, is used in retina surgery. The retina can be separated from his position due to various factors, which need to be assisted will stick with liquid silicone.


3.Apakah silicone safe for health?
In the world of modern medicine, silicon categorized as the best material to repair parts of the body, because of tissue rejection of the silicon is low.


4.Jika is safe, why do we often hear of cases patients suffered facial damage due to liquid silicone injections?
According to dr. Teddy O.H. Prasetyono of Plastic Surgery Department Faculty of medicine, a plastic surgeon is not justified to the injection of liquid silicone. Usually the injection of liquid silicone to beautify the face performed by nonmedical personnel, he stressed. The fares are relatively cheap (about Rp200.000/suntikan), allegedly the material is silicon industry, which is harmful to health.


5.Apakah injection of liquid silicone can result in death? Reaction of what might happen after the injection?
Injecting liquid silicone does not cause death, but can cause permanent tissue damage. The damage occurred because of liquid silicone injected directly into the body fluid-like properties are generally-will seek low places. Some silicone may be 'assembled' in certain places so as to form lumps.


6.Bagaimana if the shape of the face was already damaged? What is to be repaired again? Can liquid silicone removed in the traditional way, like a massage?
The logic of medicine, which already injected liquid silicone into the body, can not be issued by way of massage. The only way to surgery.


Medical 7.Tindakan what to do to overcome or face reddened skin is damaged after the injection of liquid silicone?
As long as there is no infection, the red-red skin can be treated with anti-inflammatory drug. If the red color on the skin did not go away, doctors usually recommend that patients can only use concealer to cover it.


8.Implan silicon breast any commonly used in breast beautifying surgery?
Judging from the filling material, there are 3 types of breast implants, namely:
a. Implant containing physiological saline (saline / NaCl)
This type of implant usually wrapped in silicone bags, and tends to easily leak or wrinkled. Because only contain water, is relatively less implant can be shaped as desired.
b. Silicone gel implant containing solid
Implant is also wrapped in bags of silicone, but is specially designed to feel soft and flexible so easily shaped as desired.
c. Contains a silicone gel implant cohesive
According to dr. Rod J. Rohrich, chairman of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, this type of implant is the latest type. In the United States, popularly known as gummy bear breast implant. Cohesive gel does not spread like this, even if the packaging bag is leaking / split.


Which part silicone breast 9.Di installed? There are two ways to install the silicone into the breast implants, namely:
a. Behind the breast gland, right in front of the chest muscle.
b. Behind the chest muscles: done for patients who have small breast gland.


10.Benarkah silicone implants can rupture or leak?
Silicone implants have been installed in the breast will only leak if you have severe chest trauma wounds (eg, chest stabbed with sharp objects).


11.Benarkah silicone implants can cause breast cancer?
Thrust of tissue reaction to silicone breast implants, according to Prof. Dr. H. Muchlis Ramli from the Department of Surgical Oncology Faculty of medicine, classified as very low, so far not proven to cause cancer.
Even if there are proven cancer patients after surgery, it is probable that these patients already have a 'talent' cancer.


12.Apakah women can still breastfeed if her breasts diaugmentasi with silicone implants?
The process of breastfeeding still remains to be done, provided the silicone implant placed behind the breast gland. Typically, doctors will recommend that silicone implants inserted through an incision under the crease of the breast, so that in no way interfere with the breast gland.

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