Guest guest Posted October 31, 2006 Report Share Posted October 31, 2006 First of all , don't be scared. The reaction you seem to have had is being reported a little too often lately for my peace of mind as I have been a huge proponent of Bio-Alcamid. I myself had such a problem when the Bio-Alcamid in my forehead was compromised. It became inflamed and appeared to be infected. I was placed on a strong broad spectrum antibiotic and after a few days the redness and inflammation went away. It seems that when the original encapsulation of Bio-Alcamid is disturbed or compromised (pierced or nicked or traumatized by a punch form a boxing glove), we are often seeing redness and inflammation that suggests an infection. The reasons for it are not clear, but in a conversation with Dr. Casavantes, one of the most experienced Md's in the world in the use of Bio-Alcamid, I get the feeling that bacteria might get encapsulated inside the Bio-Alcamid implant when it's originally injected, and so when it's ruptured in any way and the bacteria gets out of it, it begins to infect the surrounding tissues. Dr. Casavantes is is about to publish a retrospective study on this issue in a EU medical journal. If you wish to contact him for input, he can be found at www.facialwasting.net. My conversation with him has also made me feel, that for those of us with Bio-Alcamid in our faces, infections arising from these sort of situations, will be a life long concern, and that before having any sort of surgery close to where Bio-Alcamid is placed, we must be pretreated with a good strong broad spectrum antibiotic. As to the issue of the original implant looking like it has a divot in it, well I lost the implant in my forehead, and will have to have it 'redone'. I am going with PMMA at Dr. Casavantes' office, since PMMA is a vascular implant. That means that blood vessels and fibroblast tissue infiltrates it. and since it has blood flow through it, it is inherently safer from infection then a non-vascular implant like Bio-Alcamid or a large volume of injected silicone oil. Dr. Casavantes also uses the same PMMA as Dr. Sera in Brazil. So, no longer will anyone who wants the the most cost effective and longest in use PMMA implant in the world have to suffer on the beaches of Rio and be forced to look mostly nekid people with perfect bodies, we can drive, if we are close enough to Tijuana and get it there...what a relief! Take heart, it will get better, and it can be fixed. Al Benson Al@... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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