Silicone injection
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| Legal risk | High |
Silicone injection is the injection of silicone oil into the body. In a kink context, this is usually into the genitalia. The practice of injecting silicone as a dermal filler started in the 1960s, and has since been banned by the FDA due to numerous reports of dangerous and life threatening complications.[1] Silicone injections can lead to long-term pain, infections, permanent disfigurement, embolism, stroke, and death.[2][3] Unlike with saline injection, silicone injections are permanent.
Background
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Methods
Risks
When silicone is injected into areas with many blood vessels, such as the penis, testicles, or buttocks, silicone can migrate through these vessels and form a blockage, known as an embolism. This can cause an embolic stroke if it blocks blood flow to the brain, or a pulmonary embolism if it blocks blood flow in the lungs. Both conditions are life threatening.[4]
As complications from liquid silicone injection involving embolism are so common, medical literature typically refers to these complications as silicone embolism syndrome. Symptoms include:[5][6]
- Shortness of breath (dyspnea)
- Fever
- Cough
- Discharge of blood or blood-stained mucus from the mouth (hemoptysis)
- Hypoxia
- Bleeding in the lungs (alveolar hemorrhage)
- Altered consciousness
Vision problems have also been observed in some cases.[7]
Risk mitigation
Instead of silicone, saline injection is temporary (lasting for up to several days) and does not have the same serious risks such as embolism.
Known incidents
- https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/penis-silicone-injection-death-sentence/
- In 2018, a fatality was caused by a subcutaneous injection of silicone. It caused a silicone embolism syndrome, resulting in diffuse alveolar hemorrhage and death (https://www.thestranger.com/features/2018/11/05/35073826/death-of-a-kinkster).
References
- ↑ https://www.verywellhealth.com/are-liquid-silicone-injections-safe-2710243
- ↑ https://www.fda.gov/consumers/consumer-updates/fda-warns-against-injectable-silicone-and-dermal-fillers-large-scale-body-contouring-and-enhancement
- ↑ Shamsodini, Ahmad; Al-Ansari, Abdulla A.; Talib, Raidh A.; Alkhafaji, Haidar M.; Shokeir, Ahmed A.; Toth, Csaba (2012-12-01). "Complications of penile augmentation by use of nonmedical industrial silicone". The Journal of Sexual Medicine. 9 (12): 3279–3283. doi:10.1111/j.1743-6109.2011.02563.x. ISSN 1743-6109. PMID 22145947.
- ↑ https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/silicone-embolism
- ↑ Schmid, Andreas; Tzur, Assaf; Leshko, Lidiya; Krieger, Bruce P. (2005-06). "Silicone embolism syndrome: a case report, review of the literature, and comparison with fat embolism syndrome". Chest. 127 (6): 2276–2281. doi:10.1378/chest.127.6.2276. ISSN 0012-3692. PMID 15947350.
{{cite journal}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ↑ Singarajah, Anantha; Wang, Albert; Sayegh, Julie; Vilke, Gary M.; Quenzer, Faith C. (2020-10-20). ""Botched": A Case Report of Silicone Embolism Syndrome After Penile and Scrotal Injection". Clinical Practice and Cases in Emergency Medicine. 4 (4): 595–598. doi:10.5811/cpcem.2020.9.48838. ISSN 2474-252X. PMC 7676808. PMID 33217281.
- ↑ Echegaray, Jose J.; Echegaray, Patricia M.; Townsend-Pico, William (2022-11-01). "Penile Filler Injection Leading to Silicone Embolism Syndrome and Paracentral Acute Middle Maculopathy". Ophthalmic Surgery, Lasers & Imaging Retina. 53 (11): 635–638. doi:10.3928/23258160-20221018-03. ISSN 2325-8179. PMID 36378616.