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Adulterated silicone behind granuloma epidemic. (Surgeries Done in Asia).

Publication: Skin & Allergy News

Publication Date: 01-JAN-02

Author: Finn, Robert
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COPYRIGHT 2002 International Medical News Group

GUADALAJARA, MEXICO -- Hundreds of Indonesian patients have developed foreign body granulomas after receiving injections of adulterated silicone from lay practitioners, and the problem is likely to spread to the United States, said Dr. Lawrence M. Field at the 22nd Congress of the International Society for Dermatologic Surgery.

In an attempt to Westernize their features, these mostly female patients had the filler...

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