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Title: Silicone faial implants covered in gore-tex
Post by: earl25 on June 05, 2013, 04:12:59 PM

does anyone know anything about these in terms of infection rates? Ive heard Gore-Tex implants aren't good.
 I've heard Dr. Y started using them for custom cases.

http://www.implantech.com/products/facial-implants/eptfe-implants-and-sheeting/eptfe-composite-facial-implants

Title: Re: Silicone faial implants covered in gore-tex
Post by: stupidjaws on June 05, 2013, 04:15:03 PM

only use medpor if you really want implants.

i don't like implants, any of them.

Title: Re: Silicone faial implants covered in gore-tex
Post by: earl25 on June 12, 2013, 07:34:20 PM

Quote from: stupidjaws on June 05, 2013, 04:15:03 PM

only use medpor if you really want implants.

i don't like implants, any of them.

Why? if you get infected with medpor your screwd

Title: Re: Silicone faial implants covered in gore-tex
Post by: Lazlo on June 28, 2013, 05:51:49 PM

implants are a terrible idea... go for bone grafting

Title: Re: Silicone faial implants covered in gore-tex
Post by: earl25 on July 21, 2013, 07:05:22 AM

any more thoughts?

Title: Re: Silicone faial implants covered in gore-tex
Post by: Tiny on July 21, 2013, 03:42:30 PM

The main pro of silicon (vs medpor) is that it's easy to remove and you don't get a significant scar capsule.  I consulted 3 docs before my chin implant and they all used silicon and wouldn't touch medpor as tissue grows into it and it's really hard to remove.  However medpor looks aesthetically better in some places eg. jaw angles

If gore-tex would make a silicone implant form more of a capsule or make it trickier to remove then I don't see the point tbh.  What are the advantages of a PTFE coating?

Title: Re: Silicone faial implants covered in gore-tex
Post by: earl25 on July 26, 2013, 09:41:34 AM

you would get a little ingrowth (not like porex that has full ingrowth) but at the same time can be removed somewhat easily