Today I've read twice that no matter the material, as long as it is under a certain size your macrophages should be able to swallow it up and get rid of it, rendering the procedure non permanent.
Is this true? Can your body really swallow up anything under a certain size (even accrylic beads) and get rid of it? If so, do you think a tiny beaded version of PMMA could provide permanent size without the risk of keeping the accrylic beads?
I would guess that the only thing <80 micron PMMA would do is provide temporary girth. Since it seems walling off with collagen only happens when macrophages can't swallow/remove the beads. But maybe not? What do you vets think about this?
My 'evidence':
One doctor on RealSelf (responding to a patient complaining of PMMA lumps): 'This is a very difficult problem and is probably due to the variability in particle size of precise. Anything less than 80 microns can be gobbled up (phagocytized) by macrophages in your immune system. So in this case, your body is attempting to attack and wall off the particles.'
Then a (non medical doctor) who answers emails for one of the injectable filler doctors here told me: 'There are forms of PMMA with a partial size small enough for macrophages, so non-permanent biostimulators too.'
Is this true? Can your body really swallow up anything under a certain size (even accrylic beads) and get rid of it? If so, do you think a tiny beaded version of PMMA could provide permanent size without the risk of keeping the accrylic beads?
I would guess that the only thing <80 micron PMMA would do is provide temporary girth. Since it seems walling off with collagen only happens when macrophages can't swallow/remove the beads. But maybe not? What do you vets think about this?
My 'evidence':
One doctor on RealSelf (responding to a patient complaining of PMMA lumps): 'This is a very difficult problem and is probably due to the variability in particle size of precise. Anything less than 80 microns can be gobbled up (phagocytized) by macrophages in your immune system. So in this case, your body is attempting to attack and wall off the particles.'
Then a (non medical doctor) who answers emails for one of the injectable filler doctors here told me: 'There are forms of PMMA with a partial size small enough for macrophages, so non-permanent biostimulators too.'
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