TOPIC: Total removal of PMMA....

Yes I mean inflamed / swollen.

There isn\'t a hard bump or pain.

I\'m trying cortisone cream to help with the swelling plus taking curminin.

It was overly abused prior to the inflammation... however in the past when I\'ve overused it, it cleared up with ibuprofen and within 48 hours... this has been going on for a few weeks now.

Obviously keep trying to get this resolved, but please don\'t be scared.

Think about it logically. The main issue with PMMA, is not what it does to you physically, but mentally. For example, no one seems in the least bit worried about the physical health of the woman in the post you linked. The reason she wants/needs it removed is due to the mental trauma of walking around with a disfigured face on show all the time. It must be awful for her. But is the same really true for you?

You are basically panicking because you have some swelling. But what do you think is going to happen due to this? You\'ve had it on and off since one month post op, so it doesn\'t appear to be the beginning of a greater inflammation. You aren\'t going to die. You aren\'t going to lose your penis. In fact how is this really effecting you, other than making you worry for reasons you aren\'t really sure of?

I\'m not trying to trivialize things, as I know all to well about the mental trauma when one\'s penis health is of concern, but just want you to put things into perspective.

It would be better not to have these issues of course, but in the grand scheme of health problems, this is fairly minor. Try and keep that in mind and it might help you not worry so much.

Thanks for the wisdom hoodle.

The mental aspects of this are killing me, your right. I feel trapped ... scared and worried to the point of voimiting.

I have a call into Dr. C ... still waiting to talk to him and Wade to see if there is anything they recommend.

I had to take work off yesterday due to my panic, today I was able to get a 1/2 day in before I read more PMMA horror stories and went crazy, and had to leave for the day.

Dark

Swelling seems to have done using Benedryl

Girlfriend recommended it... and 30 mins later he went from the pic in my previous post to this, less swollen, Hanging down and feeling better. See picture below.

Still not close to 100%, but its the best I\'ve felt in weeks.

Dr C and Wade stayed way after closing time to call me and talk me off a cliff. I kept intrupting Dr C with my concerns, and he took it well and professionally. I can\'t say enough about those 2 guys ... best table side manner I\'ve ever experienced.

Anywho ... Dr C was going to send me a script for a Cortizone shot I could bring to my Doctor Thursday ... however if I continue to have this response to Benedryl, I might not need it.

I\'ll post an update tomorrow...

Dark

30 mins later, even more reduction in inflammation.

I think any Person w/ PMMA who is having inflammation issues like mine should consider this elementary OTC treatment of Benedryl.

Darkstaff,
That is great! So this means it was an allergic reaction to the PMMA? If so, I wonder how that came about, i.e. where or when could you have been previously exposed to this substance or something materially similar? I guess one can develop an allergy to just about anything though , except epinephrine of course.

hey Dark...Your penis seems to be improving in each picture...Good let\'s hear it for Benadryl!

Benedryl still seems to be having so sort of anti-inflammation effect.

Definitely not 100%, but continue to have improvement

Hi Darkstaff-how did your doctor\'s appt. go? What did he have to say about the PMMA?

Hi

Went to my regular doctor Wednesday with the verbal prescript from Dr C for a 20 unit Kenalog-40 shot.

My doctor had no idea what PMMA was, and refused to do the shot.

So I went to a Dermatologist today (In agony yesterday, running around my house trying not to go crazy I started calling anyone that might be able to help me quick) ... setup a appointment with Austin Dermatology today ... when I told him that I had PMMA in my penis, he seemed nervous to deal with me anymore... Told me I had to go see someone else that specialized in this .. and recommended a Urologist, and then he told me of a horror story of one of his patients who got PMMA in the face and had trouble for years... that definitely did NOT help my anxiety level. He looked and my penis and said some side comment that a majority of it was at the base and perhaps I should consider get it removed before it migrates. He also refused to give me a Kenalog shot -- but as to not leave me empty handed for wasted 3 hours of my life, he wrote me a prescription for dandruff and skin cream... (he looked at me and was like, you know what you could use ... here) ... I was like WTF, my Dick is on fire and your handing me a dandruff script?!?

So tomorrow I have a meeting with a Urologist... I was in so much pain this afternoon I tried to get it moved to today... but they had no capacity, but they did move it to 9am ... so only a few hours off.

I\'m going to BEG for him to do something. I didn\'t go to work again today because it felt like someone was trying to pull my penis off. And I don\'t want to be pushed out the door as a problem case that nobody wants to deal with...

I wrote Dr C and Wade that if I can\'t get help I\'m going to fly down to TJ as soon as possible to get them to help me... I wish I lived in San Diego ;(

Hopefully I\'ll have better news to report tomorrow...

Dark

Sorry you had a rough day. Earlier, you had said that it was painless-when did it start hurting?

Dark staff, I\'m in no way a Doctor, but have you considered a short course of prednisone?
Proabaly easier attainable then Kenalog right now. Maybe see what Doctor C has to say about it.
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Hi

Good news is that I found an amazing Urologist in Austin thanks to Uncle.

I got a Kenalog shot on Friday, in my butt ... as opposed to having it directly into the penis.

Swelling is definitely down, actually its weird, my penis hangs now... like never before. It\'s like all the swelling that added to girth is no gone and hes much longer...

Also my balls seem to hang like cannonballs.

The Kenalog shot has my racing at night and pissing every hour or so ... hopefully that will go away soon.

Dark

Woke up today with swelling, and pain at base of the penis.. felt like someone was trying to pull it off again ... then over an hour Urethra started burning... that\'s the one pain that drives me crazy burning Urethra!...

On Friday I only received 1cc or 40mg of Kenalog last week, could it be wearing off already?

The entire penis seems to be swollen, not just on right hand side... so I\'m worried that maybe I am allergic to PMMA ... ?? I know dermatologists do an allergy test before injecting ... I guess this is why?

If I was, wouldn\'t the allergy show up immediately? Or can someone develop an allergy overtime?

This whole thing started because I beat him up masturbating really bad about a month ago... maybe hes still recovering.

Just spent an hour in the hot tub trying to relax and feel better... I\'ve been living in the hot tub for the last week or so ... seriously spending upwards of 4 hours a day in it, as I feel soo much better.

Dark

I am here to warn everyone against Dr Daniel Cassuto and his so called laser techniques for filler induced complications. This is a personal experience meeting him and my friend undergoing treatment.
Firstly this man is an extremely rude arrogant, absolutely horrid evil man!
What he claims to be a safe way of removing permanent fillers and granulomas secondary to all permanent fillers is a complete lie.
He treated my friend who travelled to Milan from London 4 times to see him for the Removal of granulomas secondary to Dermalive injections performed by Dr Yasemin Fatih Amato in Izmir, Turkey 8 years prior (Another doctor to avoid at all costs because she actually lied about what she was injecting telling us it was juvaderm which is Hyaluronic Acid that can last from 6 months to 2 years as it naturally dissolves out of the body. However she used Dermalive which is permanent and contains acrylic particles)

Daniel Cassuto claims that the laser melts the PMMA and is then evacuated out (laser assisted evacuation)
The procedure was absolutely agonising as he inserted large hot laser needles into the granulomas on her face. Apart from these needles leaving large pot holes in the skin, it also killed the skin tissue encapsulated around the foreign body acrylic particles. Which meant that her face got more and more infected.
She was told to take a 10 week course of very strong antibiotics before she went to see him and then another course when she came back as her face was so badly swollen and irritated again causing more health problems. (He gave no after care what so ever, no pain killers, no creams. In fact he didn\'t even respond to emails or phone calls)
The evacuation of the PMMA was done by Daniel Cassuto manually squeezing the area so harshly after the tissue damage was done with the laser, causing bruising and burst blood vessels.
She then had to go home and squeeze her own face for a week. He claims that it is infected gel, acrylic and pus that is squeezed out but really all it was, was the clear body fluid coming out.
Eventually she had to have an emergency operation in the UK to cut her face open to remove the dead tissue that was eating away at her beautiful face. If this was left any longer her face would have rotted away because of the laser burning and killing the skin tissues.
I believe this man is dangerous and purely after your money.
I wished there was a less drastic way to remove these permanent fillers from out of the face or body apart from surgical excision but really right now there isn\'t.
The most important thing for anyone out there that have these types of fillers is to avoid infections. If you have it in your face then getting your teeth and gums checked regularly is important because this is how the infection can spread to the face. Our bodies have a natural defense system that protects us from infection which is how the granulomas are formed. ( The skin is rejecting the foreign body) Like an infected spot that needs to come out.
The first sign of a little granuloma anywhere on your face or body, you must seek help to get them removed before they get bigger and bigger causing deformities....
My friend, God bless her, has only just had the surgical excision operation done so only time will tell how the scars on her face will heal and she still needs to under go another operation to get the remaining granulomas out....

Peace and love to all - God Bless