TOPIC: Woke up with a a rash allover my face, neck, chest and arms...

I\'ve never had anything like this in my 30 years of life. Obviously, my first thought is, OMG I\'m having an immune reaction from the PMMA or possibly now the dextran or PMMA. It\'s been over 10 hours and it\'s still persistent. I bought some zyrtec type of medicine from the pharmacy. Anyways, it\'s spring time and I live in a new location so maybe it\'s just an allergy that I\'ve never been exposed to before. It just sucks that now every time I get sick from something immune related, my mind starts spinning circles about the PMMA and if it\'s the cause. Hopefully it\'s not.

So has anyone broken out with a hives/rash upon waking up in the morning since getting PMMA but never had skin reactions before PMMA?

Jimmy I feel sorry for you as you have been through so much, travelling, the cost, the anesthetics and now this. I hope things look up for you

jimmyjames wrote: I\'ve never had anything like this in my 30 years of life. Obviously, my first thought is, OMG I\'m having an immune reaction from the PMMA or possibly now the dextran or PMMA. It\'s been over 10 hours and it\'s still persistent. I bought some zyrtec type of medicine from the pharmacy. Anyways, it\'s spring time and I live in a new location so maybe it\'s just an allergy that I\'ve never been exposed to before. It just sucks that now every time I get sick from something immune related, my mind starts spinning circles about the PMMA and if it\'s the cause. Hopefully it\'s not.

So has anyone broken out with a hives/rash upon waking up in the morning since getting PMMA but never had skin reactions before PMMA?

I personally don\'t recall any accounts of a rash breakout post-PMMA. Seek out a medical professional and get to the root of the problem, not only to treat it, but to help put your mind at ease. Although I can\'t say I have rashes, I too live in a new area and my allergies are far more brutal than they were in my previous locale...so you never know (?)

Good luck, and hopefully others can chime in.

It also could be something you ate the night before. It can be as simple as the new laundry detergent you used. Don\'t wait too long, see a Dr. Your liver is working too hard now, so get to the root cause.

I had severe allergic reactions and eczema a few years ago. Avoid alcohol and too much sugar while your body is dealing with rashes. Also a hot shower pointed at the back of your neck should hasten lymph processing.

PMMA has been used for decades and in all the literature I\'ve never read about a single complication that wasn\'t localized to the area of injection.

It cleared up after two days and I\'m back to my normal self. I don\'t think it had to do with the Lipen P but you know how our minds work, we automatically think about what could cause anything immune related and my mind went straight to the PMMA. Spring just started in Korea and there is a lot of pollen plus a lot dust from China currently so it\'s mostly likely the cause. I also ate too much citrus the night before which I read can cause a reaction so maybe that was it. Thanks for the concern though.

I am headed back to see Dr. Cho in two weeks for more Lipen P to work on getting the shape right. Hopefully these will get me where I want to be. I am very interested in the glans procedure but that will be at least 3 months aways since the cost is $3500. When all is said and done, its gonna be around $10,000. What\'s funny and somewhat depressing, is when I first learned about this procedure it was only $1,700 and I thought WOW a bigger Dick for so cheap... Now I\'m investing a car or a down payment on a house into my junk. No turning back now, I\'m going for the glory. It will be worth when it\'s all said and done, or so I hope.