That's fine, I'd rather not go somewhere that's run by a guy who essentially tries to scare people from getting
PMMA. And who is also giving out
PMMA misinformation. Below is a review of a video featuring William Moore,
PhalloFILL's founder. It's a video posted on their website titled, "
Girth Enhancement 101: Understanding the basics with live AMA".
The title sounds like you're going to get a great education on the basics of
Phalloplasty. But instead, the video is more of a worship session of the apparent god filler that is
Hyaluronic Acid. It's main purpose is to prop up
HA in order to increase
PhalloFILL's client base. They are trying to sell the clinic. I get that. The video is on their website. But instead of simply praising and talking about the benefits of
HA vs other permanent or semi-permanent options, Moore takes it to another level by deliberately giving misleading information about other fillers to the public. This doesn't make Moore look good. Your credibility goes down when you start enacting obvious mischaracterizations and implying falsehoods.
Moore says, in regards to
PMMA, "This is basically plexiglass.
PMMA is basically melted down to create plexiglass...it was originally created in the 1930s and it was called 'bone cement'...it's not made to be a
Dermal Filler, it's being used off label as
Dermal Filler in my opinion."
No, it's not "basically plexiglass". That's a horrible, misleading description of today's
PMMA. Moore is intentionally trying to steer his patients away from this filler option which has been proven to be safe in the human body. He fails to mention that it has been FDA approved as a
Dermal Filler. He further describes
PMMA as 'acrylic beads' instead of microspheres.
I think what he meant to say is that
PMMA wasn't created to be a
Dermal Filler. Because obviously it is being made as a
Dermal Filler and it's FDA approved to be one in the face. In his opinion, it's being used "off-label". So in Dr. Moore's opinion, the FDA has approved
Bellafill to be used off-label in the face meaning it has an intended use somewhere else in the body? That's not true. His opinion that's it's being used off-label is simply wrong. Quite a bold opinion. What's ironic is that, to my knowledge, not one
Dermal Filler brand has said that
Phalloplasty is one of their intended uses. Thus, he's using
HA off-label in the penis.
He said, "More times than not, it's not done correctly." I'd like to see him say this Dr.
Casavantes'. Quite the shot taken here and there are several shots taken at Dr. C throughout. So anyone thinking about going to Avanti or Dr.
Rupeka, most likely it won't be done correctly according to Dr. Moore. This is interesting because I'm not sure how many penises he's actually seen from Avanti, Dr.
Rupeka or the other other providers of
PMMA for the penis.
Not once does he mention
PMMA builds your own collagen, thus making it sound like it's the 'plexiglass' or the 'beads' that is giving you all the
Girth.
What's also interesting is that Moore, when describing the different types of fillers to his patients, leaves out
Ellanse as an option.
He says, "There's four (fillers used in the penis), there's
Hyaluronic Acid, liquid silicon,
PMMA, and occasionally we see some
Radiesse but that's all of them."
That's not all of them. Someone only relying on this 101 course would have no idea that
PCL, aka
Ellanse, exists. He also doesn't mention the existence of hybrid fillers.
He didn't list only FDA cleared fillers because he mentions liquid silicon. He mentions silicon isn't FDA cleared and recommends not using it for reasons talked about on this board and elsewhere for years. So the fact that
Ellanse isn't FDA cleared doesn't really make sense when trying to come up with a reason why he didn't mention it.
After he makes
PMMA sound horrible, he then immediately mentions
Radiesse and says, "that is a
Dermal Filler that IS FDA cleared...", implying that
PMMA isn't. But
PMMA is cleared in the face as we know. How can you rely on someone that is giving information out like this? Either he doesn't know
PMMA is FDA cleared or he is purposely hiding that fact.
Moore says, "If you have a complication and something moves with a permanent filler, you have to go through a de-gloving process."
This isn't true. If you want it removed you have to go through with it. But you don't have to remove it. You can fix irregularities in other ways. Moore also gives way too much credit to the reversibility of
HA, saying that you can inject the enzyme and go "right back to the way that you were before you started the procedure". A more accurate explanation would be that this is ideally what happens. But we all know it doesn't always work out that way. It's not like the
HA breaks down perfectly every time.
He again implies
PMMA is not FDA cleared and also acknowledges 30% or 10% mixtures, completely ignoring the use of 20% in the US.
This is obviously an informational video that's designed to serve
PhalloFILL and to not give accurate information on the different types of dermal fillers. Again, I don't blame them for trying to make themselves and
HA look good to a certain extent. I just don't think it's right to take advantage of uneducated clients. This forum should act as a check for these clinics. I personally think they should consider our advice as to how they should approach consumers.
Lastly, no where on their website do they mention the types of
HA they use. I do not get this. It's ironic because in the video they repeatedly emphasize the importance of knowing what you're injecting into your penis. So you'd think that conveying what
HA they're using clearly to potential customers would be of high importance but for some reason it's like a big secret.
PhalloFILL isn't the only office that does this.