TOPIC: PMMA COSTS

Completely agreed with Androgen. And may I also add something...just completely avoid PMMA altogether. Trust me, you\'ll be thanking me 5-10 years from now if you take my advice.

Tulsaguy--your posts are really getting monotonous and tiresome. You keep hijacking threads to inject your own opinions that you present as fact, and that have nothing to do with the topic at hand. It's inappropriate and particularly insensitive to the members that have had the procedure. I think by now members are well aware of the potential problems that PMMA presents, and there are threads that deal specifically with those issues. Try posting there, but if you do, offer something more than 'PMMA will ruin your life!!!'

ripple wrote: Tulsaguy--your posts are really getting monotonous and tiresome.

I could care less what you think. I\'m voicing my opinion. Don\'t like it, don\'t read it. I\'m a registered nurse and I\'ve seen first-hand what PMMA will do when your body starts to reject it, and it\'s not pretty.

What\'s your problem anyway?

Try reading my post again and you\'ll see what my problem is. And I don\'t necessarily believe that you\'re a nurse or that you\'ve seen PMMA problems first-hand, as you were ready to travel half-way around the world to get it done a month ago.

I agree with MM about the unanticipated \"sticker shock\". What I do not agree with is the horrific display of malicious behavior. We are all brothers here and NO method is perfectly safe or efficacious. I\'d like to remind everyone that regardless of what method one chooses, it makes him no less of a family member as far as I\'m concerned. I hope the agitated parties can put their differences behind them and move forward.

It is acceptable to voice concern but I\'m in aggreance with hoddle10. I\'ve had the procedure myself. It\'s been performed for at least 10 years in Brazil. Some will develop an autoimmune reaction but the majority do not. Polymethyl-methacrylate is NOT some toxic, radioactive foreign substance. It\'s been used inside the body for decades with an excellent track record. It\'s specific use for penile augmentation is still relatively new (circa 10 years). Most reported complications were attributed to poor injection technique by improperly trained personnel, non-regulated product, inconsistent particle/micron sized beads, sharp instrumentation in place of blunt cannulas, etc. This is NOT to say it is without risk. If one truly wishes to gain insight into the safety profile of using PMMA in Phalloplasty, it would serve well to learn Portuguese or German as most detailed medical journals are recorded in these languages. Also, the \"Godfather\" of PMMA Dr. Gottfried Lemperle has had PMMA in his nose for over 20 years now with no adverse immune response nor any other ill effect.