Talk:Dow Corning

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Reads like an ad, doesn't it? --Scorpios 04:35, 5 October 2006 (UTC)

I agree. How NIH or anyone else can say that implants did not cause major health effects is beyond me. I guess physical proof was all smoke and mirrors.

Hey, the plastic surgeons like it. Today my rheumatologist said, to my comment that plastic surgeons tell women silicone implants are safe, "some plastic surgeons will operate on a turnip". Maybe they also have stock in Dow. I at least added to this article that no studies on the long term rate or effect of rupture have been conducted - with all the Dow funded studies, and with 40+ years that silicone has been on the market, one would think this would have been possible. But only two MRI studies even purport to study "untreated" rupture at 10 years. The study that the plastic surgeon likes to tout has a statement in the body of the paper that points out the results are likely underestimated. Why? The women who removed their implants because of rupture were excluded from the study. Yikes. I can personally tell you what can happen 20+ years after implantation, and 5 years after rupture. Clearly, the plastic surgeons and Dow do not want to hear about this. And the FDA has decided it is "buyer beware".

[edit] Controversy section

I'm removing the following from the controversy section because:

  1. It is not relevant to the Dow Corning article.
  2. ref [3] (the abstract) doesn't support the sentence it is attached to. --Duk 22:19, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

However, there are no studies that predict rupture beyond ten years, and no studies that analyze the long term effects of rupture at 10, 20, or 30 years. [3] Research indicates that most ruptures are "silent", or not noticed by the patient or her doctors. Because of these issues, the FDA has limited augmentation to women 22 years old and older. In approving the newer silicone implants, the FDA also requires that manufacturers tell women that implants do not last a lifetime, and recommends women receive regular, follow-up MRIs to detect rupture. [4]

[edit] Breast implants

Does Dow Corning currently manufacture breast implants? I found some old, possibly outdated, references that say they stopped.

--Duk 22:22, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Silicon / Silicone

The intro paragraph states that Dow manufactures products that use Silicon, a metal. the Wiki page for Silicon even states "Not to be confused with Silicone." Does Dow make anything with silicon, or is this a typo? 131.104.115.99 19:16, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

They make mostly silicones, but also some Silicon products. see[1]--Duk 19:51, 5 October 2007 (UTC)