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RE: URGENT : Ideas Wanted


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  • Subject: RE: URGENT : Ideas Wanted
  • From: "Paul Gordon" <paul_gordon@xxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2001 19:20:15 -0000
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>
>(re implantation)
>
>Another thing to consider with the implantation route is the rejection
rate
>(body rejecting the implant). I'm into body modification (mainly just
>tattoos and occasional piercings) but know that some guys who have had
>cosmetic implants of surgical steel balls etc, have had them pushed out
of
>the body within a week or so. I had one near to surface piercing which
was
>done with a thin PTFE type stick to minimise the rejection
possibilities,
>but it was most of the way out within about 2 months.
>
>Just a thought!
>
>

I was under the impression that "proper" surgical implants were
made of
materials that are not rejected by the body? (any body!)

After all, such surical procedures are so commonplace nowadays, and it is
never even mentioned as an issue...

Anyone got a medical degree?

Paul G.

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