[Reflections on the use of fluid dimethylpolysiloxan in plastic surgery of the head and neck]

The authors present retrospectively results and complications of 47 treatments with fluid dimethylpolysiloxane (silicone). The injections were not administered in the author's surgical department. The history of fluid silicone, its tissue reactions and the aesthetic results obtained are described. Different types of complications and their management are discussed. According to the authors' experience fluid dimethylpolysiloxane has not proved to be a proper material for plastic reconstructive and aesthetic treatment in the head and neck region.