Our experience in the application of so-called fibrin glue in 304 patients submitted to a variety of operations in plastic surgery from January 1981 to May 1982 is presented. The results seem to be much better than without this substance and afford greater comfort for the patient. Addition of factor XIII seems to be unnecessary.

Silicone injection therapy for soft tissue augmentation gives excellent results when the material is applied in small amounts, especially in correcting deep folds on the forehead or in the nasolabial region. Unfortunately, one must sometimes cope with an unpleasant complication, which is not easy to overcome: the formation of a silicone granuloma, the so-called siliconoma. There is still much discussion about the etiology of this. This report surveys the different opinions expressed in the literature and presents my own experiences with the use of liquid silicone.