New to forum... Introductions... and questions
Hi,
I am an IT guy in the Atlanta area. I have wanted magnetic finger implants since I first heard about them. I recently reconnected with a college friend who, it turns out, is an anesthesiologist. He's willing to implant them for me.
So I ordered the magnets... part number VP782-3-150 at VP Scientific
I just got them today and... wow, they are small.
My friend intends to inject them into my fingers. He wants to tourniquet off the hand so it doesn't bleed, and then inject them. We want to do one in each finger.
His concern is that they are not gold plated. He thinks that the best way to make sure your body doesn't reject it is to gold plate it. He had this idea of going to Dahlonega, GA and getting gold, and coating them myself. I told him that people on this site were getting these parylene-coated ones, and making a silicone mold around them and then injecting them.
So here are my questions... Should I return these and get something gold-plated? He recommended something like this, http://www.first4magnets.com/magnetic-therapy-magnets-t157,but I'd have to find a US version (this company is in the UK). Should I just gold plate them myself?
Does anyone have any information about creating the mold around the parylene-coated ones?
I've looked at the Implant stories thread and there are lots of stories about them being rejected. I really don't want that to happen. So I would like to hear people's thoughts. Cost really isn't an object. I thought I would have to go to a hand surgeon and get general anesthesia, and I even called one, but he said he wouldn't implant them since they are not FDA approved (a nice way of telling me I'm crazy...)
I am asking for any sort of feedback from people who have done this before. This is such a niche-market. I just want it to work the first time and never have to worry about it ever again.
I am an IT guy in the Atlanta area. I have wanted magnetic finger implants since I first heard about them. I recently reconnected with a college friend who, it turns out, is an anesthesiologist. He's willing to implant them for me.
So I ordered the magnets... part number VP782-3-150 at VP Scientific
I just got them today and... wow, they are small.
My friend intends to inject them into my fingers. He wants to tourniquet off the hand so it doesn't bleed, and then inject them. We want to do one in each finger.
His concern is that they are not gold plated. He thinks that the best way to make sure your body doesn't reject it is to gold plate it. He had this idea of going to Dahlonega, GA and getting gold, and coating them myself. I told him that people on this site were getting these parylene-coated ones, and making a silicone mold around them and then injecting them.
So here are my questions... Should I return these and get something gold-plated? He recommended something like this, http://www.first4magnets.com/magnetic-therapy-magnets-t157,but I'd have to find a US version (this company is in the UK). Should I just gold plate them myself?
Does anyone have any information about creating the mold around the parylene-coated ones?
I've looked at the Implant stories thread and there are lots of stories about them being rejected. I really don't want that to happen. So I would like to hear people's thoughts. Cost really isn't an object. I thought I would have to go to a hand surgeon and get general anesthesia, and I even called one, but he said he wouldn't implant them since they are not FDA approved (a nice way of telling me I'm crazy...)
I am asking for any sort of feedback from people who have done this before. This is such a niche-market. I just want it to work the first time and never have to worry about it ever again.
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I have two m31s myself, in my middle and ring fingers of my left hand and am quite happy with them.
If you go with gold, paralyne, or silicon injecting them probably is not the greatest idea, since those materials scratch fairly easily.
Whatever route you go, I hope you love your magnets.
After two days I replaced the bandaids. After four days I replaced the steristrips and the bandaids. After a week I took off the steristrips, and am now just using bandaids. The thumb is a little sore still, but it should be O.K.
As singlerider pointed out – nothing. I can’t lift even a paperclip. I can feel pain when near magnetic fields and that’s all.
The types of magnets made specifically for lifting are the larger cylinders which typically fit along the side of the hands, as they're too large for most finger pads. There's the m63 in the works for this specific purpose, as well as some others that have been historically used before. Though, not being able to get a paperclip does sound a bit surprising. Can you get a partial lift? How deep are they placed? Depth can have a huge impact on this.
There's all sorts of stuff that's magnetic that I knew was magnetic but it never registered to my consciousness: My name tag at work, the case for my Nexus 7, the book demagnetizer at the library... I'm finding new stuff all the time.
FWIW drugs are illegal in the airport in Amsterdam. I found out the hard way. Not sure what the ramifications are in the long run, I just got written up by the customs official, and my mushrooms were confiscated.
I would try to avoid an MRI if you get the implants.
I've found the medical profession in general to be open to them, I got a biopsy at a dermatologist. I told him I had implants. He didn't ask for details, just gave me a prescription for antibiotics. I got the antibiotics, we did the surgery and it was a done deal. My dad has an artificial hip. A movable joint is way more problematic than a small magnet, but people do it.
The blood pressure monitor I used as a tourniquet was not solely to cut off circulation to my arm/hand, but mainly to prevent the local anesthetic from going to my heart. How you do it is up to you but I would recommend not doing it to yourself.