Silicone breast implants and illness

I would suggest that you talk with other women who have been in your shoes, rather than to accept the answers of these plastic surgeons as the only credible answer. There are other answers from other experts that can help you. The symptoms that many women have experienced after having breast implants include excessive fatigue, pain, numbness and tingling in extremities, vision disturbances, cognitive decline and memory problems, inability to concentrate, flu-like symptoms, and more. These symptoms are stated on the inserts from the manufacturers of breast implants and also have been reported by women with breast implants to the FDA under their MedWatch program. There are several support groups on Yahoo and the Internet designed specifically to address the concerns you have as related to your health after having breast implants. The proof that we have is in the healing that we experience after the implants are removed. I am one such woman, who became sick after having implants, and got better by removing them. I found that the plastic surgeons I consulted were not the ones to help in this situation, as they remain unable to address our concerns appropriately. Other women who have walked in your shoes are a real source of help, so keep looking! You will find the right answers if you look in the right places! Many women do experience a return of health when implants are removed, and that is the bottom line for you.

There are many symptoms of silicone poisening, but you see, the silicone manufactured for implants are made up of some 38 or so chemicals, all known neuro-toxins from what I understand. Here is a list: 1)Methyl EthylKetone 2)Cyclobexanone 3)Isopropyl Alcohol 4)Denatured Alcohol 5)Acetone 6)Urethane 7)Poly vinyl Chloride 8)Lacquer Thinner 9)Ethyl Acetate 10)Epoxy Resin 11)Epoxy Hardener 12)Amine 13)Printing Ink 14)Toluene 15)Freon 16)Silica 17)Flux 18)Solder ]19)Chlorplatinic Acid 20)Metal Cleaning Acid 21)Formaldehyde 22)Talcum Powder 23)Color Pigmentation (Printers Ink) 24)Oakite 25)Cyanoacyrylates 26)Ethylene Oxide 27)Carob Black 28)Xylene 29)Hexone 30)Benzene 31)Hexanone 2 32)Thixon-OSN-2 33)Rubber 34)Acid Stearic 35)Zinc Oxide 36)Naptha 37)Phenol 38)Methylene Chloride 39)Platinum Salt It is not the same as the silicone in nature...Not after processing it with all those chemicals. I dont know why they say it is safe. Number 10 and 11 are epoxy and epoxy hardner, and when you read how that is made, they use bisphenol A to make those, and that is very toxic ! In many people, it causes Multiple Chemical Sensitivities that lead to digestive problems, rashes, headaches, neurological things like numbness and tingeling in your limbs, and it can even distupt the whole endocrin system. I read that on the FDA site under immunotoxicology in the medical implant section for breast implants, and heart implants, etc.... You know,our bodies already take so many hits from all the chemicals in the environment, our foods are modified,hormoned, radiated, and the drinking water full of things that dont belong.... Add genetics in the play, and you can have some serious trouble brewing. Get all the education you can find on the subject and talk to many people with same like experience, and learn it all. You will know.......

I have breast implants and have been feeling sick .I have the saline only 3 years and already 2 sets.

Unusual skin reaction to silicone content in breast implants. Marcusson JA, Bjarnason B. Department of Dermatology, Huddinge University Hospital, Sweden. We present a patient who had a long history of unsuccessful bilateral mammary operations with insertion and extraction of various implants, some of which were filled with silicone gel, others with saline. In addition to complications in the tissue surrounding the prosthesis, she had distant widespread skin lesions which, we believe, were due to leakage from the implant. A cutaneous test with material from various implants, such as the gel content and the shells, caused an unusually prolonged inflammatory response, which was difficult to classify as being either irritative or allergic. Macromorphologically and histologically, the provoked lesions resembled the previous cutaneous lesions. We believe that the patient's complications are due to an unusual host response to silicone. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10228633? Doctors, Can you explain the relationship of silicone and the response this person had so we understand how silicone is safe, inert, and causes no reactions ? Thank you in advance

I had bilat. masectomies in 1991 with reconstruction in 1992, at the beginning of the reformerendom of the silicone gel implants. I did recieve the implants and became ill throughout many years without knowing what was going on. Then in 2004 a cardiothoriac surgeon removed a lump 4CM from the internal mammary lymph nodes, positive for silicone. Then in 2007, another lump under my arm next to the chest wall on the left side 2CM and positive for silicone, only seen with a CT scan. The ct showed alot of snowy substance in the lungs and lymph nodes. During this time I was sick all the time with lung issues and many other immune problems, now on 2 or 3 years. I had reconstructive surgery again to remove the implants, which had been leaking for a long time for doctor said. This surgery was very extensive because they did a T-Flap. The recovery went bad. To summarize, I had 13 surgeries in a 4 month period and was hospitalize for 4 months for wound care of the abdomen. I'm still recovering after 3 more surgeries since 12-04-09. My body rejected the implants once they were leaking. So, yes there is silicone poisoning, but I know there has to be symptoms for this. I wouldn't want anyone to go through this, as I did. What are the problems with silicone implants?

Why are there no long term studies on women who have had implant RUPTURE?

I am very concerned about the safety of silicone breast implants. No LONG-TERM studies have been done on women who have had silicone implant RUPTURE. What happens to a woman who has had a rupture ten years later or when she is 50 years old or even older? What is her life expectancy? I only have a sample of two women who had ruptures in their 20s and 30s and two out of two are VERY sick. One has Undifferentiated Connective Tissue Disease (originally diagnosed as Fibromyalgia) and the other has Hashimoto’s Disease (an autoimmune disease that attacks the thyroid) as well as severe life threatening allergies. Many young women are putting these devices into their bodies. Millions of women have them and they WILL rupture. Getting an MRI every two years as is stated in the manufacturer’s patient instructions will not solve the problem. (If silicone is so safe whey does the manufacturer even require this?) When I got sick, I got an MRI a year latter and then immediately had my implants removed. I got better after removing them, but over the next 10 years I got sicker and sicker. Please help protect the millions of women with silicone implants as well as their children, husbands and friends from the devastation of long-term illness. Please demand that long-term studies IMMEDIATELY be done on older women with earlier implant RUPTURES. This can be done from current medical records there is no need to wait another 10 or 20 years for this study to be completed.

I wonder what happened to my comment about my illness. One was deleted for some reason.

I had two comments. One is missing as far as I can tell.

Hello Sharon , Yes ! There is a multitude of Posts missing . You need to put them back on so everybody interested in getting implants can see what what kind of a horror story they are in for . I printed out all the comments of the women that are so ill from saline and silicone implants .. THere are about 93 posts missing .. You need to put those back on . Thank you !