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Silicone Breast Implants on Women with Autoimmune Disorders?
Silicone breast implants do not cause a woman to be more likely to develop an autoimmune disease any more than a woman without implants. However, why does the Mentor say on their website, "Precautions: Safety and effectiveness have not been established in patients with the following: autoimmune diseases (for example, lupus and scleroderma)". So, can silicone implants make an existing autoimmune disease worse? I have Hashimoto's which shows as hypothyroidism. Does that mean I should not get breast implants? I can't find any article on the web at all addressing women getting silicone implants who already have an autoimmune disease. Thanks!
Asked 29 months ago by
mykidsrock in Texas
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The data available indicate that the silicone implants should not aggravate your condiiton. However, if you find this hard to believe or have lingering questions or anxiety, I would recommend that you defer the surgeical procedure.
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Automimmune disease and implants
The recent ban of silicone implants from 1992 to about 2007 was because of concern of the potential risk of autoimmune disorders and implants. This has not been supported in the literature and the ban was lifted.
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Silicone gel implants and autoimmune disorders
Statistics are one your side. There does not appear to be any difference in the incidence of autoimmune disorders in women with silicone gel implants and those without implants. That having been said, rhuemtologist colleagues of mine feel that autoimmune disorders may have a variety of triggers (pesticides, etc.) so, in theory, silicone gel implants could trigger a response in the rare case which would not show up statistically. In eighteen years of private practice, I have yet to come...
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