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Scott E. Kasden, MD answers: Do leaking silicone implants cause problems in your joints?

My silicone implants are leeking and I'm having a lot of problems with my joints (knees, shoulders, ankles, hips). I was told it was from the silicone going thru my body.


Scott E. Kasden, MD
10 months ago
By Scott E. Kasden, MD - Dallas Plastic Surgeon

No scientific evidence to support this or link silicone to any autoimmune disease, cancer, chronic fatigue.

That said, I have removed silicone implants from patients in the past (only one or two in 18 years), and they have reported improvements in aches and pains, fatigue, etc.  Is this placebo effect or something else, I could not say.

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