Link Between Fibromyalgia and Saline Breast Implants?

Auto immune diseases are something that has received a great deal of attention when it comes to breast implants. There has been a significant amount of research trying to document a connection. None has ever been shown. That being said, if you're convinced that your implants are the cause you can have them removed. Just be prepared for no improvement in symptoms, although it may help your peace of mind. I hope this helps.

To marieal, Hi! I have been an implant investigator and the safety of breast implants has been studied for decades. I can assure you that there is no link between implants and auto-immune or any other disease. If you do have fibromyalgia, it is just an unfortunate coincidence. Lots of people without implants get fibromyalgia. The bad stuff you have heard is "junk science", perpetrated by contingency fee lawyers and their hired doctors who have made millions of dollars in... more

After many years of looking at the link between breast implants (saline and silicone), there has been no conclusive evidence of a link between any types of connective tissue disorders and breast implants. I would be very skeptical of any one study from any one individual that contradicts all of this other research. In the scientific arena, it is critical that any important finding be confirmed by repeated studies at other facilities. If this can't be done, then the findings in the original... more

There is absolutely no evidence of any link between saline implants and any autoimmune or connective tissue disease. I believe that you have found the last hold out in Atlanta that still believes that there is a connection.

There have been extensive research efforts to determine the potential link between implants and connective tissue or autoimmune diseases. None has been able to determine a link and that is why the FDA brought out the gel implants a couple of years ago. If you have fibromyalgia, you would have most likely had it regardless of your implants.

Marieal, There are no studies showing any correlation between implants and autoimmune disease or fibromyalgia. This is all a controversy manufactured by trial lawyers fueled by sensationalism in the press. I would invite whatever doctor you talked with to defend his position and back up his facts. While you may have fibromyalgia, it is not due to the implants - it is a just an unfortunate coincidence.

This along with many other claims of causation/association between implants (silicone gel mainly) and various systemic diseases/conditions have been ruled out by years of good scientific studies. The docor who is not making the claims will undoubtedly charge you a lot of money and find something wrong. He may be a professional medmal witness who gets paid a lot of $$$ to do tests and give testimony--even though what he is saying has no basis in science or fact. Having said that, you may... more

Neither saline nor silicone breast implants have been shown to cause fibromyalgia. Breast implants have been one of the most heavily studied medical devices on the market. Extensive studies have been performed, and none have definitively confirmed that breast implants can cause fibromyalgia. Rest assured. It you do have fibromyalgia, it is not related to your breast implants.

Most patients coming to the office for augmentation mammoplasty with fibromyalgia have already been diagnosed with that disorder. Usually they have been evaluated thoroughly by a rheumatologist or primary care physician. Studies have been done that show no link between fibromyalgia or any other connective disorders with breast implants. However, it is important to establish the presence of such a disorder prior to the placement of implants, in order to avoid any confusion postoperatively... more

There is not conclusive evidence linking breast implants to a risk of developing fibromyalgia. There have been extensive studies in the literature on this subject.

There is no direct link that has ever been found between fibromyalgia and breast implants--either silicone or saline. The only relationship is that women of your age commonly get breast implants and also fibromyalgia. There are many women with fibromyalgia without implants.

Hi there, I'm not sure why the physician you saw thinks your saline implants are linked to your fibromyalgia. There has been a great deal of scientific interest in fibromyalgia and implants over the past 30 years, and in none of these well done and well controlled studies has there ever been demonstrated a link between a history of breast augmentation and fibromyalgia. I'm sorry you're having problems, but would not want you to believe they're due to your implants.