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Can Silicone Breast Shots Make Breasts Dense?
asked 6 months ago by parisgirl1948 in Park Ridge Illinois
Latest answer by Wendell Perry, MD
Question viewed 437 times
Tags: breasts
I was 17, and this "doctor" was giving these silicone shots in a hotel and my girlfriends and I went and had the shots done.Since then my mammograms have shown my breasts to be very dense, and they are cystic I'm told. How do I know if they are 'cystic' or otherwise? Is silcone removal in the breast very difficult? What is the the safest option?
13 answers to Can Silicone Breast Shots Make Breasts Dense?
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Silicone injections to the breast
Whenever silicone is placed in the body the body will react to the silicone and make scar tissue. This happens around breast implants with augmentations around rhinoplasty is where silicone implants are used and joint replacements were silicone is used.
When you inject the free silicone gel it creates a massive scar response. It varies by person as to how bad the response is. It's very difficult to remove the silicone and the only way to do it is to cherry pick different incisions...
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Breast Silicone Injections
As you have read from many of the posts, injection of free silicone into the breast can create a number of problems that can be difficult to treat. The presence of "cystic" changes on your mammogram may or may not be related to the injected silicone. If you are not having other symptoms of infection or painful lumps in your breast, you probably do not need to try to remove the silicone, which could be impossible to do without having to remove most or all of your breast...
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Donald Griffin, MD
Nashville Plastic Surgeon
Nashville Plastic Surgeon
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Can Silicone Breast Shots Make Breasts Dense?Answer:
The short answer is yes, those shots can cause a huge problem in the cancer screening of your breasts. The long, sad answer is a 17 year old getting silicone injections in a hotel room. No ethical person would have done this to you and silicone injections are an absolute disaster. Seek out a Certified Plastic Surgeon and see what you may need in the future. And please warn all women that you can to beware...
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Breast silicone injections
Free silicone injections into the breast should not be done. Going to someone in a hotel for this should have raised "red flags."
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Silicone injection to the Breast
Silicone should not be directly injected into the breast (or the face). After it is, it penetrates into the breast tissue and the only way to remove it is through removal of the breast tissue. I saw a patient with this years ago, and she was having intermittent flares of inflammation and infection, necessitating partial breast removal. If enough tissue is removed, reconstruction would be necessary.
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Can Silicone Breast Shots Make Breasts Dense?
I'm very sorry for you. A very bad judgement choice with very little correction available. Seek some opinions in person but there really is no treatment.
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Silicone breast injections are a hazard
Silicone breast injections are very hazardous to the breast as the silicone forms cysts which are impossible to remove short of mastectomy. It can be impossible to find breast lump on examination and the silicone cysts and calcifications can make the mammogram difficult to interpret. What was done to you at age 17 was not only unethical, but a criminal act as well. Your best option is a relationship with a local breast center where they can help you with consistent breast examination and...
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Peter E. Johnson, MD
Chicago Plastic Surgeon
Chicago Plastic Surgeon
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Silicone Breast Injections
Unfortunately, in your situation, the shots you received will be al life long problem. Injected silicone is not easily removed. For patients not familiar with this issue, this patient is talking about silicone injected right into her breasts. This is completely different than silicone implants and should not be confused as such. So, for anyone reading this, please do not have silicone injected into any part of your body - especially in a hotel room.
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Silicone mastopathy
I am so sorry this was done to you as it has created a huge potential problem. Removal will require surgery and if you are fortunate that it is all in one area, only that area needs to be removed but this might create some dents and contour problems. Unfortunately, I have seen several patients in my days at the university who had this done in the Phillipines and needed total mastectomies and reconstruction to get rid of all the silicone that was masking the ability to detect...
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Free silicone breast injections
First, any physician who performs a procedure on a 17 year old without parental consent could lose his medical license. Since you put "doctor" in parentheses, it is unclear whether you had a procedure at the hands of an unlicensed individual. If so, he could be subject to criminal prosecution. The FDA outlawed the use of silicone injections many years ago for good reason. It is unsafe and can cause serious, long term sequelae including migration of the silicone. You need to see a board...
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Silicone injections for breast enlargement
Silicone should never be injected directly into the breast tissue.
Lumps and masses can result and make reading mammograms difficult.
When the silicone can be seen on Mammogram it can be removed surgically.
Your dense and cystic breasrs may be unrelated to the silicone injections.
It would be best to get an MRI test and review it with a olastic surgeon
Stephen R. Colen, DDS, MD
New York Plastic Surgeon
New York Plastic Surgeon
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Silicone Breast "Shots"
Thank you for the question.
Yes free silicone injection can make the breast dense, firm, and potentially confuse the physical exam and/or radiographic diagnosis of breast cancer. Unfortunately, it may also involve the lymph nodes.
I'm sorry to hear about your experience; unfortunately, it is a difficult problem to remedy.
The best option is a visit with several well experienced board-certified plastic surgeons to see if the silicone is well localized enough...
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Silicone breast injections
I'm sorry to tell you but that was a very bad thing you did. Silicone injections were originally done in Japan in the '30s. There is nothing good about them and generally leads to problems at some point. There is not any easy way to get it out. Individual lumps might be able to be drained with a needle. You might need antibiotics if they become red. The person who did this should be reported to the authorities. Use your social media skills to get the word out. Put this guy out of...
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