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What Are the Symptoms of Silicone Toxemia?

asked 1 year ago by 1688anon in arnold missouri
Latest answer by Steven Wallach, MD
Question viewed 370 times
Tags: breasts, female, silicone implant

5 answers to What Are the Symptoms of Silicone Toxemia?

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Silicone toxemia

Silicone toxemia sounds like something serious, but it is a made up term by attorneys during the original scar with silicone implants years ago. As you know there was no merit to their claims.
Steven Wallach, MD

Manhattan Plastic Surgeon
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Symptoms of Silicone Toxemia are Machinations of Junk Science

Silicone Toxicity is not a true disease entitiy but one concieved by tort attorneys and backed by weak scientific data. For example, silicone antibodies are known to exist but they have not been linked to any disease causation.
Otto Joseph Placik, MD

Chicago Plastic Surgeon
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"Silicone Toxemia" is a BOGUS Diagnosis

The Element Si, Silicon, is the eighth most common element in the universe by mass and the second most abundant element in the earth's crust (nearly 26%) after oxygen. Silicon is an essential element and plants and animals need tiny traces of it to survive.  Because of its inertness and conductivity in high heat, Silicones are widely used as the principal component of most semiconductor devices, most importantly integrated circuits or microchips (IE Silicon Valley). various... more
Peter A. Aldea, MD

Memphis Plastic Surgeon
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Silicone Toxemia NOT here

As stated by Dr. Pelletiere, there is really no such thing and it took us many years and lots of studies to show this.  Silicone is an inert substance and present in many many things around us, i.e. the under arm spray or roll on you use.......
Farbod Esmailian, MD

Orange County Plastic Surgeon
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NO Silicone Toxemia

As far as the medical community knows, not just in the US, but around the world, there is no such thing as silicone toxemia.  Silica, the elemental particle in silicone, is the second most common mineral in your body, behind sodium.  It is present in everything from foods to hairspray, etc.  It is a completely inert material and should not lead to any sort of systemic toxic effects.
Christopher V. Pelletiere, MD

Barrington Plastic Surgeon

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