“Not worth the risk, really”
Breast implants: NOT worth it
Pain: Uncomfortable
I had my implants in 1995 - All in all has been a good experience. But no one plastic surgeon in the world has the decency and the ethics to inform you that ALL -according to a number of researchs- implants will eventually rupture and will contaminate your body: silicone is not "inert" when it comes to the brain and the liver, and can produce a number of conditions that are irreversible.
I would really like to have them removed but Im frightened that my breasts will look horrible after that. When I got them I was 27, a bit immature and naive, now Im 41 and dont want to risk my precious health just for having a nice "pair of boobs". Very well documented research found that implants produce harmful effects on the body in the long term and should I had all the information by then, I would have never got them... Make your research before gettin implants, investigate about serious research and dont read just the web pages of plastic surgeons.
Jan 26, 2009Comments and replies (4)
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11 Feb 2009
I had the same silicone implants for 31 years. I breast fed 2 babies. I did have to have them replaced this year due to scaring. Other than that they were no trouble for me. If you had your implants in 1995 they were probably saline. Silicone was cleared again by the FDA after 2000. I believe that most of the claims of problems were from people wanting to make money and using junk science to back them. Try not to worry too much about them.
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20 Feb 2009
Hi. I had implants for the first time when I was 26 and had them removed at 31 due to some fibromaygia symptoms I attributed to them. Since then my sister who's never had implants came down with it too, and I found out both my mom and my grandma had symptoms but you just didn't talk about aches and pains then. I was faced with a hard decision to have breast reconstruction or not this year at age 41. The good news is that silicone has come a very long ways in all these years. I got the new gummy bear silicone implants. The great thing about these is that you can cut them in half and the material stays intact and doesn't move around your body...NO more gell bleed !!! I love my implant...I get the other one to match my lost breast next month. I'm not scared of them anymore. I believe they are as safe as they can be now. Before if you were punctured it cold leak into your body...now not so much. So I advise you research a good doctor and get them replaced with the new gummy bear implants. It will give you some peace of mind and those implants are due to be replaced anyway!!! Good luck...I feel ya.
11 posts
20 Feb 2009
The above comment was for the lady who had them for 31 years.