In 2008 I had saline implants placed. A year after I had them placed I had pains under my breasts. Now a burning sensation around my ribcage and new onset arthritis in my thorasic area (I’m 32). My eosinophils and monocytes keep jumping, developed a severe reaction to diflucan (SJS) , my ANA is 1:1280, raynauds, bounding pulse, low grade fevers. No one can figure out what’s wrong. My labs don’t quite equate lupus or RA. If this is caused by my breast implants, what tests would rule this out?
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Answer: Breast Implant Illness is a hot topic in plastic surgery
Under any circumstances. Perhaps if your breast is harder and more ball shaped, you have a contracture that is pulling your tissue in and allowing the excess to hang over the top. If your breast shape is changing, your surgeon should easily be able to tell you what is causing it after an exam.
The short answer: if it ain't broke, don't fix it.The newer generation silicone implants are manufactured with cohesive gel, which stays together better than the old fashioned first generation silicone implants did. The reasons many patients still get implants exchanged around 10-15 years after...
You are still very early in the healing process and what you are seeing now is not your final results yet. It usually takes 4-6 months post op for your body to fully recover and only by then will you be able to conclude your results. It would be at this time when you can decide whether to have...