Left breast leaking silicone. I am having severe pain in left arm and a little of my back on left side.

Hello,

I think most of the admonitions for not removing your implant sooner are more self serving than implications of possible injury due to ruptured silicone gel implants. I've seen women with ruptured implants for untold number of years and possibly decades, some with extra-capsular rupture and leakage as well; they are all well with no medical sequela. It is unlikely your 2 months of arm pain have anything to do with your implants, but if it is, it is more likely something else, like capsular contracture. Please visit a few ABPS certified/ASAPS member surgeons that specialize in revision breast surgery. Best of luck!

I am sorry to hear what you are experiencing. I am just
concerned as to why the ruptured implant was not explanted as soon as it was
diagnosed 7 years ago. I hope there was no communication breakdown between you
and your surgeon. You have to go back to your plastic surgeon and let them know
of what has occurred.

Some clinical signs of ruptured implants include acquired
breast asymmetry, breast enlargement, fuller lower pole, and loss of lateral
projection. Secondary symptoms could include pain, swelling, redness or even
tingling of the breasts. After all these years, it is definitely possible that
a capsule formed around the failed implant, and has now started to contract.
Capsular Contracture Grade 4 will make your breast seem abnormal, and feel
painful to the touch. However, you describe the pain in the left arm and in the
left-sided back. Although such symptoms have not been described in the literature,
you are one of the few people who have had a ruptured implant left in for at
least 7 years, and as such, the left-sided symptoms may be from the ruptured
implant.

Once again, please follow-up with your plastic surgeon and
have the implant exchanged. Some costs of the surgery may be covered with the implant
warranty. You will also benefit from a MRI to see the current state of the
implant and the leaked silicone within the breast anatomy.

Hope this helps.

Thanks for your inquiry and sorry for your struggles.  Ruptured implants can have a variety of effects to the local region of the chest, back, and arm.  Please see your primary care doctor first and discuss the possible causes of your pain, good luck.