I have a contact allergy to rubber, specifically carba and thiuram mix. Is it safe to get breast implants?

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Vincent N. Zubowicz, MD · Answer

Your allergy to latex has no relationship to breast augmentation. Breast implants are made of a polymer of dimethyl polysiloxane to which no antibody has ever been demonstrated.

Michael B. Tantillo, MD · Answer

It is safe for you to get breast implants; the siliocne shell, silicone gel and saliine will not cause you an allergic reaction.

Robert H. Hunsaker, MD · Answer

I concur with Dr. Zubowicz's comment below. For certainty, you can contact Allergan and Mentor and Sientra to be 100% certain those compounds are not used in the manufacturing processes.

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