Do breast implants affect hormone levels?

Good question. But understand your Mirena implant put hormones in your system to prevent pregnancy (in much smaller amounts than oral contraceptives, but still enough to obviously cause your symptoms).Breast implants do no have any hormones bonded to the silicone, and do not add any hormones to your system. They will not cause the symptoms your Mirena IUD did.Mirena caused your side effects because of the hormones bonded to the silicone, not the silicone. BTW, silicone implants are just as safe as saline implants (it could be argued they are safer, since they are now all cohesive, cannot leak like saline implants, and do NOT require periodic MRI studies to "check" for leaks. They are (soft) solid and cannot leak, ever. Since saline implants CAN leak, and require re-operation if they do, and feel less natural, and show ripples more commonly, perhaps saline is not the best choice?) Just consider re-operation as a risk factor since hormone changes are no longer an issue (at all). Best wishes! Dr. Tholen

There is no correlation of a change in hormonal levels with breast implants. I a sorry to hear of your problems with your IUD. However breast implants have risks that you would need to be aware of prior to placement. Hormone shifts are not one of them.

The Mirena is considered a "levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system"  according to the FDA.  The Mirena is therefore an IUD that slowly releases a synthetic progesterone that is absorbed by the lining of the uterus.  Breast implants contain no such hormone releasing substances.  They are meant to be surgically placed and result in an anatomic change of the breast or for the purpose of reconstruction following breast cancer surgery, for example. Breast implants currently on the market in the United States currently do not release any hormone, nor are they known to stimulate a woman's  body to raise or reduce her own hormone levels.