We cannot find a surgeon in Michigan that will remove my daughter's breast implants. They are poisoning her. She has Medicaid and no Plastic Surgeon will take it. She has been in pain, her immune system is failing, etc. There are too many medical problems that have developed in the last four years. She has been tested by at least 15 doctors. Can't someone help her? I cannot afford to pay a surgeon to remove them. She has been told she could die from the silicone shells. Please help!
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Answer: Seek a Board Certified Plastic Surgeon For Breast Implant Removal
Removal of breast implants, intact or ruptured, may have positive implications if patients are symptomatic. A constellation of symptoms associated with breast implant illness, and autoimmune disease are considered when treating patients who have breast implants and are concerned about foreign...
This is a difficult question to answer since we now know that PIP used non-medical grade silicone to fill their implants. I would consider waiting until your second trimester and have the implant removed under local anesthesia.
A pregnant woman should not undergo any non-essential surgery, particularly involving sedation. I will not perform any surgery on a patient in the first trimester involving epinephrine without written consent from the obstetrician. There is no acute medical indication to perform a...