Will the New Silicone Implants Make Me Sick? The Old Ones Did...
June 25, 2008
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I had silicone breast implants put in 1985. I was diagnosed with Epstein Barr and Fibromyalgia about a year later. It was not until 1995-I decided to have them removed. I was getting married and wanted children. My plastic surgeon,at that time, who I hold in high regard, suggested that I try the mentor saline implant. I did. I hated the way they felt and he removed them, free of charge, 5 months later. It is now 12 years later. I feel that I want implants. I prefer silicone. I will stay small due to my preference. In 1995, my surgeon said that 50 percent of women's immune systems will attack the foriegn body and through osmosis, the silicone can get into your body, without rupture.My present plastic surgeon, who was partners with my old surgeon, said that the mentor implant has improved the casing and the silicone gel is formulated differently, so that if it does leak, it will not have the effects that it may have had in the past. I want silicone implants. Small. Yes. Am I crazy to consider another implantation after all the health problems that I cannot assume were caused to silicone. A lot of people were getting ill with similar symptoms without implants? Am I at risk? Should I just live with a very small chest? I am not unhappy the way I look, but, I am so small, I am doing it for myself.
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May 27, 2009
Answer: No association of silicone gel implants with autoimmune diseases
When breast implants are placed behind the muscle, the surgeon must do a good job of releasing the muscle fibers from the border of the sternum (breast bone) in order that the implant pockets are as close together as desired. The surgeon must also avoid opening the pockets too far laterally...
The most natural alternative to breast implants is using your own tissue. Currently that means a large donor site and large incision on your back or abdomen most commonly. Typically this involves significant costs, recovery, and downtime.
Although currently controversial, Europeans and recently...
In my experience with over 2000 explants, joint problems occur due to silicone autoimmune (cytokine release), bad fats, too much arachodontic acid (meat and eggs), uric acid, intracellular infections such as mycoplasma (one half of all RA patients have intracellular mycoplasma) and spirochetes...