If a silent rupture occures in a Mentor Cohesive Gel Implant can this new type of silicone travel through the body? I can not afford to get MRIs, so if I go with silicone I would only replace the implant if my surgeon, thought there was a problem. Advice please. I have had 2 consolutations and one doctor said no the new kind of silicone can not travel to your lymphnodes and other parts of your body and the other said yes it can????? Thank you!
Answer: Cohesive gel rupture Cohesive gel implants are just that, more cohesive than the liquid silicone of decades past. Even so, if an implant ruptured, theoretically, over time, silicone could migrate to lymph nodes. However, this occurs much less with the cohesive gel implants and any microscopic silicone in the lymph nodes is not significant. Your lymph nodes clear materials from your body all the time and this is their function.
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Answer: Cohesive gel rupture Cohesive gel implants are just that, more cohesive than the liquid silicone of decades past. Even so, if an implant ruptured, theoretically, over time, silicone could migrate to lymph nodes. However, this occurs much less with the cohesive gel implants and any microscopic silicone in the lymph nodes is not significant. Your lymph nodes clear materials from your body all the time and this is their function.
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May 22, 2015
Answer: If a silent rupture occurs. Facts are all implants will eventually leak, even the highly cohesive ones. Also we expect most ruptures will be silent, in that there will be no feeling when a leak happens. Over time however the leaks will cause tenderness in the breast, calcification of the capsule, and capsular contracture. We don't have any evidence that silicone travels through your body, and there are no illnesses caused by breast implants. In short, gel is safe, though unfortunately they will not last forever.
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May 22, 2015
Answer: If a silent rupture occurs. Facts are all implants will eventually leak, even the highly cohesive ones. Also we expect most ruptures will be silent, in that there will be no feeling when a leak happens. Over time however the leaks will cause tenderness in the breast, calcification of the capsule, and capsular contracture. We don't have any evidence that silicone travels through your body, and there are no illnesses caused by breast implants. In short, gel is safe, though unfortunately they will not last forever.
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