Silicone poisining?

anybody heard of this??? surgon said this is not possible or proven. but now im scared!! having ba in just over 3 weeks.

beck x

Hey sarah

i read this on the internet! did mention it to my surgeon as was a little worried and he reasurred me that this would not happen, anyays im having silicone gel implants, thanks for advice and putting my mind at rest

xxx

Not true

hey hun, i got mentor memory gel here in USA 7 months ago, and am not in the least bit worried. your surgeon is stuck in a time warp, or just doesn't have gels to offer you.

early BA involved direct injection of silicon liquid, so the silicon was distributed throughout the breast in small nodules that could scar and become lumps. the first true implants were also silicon, again viscous liquid. when they ruptured you got the same result. today's silicon memory gel is not liquid. it is a plastic (flexible) solid. even if the shell on a modern implant breaks (highly unlikely) the implant core remains in one piece and in the same shape. you won't know it unless it shows up on an MRI or is discovered upon removal (when you get greedy and demand bigger ones).

truth is, rupture and deflation of saline is a much bigger risk, and will require a second surgery to fix. not all docs in USA are allowed to use the new silicon, as it's still considered "clinical trials", so the saline only crowd is still spreading fear. memory gels have been in use in oz for 25 years with no negative reports, so we should just all relax and let it happen.

Risks

there are risks with everything hun, and yes although implants can rupture! there has not been many ruptures that have actually leeked cos they have been taken out in time.. and they have not leeked beyond the pocket and the last 3 yr core study none that have ruptured have migrated... xx

Sillicone poisoning

Hi Sillicone in your body is impossible to get rid of, so if you are unfortunate to get a rupture, which is more common that you might think, even with the newer tyres of implant, it is possible for sillicone to travel about your body. It is impossible to remove it, so if I were you I would do some more research to put your mind at rest one way or another
Julie

No i dont think so

You would need to have a lot of silicone in your body for it to poison you. If this was true they wouldn't use it.