Did breast implants give you health problems?Need firsthand experiences. - Cosmetic / Plastic Surgery Message Board

marie72 · 04-05-2007, 07:09 PM

I am considering saline breast implants, which I thought were safe, but from reading some additional information posted, they can also cause numerous complications. I would appreciate any information from personal experience that you can give me, details would greatly help. If you don't mind, so I don't make the same mistakes. Now I'm not sure which implant is safer saline or silicone?!

lzing2 · 04-10-2007, 12:36 PM

Marie I hope this will help. First of all the best person to ask is your surgeon, the best will take the time to go over every risk, etc with you and it would be wise to seek more than one consultation.

Breast Augmentation is now a low risk procedure. No matter the choice over saline or silicone, the outer shell of the implant is the key. It was the outershell's of the past that held the silicone that broke down and caused the the problems.
Today with many advancements to the outer shell does, eliminates break down and is very body friendly! Of coarse there is never a guarentee that one's body accepts a foreign intrusion such as a breast implant, it is not natural, but today's materials make the body tolerate it at a much higher and safer level.

Very few women who have implants in 2000+ will experience health problems, such as those suffered in the past from the procedure.

Again talk over your fears with a highly recommended surgeon.

marie72 · 04-10-2007, 07:59 PM

Hi Izing2, thank you for your response. I've gone over so much material. But what concerns me is the women that claim that the implants gave them health problems, such as Lupus and Fibo(something). I would like to get the saline implants, they seem safer if they leak, but sooo many women are changing theirs to silicone, I'm not sure why, but I don't want to make a mistake the first time around. I know eventually I will need to replace or remove them and I will put those finances away for that day. But I guess I may be reading alot of the negative posts about implants. And your information was helpful thank you!

lzing2 · 04-11-2007, 08:29 AM

Marie:

We live in a world that focuses on negative. Watch the nightly news, your only hear the bad, not the positive.
Consult with your surgeon, he or she will put all fears to rest, the percent of women today who suffer such a fate might be 5%. Yes there is always a risk, just as with any surgery, but there is risk waking up daily and leaving your home.
Millions of women in North America alone have implants. Very few report issues, when you find a great surgeon, and that is half of the battle, not some smo who is giving a deal, for a reason. In plastic surgery you get what you pay for.

I have had my implants since 05, I never really think about them, they are so natural and just apart of me. I asked questions like crazy to my surgeon in Canada, and he took the time to answer all of them. Great ones do!

The Glass is always half full, not have empty, listen to some of the stories, sure, but don't take to heart, who knows if what you are hearing is the real thruth...

1sunny1 · 04-11-2007, 08:47 AM

My silicone implants ruptured in 1996, I had them replaced with Saline. I do believe the silicone are more natural, but of course I could not get them again in 1996. I had a terrible time when they ruptured, the silicone went everywhere and I had no idea when they ruptured, I just found two very big lumps under my arms one day and a sonogram revealed that it was silicone. AThey had to dig the silicone out of the breast along with some breast tissue which left one breast smaller than the other. And yes, I have had health problems ever since. I do have fibromyalgia, but there is no proof that the silicone caused this. My Doctor never told me that they could even rupture, I think if I had known I would never have done the procedure. And of course when you get a mammogram, you know it is like putting your breast in a vice clamp. I honestly believe that is what made them rupture. The new silicone implants are probably better than the old ones, but at some point, you will have to have them replaced. I know some women that have had them for as long as 20 years. I have had mine since 1996, and no problems with the saline, and by the way, they look very natural, but when you touch them you can feel the implant.