How Safe Are Silicone Breast Implants? Risks of Silicone Breast Implants

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The safety of breast augmentation procedures is constantly under scrutiny. The truth is that while only 20% of those who receive a breast augmentation are doing for reasons of reconstruction. In general, as compared to the total number of yearly breast augmentations performed, the consensus is that breast implants are in fact safe. When it comes to the silicon implant, there is much more debate on the safety of having the procedure done. Although silicon is a naturally found mineral in the human body, the absorption of silicon by means other than through consumption is not good. Some people's body has no problems absorbing this mineral even in its gelatinous form, while still yet others may have severe complications associated with it.



When a silicon implant ruptures, it leaks ever so slowly. So slowly in fact, that many women will never even know that they have ruptured. In several cases, a replacement surgery was done and when the new incision was made, the silicon implant was found to have been ruptured for quite a bit of time. There are many variables involved when dealing with silicon implants. The first variable is the capsule, what this is, is scar tissue that was formed around the implant due to the body seeing it exactly as it is, a foreign object.



In most cases, this scar tissue layer that develops around the implant creates a protective barrier that will contain the silicon in case of a rupture without an issue. The real problem is that if the capsule is too thin, the silicon can leak out, but if the tissues is too this, it just may have been the cause of the rupture to begin with and it will just be a matter of time until the pressure build-up is so great that the silicon starts finding was through the capsule.



There is still no substantial proof that the body's absorption of silicon leads to caner and therefore it cannot even be considered as part of the possible risks of the procedure. There has been studies on the silicon's reaction with the body's immune system and even more so with the lymph nodes that the gel comes into contact with. In some cases, the silicon has reached the tissue of the lungs causing lymph node growths than are impossible to remove safely.



Among all that entails with the breast augmentation procedure, making sure that you are well informed is one of the most important parts so make sure you have quality information in which you can make well-informed decisions from regarding your procedure.



Dr. Jim Greene



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