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    Hey all! I posted this as a comment in Camming Connection about a month back, but I think it might be useful for folks here. I think everyone here knows that breast augmentation comes with risks - but the actual numbers aren't easy to find, and you might be surprised by how high they are.

    A friend of mine discovered that most implants have a fairly high "reoperation" risk - meaning that additional surgeries are needed after the initial procedure. That's not necessarily a big deal medically, but it can be a financial disaster if you're not prepared for it. Here are the rates I pulled off the FDA website:


    Mentor saline breast implants: 13% of patients need reoperation within 3 years.


    Inamed (now Allergan) saline breast implants: 21% of patients need reoperation with 3 years; 26% within 5 years.


    Mentor MemoryGel Silicone Gel-Filled Breast Implants: 15.4% of patients need reoperation within 3 years.


    Allergan Natrelle Silicone Gel-Filled Breast Implants: 30.1% of patients need reoperation within 7 years.


    Allergan Natrelle 410 Highly Cohesive Anatomically Shaped Silicone-Filled Breast Implants: 30% of patients need reoperation within 7 years.


    Sientra Silicone Gel Breast Implants: 13% of patients need reoperation within 3 years.


    Bottom line: It's a really good idea to have a boobjob nestegg set aside if you decide to enhance!
    The friend who gave me the heads-up about this doesn't work in the industry; she wanted BA for herself and had recently received an inheritance that would've covered it. She ultimately decided against it because she wasn't sure she'd have enough money if she ended up needing another operation.

    Of course, lots of women LOVE their post-BA bodies and would consider another operation or two a small price to pay to have the breasts they want.






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    Default Re: Risks of breast augmentation

    Why are Allergan rates much higher than the others?

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    That's very interesting. I shadowed a plastic surgeon once and he was in the OR doing an adjustment... this girl's implants had moved around and he had to literally put them back in place. He said it was very common, so the numbers aren't surprising.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Selina M View Post
    That's very interesting. I shadowed a plastic surgeon once and he was in the OR doing an adjustment... this girl's implants had moved around and he had to literally put them back in place. He said it was very common, so the numbers aren't surprising.
    So from over-dissection of the pocket or something?

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    what's worrying me is hearing about the carcinogens in the shell and rejections rates. and my body rejects piercings for god's sake! i try and be VERY careful with getting makeup without carcinogens, eating organic, etc because i don't want all these mystery illnesses, cancer, and wreaking havoc on my body and aging it early. and it pays off, i look a lot younger than i am and i almost never get sick.
    i feel that breast implants would look amazing on me, and i want them, but i'm NOT willing to risk my health or bankrupt myself so trying to do more research. picked a perfect doctor too and had a consultation :/

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    Quote Originally Posted by GlamourRouge View Post
    Why are Allergan rates much higher than the others?
    I think they just monitored their patients for a longer period of time than the other brands did in their studies. Obviously you're going to have a lower rate of complications if you stop tracking them after 3 years. The longer you have implants, the higher the overall risk of complications.






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    I've had mine for 3 years and no complaints or complications. To each their own. Everything comes with a risk.
    "Fake tits are like Kevlar. They don't guarantee your chances of survival but they sure as hell improve it."
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    yeah i just learned all the heavy metals that tattoo ink has in it, im already fucked

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    Quote Originally Posted by simone87 View Post
    yeah i just learned all the heavy metals that tattoo ink has in it, im already fucked
    LOL there is no "Sword of Damocles" hanging over your head. If you want them get them and enjoy them. Do your research thoroughly beforehand. Don't let my pro-boob sentiments or anyone else sway you. I researched mine for 3 years before I got them.
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    Quote Originally Posted by tempest666 View Post
    I've had mine for 3 years and no complaints or complications. To each their own. Everything comes with a risk.
    Lmao. you girls really need to do your research. I disn't have comlications for 10 years and mine still look fabulous ( just ask the girls I travel with here) they make you sick. Who cares about minor complications such as what was posted. I know a surgeon who wrote a book who said every women with implants would become ill from them some in as little as a year some 30 years. If you know what macrophages are and your body works it's only common sense...

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    Quote Originally Posted by simone87 View Post
    what's worrying me is hearing about the carcinogens in the shell and rejections rates. and my body rejects piercings for god's sake! i try and be VERY careful with getting makeup without carcinogens, eating organic, etc because i don't want all these mystery illnesses, cancer, and wreaking havoc on my body and aging it early. and it pays off, i look a lot younger than i am and i almost never get sick.
    i feel that breast implants would look amazing on me, and i want them, but i'm NOT willing to risk my health or bankrupt myself so trying to do more research. picked a perfect doctor too and had a consultation :/
    Doesn't matter how good your surgeon is wether you'll get ill. It's a foreign object and you already reject piercings. your not good canadate. Read some books such as the silicone holocaust and do research. I know around 100 girls who have gotten sick from them. and getting them out doesn't necesarialy equate to getting better. Sorry I'm on my freaken phone!

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    Yes, I was thinking if they poison your system with heavy metals and other toxins released (I have only read one research saying women with implants have much higher concentration of platinum in hair, urine, etc but that did not sound so scary to me at the time), getting the implants removed won't solve the problem or revert things back to normal. I have had mine for 7 years, McGhan/Inamed, and I'm worried now. I had no natural breasts so it had to be done.

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    so when you get sick, what kind of sickness are we talking about? flu-like symptoms or more serious and debilitating? did you get sick too michelle?

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    Yes I've had unexplained illness for around 6 years. My hair falls out in clumps. Some days I can't walk, I feel like my legs weigh a ton. I have extreme vertigo. Burning throughout my body. My tounge a lot I can't bend my fingers some days. Yes similar to flu or being drugged. I pretty much have to drink at work to feel normal(when I didn't the first 8 years I danced. Not fun! I do know some people that did get better after explanation but you need to really do a complete capsukectomy. My body is definitely trying to push then out! I can tell you that. They've changed in just the last few months.

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    Oh and they itch and hurt like hell the last few months. Also when my symptoms are worse then other times my lymph nodes in my armpits swell the size of golf balls.

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    Quote Originally Posted by simone87 View Post
    so when you get sick, what kind of sickness are we talking about? flu-like symptoms or more serious and debilitating? did you get sick too michelle?
    I'm guessing fake (or real?) lupus? I had the same effects as michele11 and I had medical-grade silicone injected into my top lip... the same thing that is inside breast implants.










    Quote Originally Posted by michele11 View Post
    Oh and they itch and hurt like hell the last few months. Also when my symptoms are worse then other times my lymph nodes in my armpits swell the size of golf balls.
    That was the first symptom I had when I got sick. And yeah it didn't happen til years after I got my injections.

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