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    Default Breast Implant Illness?

    Hello!

    I am considering getting silicone breast implants but keep reading about women getting autoimmune disorders and symptoms within months, or sometimes years of having breast implants. It is called "breast implant illness". There is a laundry list of symptoms:



    I really want a boob job but this info makes me so scared!

    If you have breast implants please tell how long you've had them, what type, and if you've had any symptoms similar to the ones listed.

    What do you think about this? Have you girls met anyone else who's experienced this?

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    Default Re: Breast Implant Illness?

    https://www.stripperweb.com/forum/sh...ick-eventually

    I started a thread on it a few months ago and it dissuaded me from the procedure. Read the links in it, it's just a risk I was not willing to take and without enough long term research just didn't seem appropriate for my situation.

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    I keep getting infections like a MF ever since I got mine

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    Default Re: Breast Implant Illness?

    I developed two autoimmune diseases within a year of getting mine. i've since had them removed. The symptoms have improved, but the diseases haven't gone away yet. I think some people have no issues with implants, but others do. There's not a lot of good research on the topic.

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    Default Re: Breast Implant Illness?

    Thanks for your input ladies...

    Sorry Velveteen Rabbit and Winged Dinghy that you are going through this.

    It does seem like a gamble as there is not very much research on the topic and I hear such contrasting stories. Some people have debilitating issues while others don't. So naturally it's very confusing.

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    Default Re: Breast Implant Illness?

    Saline implants are pretty safe, they have a longer history than silicone implants. My surgeon suggested saline although the new silicone implants are much safer than the previous type, there still hasn't been enough studies. Saline is pretty much salt water, if the implant breaks, you will quickly notice and the body naturally eliminates it.

    I went to a very good surgeon, had my surgery five years ago (almost six) and haven't had any complication so far.

    A friend of mine is 33 and had them since she's 16, also has saline and no complication.

    I would say go for saline if you can, it's also less expensive than silicone and safer.

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    Default Re: Breast Implant Illness?

    See, it's stuff like this that makes me think twice. I hate my asymmetry, but I think I'd hate feeling unwell even more. Then having to get them removed would be a hassle. Dammit....

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    My doc told me that I wasn't a good candidate for saline so that's out of the question unfortunately.

    I've also heard about the saline ones getting mold and creating illness that way. Eek! I think that's rare though.

    Yeah I'm still undecided.
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    Default Re: Breast Implant Illness?

    Quote Originally Posted by xStacey View Post
    Saline implants are pretty safe, they have a longer history than silicone implants. My surgeon suggested saline although the new silicone implants are much safer than the previous type, there still hasn't been enough studies. Saline is pretty much salt water, if the implant breaks, you will quickly notice and the body naturally eliminates it.

    I went to a very good surgeon, had my surgery five years ago (almost six) and haven't had any complication so far.

    A friend of mine is 33 and had them since she's 16, also has saline and no complication.

    I would say go for saline if you can, it's also less expensive than silicone and safer.
    Saline can easily grow mold, and commonly black mold, as well as other harmful pathogens that silicone cannot because salt water is capable of hosting pathogens unlike silicone. All without symptoms. And salines also have a silicone shell.

    I honestly think both saline and silicone have equal but different pros/cons.

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    Default Re: Breast Implant Illness?

    Quote Originally Posted by xStacey View Post
    Saline implants are pretty safe, they have a longer history than silicone implants. My surgeon suggested saline although the new silicone implants are much safer than the previous type, there still hasn't been enough studies. Saline is pretty much salt water, if the implant breaks, you will quickly notice and the body naturally eliminates it.

    I went to a very good surgeon, had my surgery five years ago (almost six) and haven't had any complication so far.

    A friend of mine is 33 and had them since she's 16, also has saline and no complication.

    I would say go for saline if you can, it's also less expensive than silicone and safer.
    They should not be putting implants in 16 year olds.
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    Default Re: Breast Implant Illness?

    They do implants for breast cancer survivors. If they were that bad I would hope they wouldn't be giving them to those that had cancer. I have salines. Been just over a decade.

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    Default Re: Breast Implant Illness?

    I think your risk for breast cancer specifically goes down w implants, it's the auto immune diseases that are more problematic with the implants. Somebody correct me if I got that wrong.They just haven't been around long enough to have long term studies and risk assessment done (and by long term I mean decades and decades) and they are also huge money makers for plastic surgeons. But then the FDA is a joke anyways.

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    Quote Originally Posted by We had a rabbit like you View Post
    I think your risk for breast cancer specifically goes down w implants, it's the auto immune diseases that are more problematic with the implants. Somebody correct me if I got that wrong.They just haven't been around long enough to have long term studies and risk assessment done (and by long term I mean decades and decades) and they are also huge money makers for plastic surgeons. But then the FDA is a joke anyways.
    I've heard your risk for breast cancer does go down when you get implants because of the pressure that is putting on the natural breast tissue.

    Yeah pretty much the only problem with implants is that they induce auto immune disease in those that are prone to it a lot of the time. Some people have already had auto immune disease, like me, and still decide to get them done and then it's just a wild card. But yeah a lot of people do not know that they are prone to autoimmune diseases since there's so many. and it makes sense that there would be autoimmune issues with implants because auto immune disorders happen because healthy cells attack other healthy cells due to mistaken identity or weird mutations, they don't even really know what causes it but I can tell you that diet definitely has a lot to do with it too so it's probably something in the gut. I think consensus right now is that bad pathogens and good pathogens can purposely mutate to look the same, so you attack your own healthy tissue already so when there's an actual fake thing in the body like implants then your body goes OH HELL NO and goes into overdrive.

    It's kind of similar to vaccines and autism. Autism can be induced by vaccines because of the high amount of toxins in the vaccines (in order to preserve the vaccines) can trigger as massive autoimmune response. Think about it. If your body already attacks healthy cells then why would it not go super crazy at actual legit bad toxins? Autism is theorized to be an autoimmune disorder as well. That would make sense because autoimmune issues, autism, and even schizophrenia are usually seen in the same emetic lineage so I suspect all have genetic components and come from the same genes.

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    Default Re: Breast Implant Illness?

    This is an interesting article that some opposing view points...what do you think?

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    Quote Originally Posted by lillyflowaz View Post
    This is an interesting article that some opposing view points...what do you think?
    We have been through this before. The reason it showed no link between breast implants and any issues like autoimmune disease is because it often takes autoimmune diseases several years to show up after exposure to a major toxin because the immune system works strategically. So the studies done did not give enough time for problems to develop before it actually ended.

    It also has to do with specific HLAs (example: HLA-B52) and autoimmune work still hasn't even really clarified which genes it is even though it's obvious because things like rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, psoriasis, even autism and schizophrenia distortions are found within the same HLAs. But no, pharmas are greedy so the funding doesn't go to solving these issues, it goes to looking for pricey treatments to maintain these issues so they don't progress but still remain, or else there's no profit.

    Isn't it sketch that silicone implants were taken off the market completely for a decade just because of a suspected link between the two, in the first place?

    If you want real medical literature written by a doctor, plastic surgeon, medical researcher, and someone who it all personally happened to then check out Dr Susan Kolb. She wrote a book on it called The Naked Truth About Breast Implants where she breaks down the actual science and backs it all up. Is it also not sketch that she received numerous death threats after publishing it? We live in a money economy.

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    I don't know if I buy all that. Autoimmune diseases and illnesses can happen to anyone at anytime, regardless of breast implants. I have had mine for almost 2 years now and have not noticed any new problems. I had anxiety/panic attacks and gastrointestinal problems before I got my breast implants and I still have them. Everybody's experience is different.

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    I just can't see how having a foreign plastic in your body for years upon years, right next to your heart and lymph nodes, isn't going to fuck something up. I mean even pregnant women's bodies try and attack the unborn fetus because it's a foreign body, so her immune system weakens to make sure that doesn't happen.
    Which sucks cause I'd love implants

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    Quote Originally Posted by WendiStarr View Post
    I don't know if I buy all that. Autoimmune diseases and illnesses can happen to anyone at anytime, regardless of breast implants. I have had mine for almost 2 years now and have not noticed any new problems. I had anxiety/panic attacks and gastrointestinal problems before I got my breast implants and I still have them. Everybody's experience is different.
    It just depends. No one know what triggers autoimmune diseases or it would have a better treatment than steroids and chemotherapy. And some people with the gene never show symptoms. For example, I have tons of siblings and I am the only one with autoimmune issues, but my grandma died young from those type of issues.

    Obviously putting toxins in your body ups your risk of getting it. Susan Kolb breaks down the exact science and real research in her book.

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