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Breasts are a beautiful part of a woman’s anatomy, and many women choose to undergo surgery to enhance them.
However, breast augmentation can sometimes lead to breast implant sickness, a condition that many women may not realize is caused by the implants themselves.
As the most common plastic surgery performed in the U.S., it’s likely you know someone with breast implants.
Here are some of the risks and potential issues associated with breast implant illness, and what can be done to address them.
Breast Implant Types
Both breast implant types have a silicone shell and are filled with either silicone or saline and are used for the purpose of fuller breasts, improved cup size after breastfeeding, the restoration of natural looking breasts after mastectomy, or any other personal reason.
Reconstructive surgeries after cancer comprises 25% of the 400,000 breast augmentation surgeries performed yearly.
When breast augmentation first began, doctors were injecting silicone directly into the breast tissue and the repercussion sometimes being death! Then the silicone was put inside a silicone shell but leaks still occurred and were the cause of numerous lawsuits in the 1980’s and 90’s when many women were blaming them for a myriad of health issues.
Breast Implant Sickness Uncovered
After breast implants showed their imperfections, instead of banning them, the FDA declared that breast implants are not lifetime devices, and breast implantation is not a one-time surgery.
The shared symptoms of dis-ease in women with breast implants are referred to as breast implant sickness or you may have heard of Breast Implant Illness, shortened to BII.
While not recognized as a real illness according to the AMA or the FDA because of the lack of studies done thus far, miraculously, when women get their implants removed, all or most of their illness symptoms disappear. That immediate healing experience has prompted the hashtag, thehealisreal.
What is the reason for breast implants sickness?
Outside of them being a medical implant that the body recognizes as a foreign object and then goes about fighting them for the duration of implantation, breast implants are made of silicone and a number of other ingredients that are considered toxic.
This cocktail of chemicals and heavy metals cause at the very least inflammation, and the increased possibility of cancer.
In addition, there is a laundry list of other symptoms that have been repeatedly reported by women with implants.
Health issues related to Breast Implant Sickness include but are not limited to:
hair loss, thinning joint pain brain fog digestive issues
fatigue anxiety rashes depression
weight gain inflammation sleep issue recurrent infections
Epstein Barr diagnosis thyroid issues neck pain decreased libido
insomnia melasma night sweats breast cancer
Lupus diagnosis nausea acne dizziness
lymph node swelling thinning skin hives easy bruising
eyes red and/or puffy Lyme disease dry skin headaches
foot pain/neuralgia Sjogrens diagnosis racing heart frequent UTIs
Suicide* fibromyalgia dry eyes shortness of breath
Hashimoto’s diagnosis breast pain food sensitivities yeast infections
excessive thirst breathing difficulties muscle twitches arthritis
post nasal drip throat issues autoimmune diagnosis
*The FDA reports that risk of suicide increases after having implants for ten years.
This list is long and so diverse. Alone, one or two symptoms may not get someone’s attention, and it’s easy to pass many off as “getting old”, but it’s not until multiple issues cause multiple years of doctor visits, tests, and scans with no answers that the light bulb goes off and the connection is made.
Because this isn’t recognized as an illness yet, the possible root cause of any number of these issues is overlooked, implants aren’t discussed with the specialists, and the symptoms are treated as separate issues.
Dr. Eric Wright has stated, “People who dismiss breast implant illness either have not seen these women or do not want to believe what they are saying." he says. "These women have no reason to make these symptoms up; they just want relief.”
For women who have personally pieced together the connection of their years and years of debilitating health issues with their implants, the decision to explant comes fairly swiftly.
Remarkably, in nearly 100% of the tens of thousands of explants, most if not all symptoms heal on their own. With newfound health and wellness the women are proclaiming, 'The Heal is Real!'.
Getting the right help
Breast implant removal done correctly is important. An explant procedure called en bloc is used by specially trained plastic surgeons to remove the implant along with the capsule, fully intact.
The “capsule” is the scar tissue which forms around every implant. Because leached chemicals, leaked silicone, and even mold can form inside the capsule, that scar tissue helps to protect the body.
Removing the implant alone or without the capsule fully intact can possibly cause further health issues or fail to improve existing health issues. It’s important to note that implants can leak or rupture, but BII issues are seen in women with fully intact implants.
Of late, more insurance companies are paying claims for explants with proof of related health issues.
Detox after explant
Detoxification done strategically and with a practitioner is important to ensure the toxin exposure is removed on a cellular level.
Most women feel better just from removal but often, if detoxification is not addressed, toxins are still stored in tissue and healing is very slow or doesn't come.
This is simply caused by not knowing the right way to detox, in the right order, with the right products.
In my detoxification program, we work together to detoxify all the possible issues related to breast implant sickness - mold, digestive issues, the chemical toxins within the implants, and heavy metals.
My comprehensive program resolves your health issues as we get to the root cause and clear it.
Are you ready to get specialized guidance from a certified Detox Specialist who has been in your shoes and knows exactly what you need? Learn more here!
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