Are breast implants hypoallergenic ? I think so....

February 7, 2009

Question

Are breast implants hypoallergenic

Asked by: jolynn

La

Silicone is safe bio-material and is hypoallergenic!

Board Certified Plastic Surgeon

Answer by A. Goldstein, MD

Denver Plastic Surgeon

This is a great question. Silicone is one of the most commonly studied materials in medical research. To date, there has been no conclusive evidence which has found human antibodies to silicone in women following breast augmentation. In 1997, the Department of Health and Human Services appointed the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Science (IOM) to look at potential complications during or after breast augmentation surgery. After reviewing years of evidence and research concerning silicone gel-filled breast implants, the IOM found that "Evidence suggests diseases or conditions such as connective tissue diseases, cancer, neurological diseases or other systemic complaints or conditions are no more common in women with breast implants than in women without implants." So, silicone appears to be a safe bio-material and is hypoallergenic because there is very little to no antibody formation. For additional information, see a board certified plastic surgeon in your area that is experienced in breast surgery. I hope this helps!

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Yes, it's hypoallergenic

Board Certified Plastic Surgeon

Answer by Philip Di Saia, MD

Orange County Plastic Surgeon

Hello,

Breast implants are not biological so they can't cause allergic reactions.

Berst Regards,

Di Saia MD

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Yes

Answer by Sirish Maddali, MD

Bay Area Plastic Surgeon

Breast implants, whether silicone or saline, do not cause an allergic reaction. We routinely place various types of implants, including chin and cheek implants, and they do not cause allergic reactions. Other reactions such as infection, scarring, capsular contracture are all possible, but not considered allergic in nature.

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Short answer: Yes

Answer by J.L. Gear, MD

Charlotte Plastic Surgeon

As stated in previous answers, Silicone is ubiquitous in medical devices (ex. IVs, Orthopedic prostheses, etc) and is one of the most biocompatible compounds available. That being said, it is still a foreign substance, and God designed our immune systems to quarantine what is foreign. That is what leads to the phenomenon of capsule formation around any implanted material, whether it is a breast implant or a titanium dental implant. It also explains the presence of antibodies against silicone that are found in some people, BUT, this finding is clinically insignificant as these antibodies do not engender inflammatory or "allergic reactions" or autoimmune diseases as was insinutated during the silicone scare in the 80s and early 90s.

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There are no allergic reactions to breast implants.

Board Certified Plastic Surgeon

Answer by J. Beraka, MD

Manhattan Plastic Surgeon

Breast implants (both silicone and saline) are very safe and they do not cause allergic reactions.About 5% of patients get capsular contracture, which is a tightening of the tissues around the implant, and this can cause the breasts to feel too firm. But this is not an allergic reaction and does not cause you any harm.

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There should be virtually no allergic potential to implants

Board Certified Plastic Surgeon

Answer by P. Rand, MD

Seattle Plastic Surgeon

As you can see from the other answers, there should be essentially no potential for an allergic reaction to an implant. In over 20 years of practice, I can certainly confirm that I have never met a patient who had any such reaction.

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Hypoallergenic to Hypomastia

Board Certified Plastic Surgeon

Answer by Athleo Louis Cambre, MD

Los Angeles Plastic Surgeon

Silicone is a ubiquitous synthetic material with which we come into contact numerous times on a daily basis in normal life. It is contained in packaging materials, hair products, used to coat hypodermic needles, etc.As a substitute for natural breast volume, silicone gel breast implants have the best characteristics of viscosity and pliability of any biocompatible substance. There is extremely minimal chance of a patient experiencing an allergic reation to either an intact silicone implant, or a ruptured silicone implant. Implant manufacturers in the USA are subject to stringent quality control standards which limits the possibility of contamination of the implants with other substances or impurities that might stimulate an allergic response.

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complicated question but the simple answer is yes

Board Certified Plastic Surgeon

Answer by Baxter, MD

Seattle Plastic Surgeon

There is probably no medical device that has been studied more intensively in terms of the potential to stimulate an immune response than breast implants. (Allergy is an immune system response.) Since both saline and silicone gel implants have a silicone shell, the question is a very important one. A few years ago, there were a couple of reports in the medical literature of allergy-type reactions to implants, but it relates more to impurities and not the silicone itself, and in any case this is a handful of cases out of millions of women with implants. That would pretty much be the definition of hypoallergenic! As manufacturing standards have improved over the past 15-20 years, these types of cases should be even more rare now. Silicone is probably the most "biocompatible" synthetic material known, meaning that it generates very little response and so the body accepts it very well. Of all of the substances we are exposed to in a typical day, silicone is among the most benign.

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The is almost no chance of an allergic reaction to Silicone saline or silicone gel filled implants

Board Certified Plastic Surgeon

Answer by Carl W. "Rick" Lentz III, MD

Daytona Beach Cosmetic surgeon

In thirty years of surgically implanting hundreds of both silicone implants filled with either saline or silicone gel every year, I have only seen one individual who might have truly been allergic to silicone implants. It was a case when I was on reserve duty at Walter USA Medical Center who some one else had operated on six months earlier and was felt to have a infection manifested by redness and swelling. Her implants were removed and she immediately settled down while no bacteria grew. At the time I saw her she had had new implants place the previous day only to turn red and swell again. Almost assuredly an allergic reaction. This is one out of thousands and thousands of implants. So you can feel very secure that there is almost no chance you will be allergic to Silicone implants.

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February 7, 2009

These surgeons all keep saying the same thing over and over again

about never seeing that in their 20 years of surgery, blah, blah,

blah...but they are being deceptive...surely they have had women come

into their offices with concerns about their implants. For instance,

I went to my plastic surgeon about my illness when I first got sick

and he assured me that my implants were safe and didn't cause

illness. He was wrong, of course, because I WAS sick from my

implants, but since HE didn't think so, from HIS perspective, he has

never seen any patient of his get sick from implants. It's all in

how they perceive it, not what actually happens to their patients.

I told him I got better when the implants were removed, but he didn't

want to acknowledge anything I had to say.

I just hope women will beware of what they are being told, and

recognize the deception that is being used.

Patty

>

> Question

> Are breast implants hypoallergenic

> Asked by: jolynn

> La

>

> Silicone is safe bio-material and is hypoallergenic!

>

> Board Certified Plastic Surgeon

> Answer by A. Goldstein, MD

> Denver Plastic Surgeon

>

> This is a great question. Silicone is one of the most commonly

studied

> materials in medical research. To date, there has been no

conclusive evidence which

> has found human antibodies to silicone in women following breast

augmentation.

> In 1997, the Department of Health and Human Services appointed the

Institute

> of Medicine of the National Academy of Science (IOM) to look at

potential

> complications during or after breast augmentation surgery. After

reviewing years

> of evidence and research concerning silicone gel-filled breast

implants, the

> IOM found that " Evidence suggests diseases or conditions such as

connective

> tissue diseases, cancer, neurological diseases or other systemic

complaints or

> conditions are no more common in women with breast implants than in

women

> without implants. " So, silicone appears to be a safe bio-material

and is

> hypoallergenic because there is very little to no antibody

formation. For additional

> information, see a board certified plastic surgeon in your area

that is

> experienced in breast surgery. I hope this helps!

>

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********

> *

> Yes, it's hypoallergenic

>

> Board Certified Plastic Surgeon

> Answer by Philip Di Saia, MD

> Orange County Plastic Surgeon

>

> Hello,

> Breast implants are not biological so they can't cause allergic

reactions.

> Berst Regards,

> Di Saia MD

>

**********************************************************************

********

> ********

> Yes

>

> Answer by Sirish Maddali, MD

> Bay Area Plastic Surgeon

>

> Breast implants, whether silicone or saline, do not cause an

allergic

> reaction. We routinely place various types of implants, including

chin and cheek

> implants, and they do not cause allergic reactions. Other reactions

such as

> infection, scarring, capsular contracture are all possible, but not

considered

> allergic in nature.

>

**********************************************************************

********

> *******

> Short answer: Yes

>

> Answer by J.L. Gear, MD

> Charlotte Plastic Surgeon

>

> As stated in previous answers, Silicone is ubiquitous in medical

devices (ex.

> IVs, Orthopedic prostheses, etc) and is one of the most

biocompatible

> compounds available. That being said, it is still a foreign

substance, and God

> designed our immune systems to quarantine what is foreign. That is

what leads to

> the phenomenon of capsule formation around any implanted material,

whether it

> is a breast implant or a titanium dental implant. It also explains

the

> presence of antibodies against silicone that are found in some

people, BUT, this

> finding is clinically insignificant as these antibodies do not

engender

> inflammatory or " allergic reactions " or autoimmune diseases as was

insinutated during

> the silicone scare in the 80s and early 90s.

>

**********************************************************************

********

> *********

> There are no allergic reactions to breast implants.

>

> Board Certified Plastic Surgeon

> Answer by J. Beraka, MD

> Manhattan Plastic Surgeon

>

> Breast implants (both silicone and saline) are very safe and they

do not

> cause allergic reactions.About 5% of patients get capsular

contracture, which is

> a tightening of the tissues around the implant, and this can cause

the breasts

> to feel too firm. But this is not an allergic reaction and does not

cause you

> any harm.

>

**********************************************************************

********

> *

> There should be virtually no allergic potential to implants

>

> Board Certified Plastic Surgeon

> Answer by P. Rand, MD

> Seattle Plastic Surgeon

>

> As you can see from the other answers, there should be essentially

no

> potential for an allergic reaction to an implant. In over 20 years

of practice, I can

> certainly confirm that I have never met a patient who had any such

reaction.

>

**********************************************************************

********

> *************

> Hypoallergenic to Hypomastia

>

> Board Certified Plastic Surgeon

> Answer by Athleo Louis Cambre, MD

> Los Angeles Plastic Surgeon

>

> Silicone is a ubiquitous synthetic material with which we come into

contact

> numerous times on a daily basis in normal life. It is contained in

packaging

> materials, hair products, used to coat hypodermic needles, etc.As a

substitute

> for natural breast volume, silicone gel breast implants have the

best

> characteristics of viscosity and pliability of any biocompatible

substance. There is

> extremely minimal chance of a patient experiencing an allergic

reation to

> either an intact silicone implant, or a ruptured silicone implant.

Implant

> manufacturers in the USA are subject to stringent quality control

standards which

> limits the possibility of contamination of the implants with other

substances or

> impurities that might stimulate an allergic response.

>

**********************************************************************

********

> ***********

> complicated question but the simple answer is yes

>

> Board Certified Plastic Surgeon

> Answer by Baxter, MD

> Seattle Plastic Surgeon

>

> There is probably no medical device that has been studied more

intensively in

> terms of the potential to stimulate an immune response than breast

implants.

> (Allergy is an immune system response.) Since both saline and

silicone gel

> implants have a silicone shell, the question is a very important

one. A few years

> ago, there were a couple of reports in the medical literature of

allergy-type

> reactions to implants, but it relates more to impurities and not

the silicone

> itself, and in any case this is a handful of cases out of millions

of women

> with implants. That would pretty much be the definition of

hypoallergenic! As

> manufacturing standards have improved over the past 15-20 years,

these types of

> cases should be even more rare now. Silicone is probably the

most " biocompat

> ible " synthetic material known, meaning that it generates very

little response

> and so the body accepts it very well. Of all of the substances we

are exposed

> to in a typical day, silicone is among the most benign.

>

**********************************************************************

********

> ******

> The is almost no chance of an allergic reaction to Silicone saline

or

> silicone gel filled implants

>

> Board Certified Plastic Surgeon

> Answer by Carl W. " Rick " Lentz III, MD

> Daytona Beach Cosmetic surgeon

>

> In thirty years of surgically implanting hundreds of both silicone

implants

> filled with either saline or silicone gel every year, I have only

seen one

> individual who might have truly been allergic to silicone implants.

It was a case

> when I was on reserve duty at Walter USA Medical Center who

some one else

> had operated on six months earlier and was felt to have a infection

> manifested by redness and swelling. Her implants were removed and

she immediately

> settled down while no bacteria grew. At the time I saw her she had

had new implants

> place the previous day only to turn red and swell again. Almost

assuredly an

> allergic reaction. This is one out of thousands and thousands of

implants. So

> you can feel very secure that there is almost no chance you will be

allergic

> to Silicone implants.

> Helpful?

>

> Are breast implants hypoallergenic?

> http://www.realself.com/question/are-breast-implants-hypoallergenic?

>

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