No.

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Silicone implants can leak silicone, and there may be trace metal elements. As far as chemicals leaking, I have never heard of that occurring.

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If you are speaking about the outer shell breaking and leaking the contents, the answer is possibly. An implant is a mechanical device, and such is prone to failure. There have been many reported cases of the old implants that had ruptured, leaking their contents. This mostly occurred in the early 1990's with the Dow Corning Implants (this was the breast implant controversy), and as a result, caused the company to go bankrupt and was the subject of many lawsuits -- all of which, to the best of my knowledge, were ruled inappropriate. In any event, during this period of time, one could only use saline implants in the U.S., while in all other countries the silicone implants were legal. Fast forward to today and the silicone implant has been redesigned. The silicone shell is a bit thicker than it originally was. To answer your question briefly, which I'm afraid I did not do, the answer is possibly, but unlikely.

Published on Jul 11, 2012

No. The silicone shell is an inert silicone polymer; it does not leach any chemicals or materials into your system.

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That is not usually the case. You may wish to visit the websites of Mentor and Allergan to better understand breast implant chemistry. In our experience, we have not had any evidence of that problem with our patients.

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There are no studies that show this occurs. There are many medical devices made of silicone.

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The silicone shell of any breast implant, either saline or silicone does "flake" off into the surrounding capsule that build up around the implant. This has been shown to be a microscopic amount.

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Hello, and thank you for this question. This is an excellent question although something that has been studied over the past 20 years. The newer types of silicone gel implants are thought to be cohesive and it is not thought that they can cause autoimmune disease.when the FDA approved these implants they took all of this into account. I would recommend that she would seek out a qualified board certified plastic surgeon in your area to discuss all of this in detail. Best of luck.

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The outer shell of both saline and silicone implants are made of inert silicone which is solid and does not leak. The new cohesive gel implants also have the propensity to stay within The shell of the implants even if there is a rupture.

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This was a problem in the past and was called Gel bleed but it is less likely with the current implant styles.

Published on Jul 11, 2012