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Are Breast Implants Toxic To The Body?

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Posted on Wed, 25 Feb 2015
Question: Is there any truth to breast implants being toxic to the body?
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Answered by Dr. Senthilnathan Subramanian (1 hour later)
Brief Answer:
depends on the cause for breast implant

Detailed Answer:
Hai,
Thanks for consulting HCM.

Breast implant done for two main reason.one is for medical condition and the other one is cosmetic.
If the cause is medical possibly breast cancer will be the most common one. Next any massive injury to the breast.
Cosmetically people do for there own interest.
If you go for prosthetic type device there is no harm because there is no surgical procedures. No studies proved about the safety of the prosthetics devices.
But in case of surgical treatment for breast may lead to some common complications like bleeding,size difference etc.post masectomy drug administration like immuno suppressive and chemo drugs will cause systemic problem.

So the cause for going for breast implant should be ruled out.

So kindly visit a plastic surgeon to get an opinion regarding breast implant.

Thank you
Regards
DrS.senthilnathan
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Dr. Senthilnathan Subramanian

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Practicing since :2006

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Are Breast Implants Toxic To The Body?

Brief Answer: depends on the cause for breast implant Detailed Answer: Hai, Thanks for consulting HCM. Breast implant done for two main reason.one is for medical condition and the other one is cosmetic. If the cause is medical possibly breast cancer will be the most common one. Next any massive injury to the breast. Cosmetically people do for there own interest. If you go for prosthetic type device there is no harm because there is no surgical procedures. No studies proved about the safety of the prosthetics devices. But in case of surgical treatment for breast may lead to some common complications like bleeding,size difference etc.post masectomy drug administration like immuno suppressive and chemo drugs will cause systemic problem. So the cause for going for breast implant should be ruled out. So kindly visit a plastic surgeon to get an opinion regarding breast implant. Thank you Regards DrS.senthilnathan