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A friend of mine has silicone implants and I asked her recently if she’s having issues and she said she’s not. So strange how some people can react so differently. I think it’s those that are predisposed to autoimmune disorders that suffer. I think it may run in my family but not 100% sure as my mom and grandmother were never tested but I know my grandma always complained of IBS. My cousin on that side of family also tested positive for autoimmune

Did you have the capsule removed as well ?

Sorry for posting this twice but I've been away for a long time because of all the rotten stuff wrong with me, so I'm not sure who to respond to with my post. Sorry! So to be safe, I'll just post this twice & hope it gets to the correct person. It's very important that the capsule (which is created by your body to surround the implant) be fully surgically removed as well as the implant itself. It's the biopsy of the capsule that is the most important part because it can reveal if you have Breast Implant Associated Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma. The abbreviation is BIA-ALCL. This is not a breast cancer per se. It's a cancer that occurs in other parts of the body. But the implants have caused this type of cancer to occur in reaction to the implants. So this cancer is not routinely looked for in the breasts. Which means that the pathologist will not be using the typical stains that are used to identify breast cancer, & therefore could potentially not ever diagnose you with this type of cancer, which is caused by the implants. This type of cancer might need a different type of stain. Stains (also called dyes) are chemicals placed on the tissues taken from the breast capsule. The tissues are sliced into very very thin cuts & then dyes (or stains) are added to these thin tissues slices & then examined & studied very carefully under high power microscopes. Certain stains cause different kinds of cells to light up or turn a certain color. It enables the pathologist to identify the cells that aren't normal or cells that shouldn't be there, such as antibodies or cancer cells or other things that are abnormal. There are many many types of stains. So it's very important that the pathologist is told to be on the lookout not only for regular breast cancer or anything else abnormal but to specifically search for the BIA-ALCL, which could possibly need a specific type of stain/dye to be used, in order to identify this unusual cancer. If not, it's possible that your BX (biopsy) could say that you don't have any neoplasm or any kind of malignancy (cancer) all because the pathologist was never told to look for BIA-ALCL. And that would be a truly horrible mistake to happen.