Re: My Breast Implants Come Out by OC Plastic surgeon

My experience with saline-filled breast implants - John Di Saia MD- Orange County California Board Certified Plastic Surgeon

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[tamtrain]

wonder if he would implant his wife or daughters

[drdisaia]

With saline-filled implants, sure.

[Bindibaby2]

Dr. Di Saia,

Unfortunately there are women whose bodies react to saline implants as aggressively as if they were silicone. It may not be as common but it happens often enough that is a grave concern. There are too many very sick women to discount, with symptoms the same as those who fall sick from silicone gel.

Dr. Ed Melmed in Dallas Texas, Dr. Susan Kolb in Atlanta or Dr. Lu-Jean Feng in Columbus, Ohio have removed thousands of saline implants from very sick women and can attest to this.

[drdisaia]

Really and in ten years of a plastic surgery practice I have never seen a single such case in a woman who has not been implanted with silicone gel implants. I have only seen one or two in women with silicone gel implants. Why would that be?

Because the thousands you speak of must be far fewer. You are simply inflating the facts. Period.

[kmmheck]

Perhaps you don't see such cases because, like me, many women do not show symptoms until years after getting implants. I had saline implants and developed severe arthritis similar to RA, along with terrible fatigue and a rash over my neck and chest, beginning 8 years after implants. I had them removed last July, and have shown significant improvement ( rash disappeared ) with all my symptoms. I never went back to my original PS.

[drdisaia]

The problem probably exists but is very rare. That is the point I make by saying I have never seen such a case.

[Shadowsphinx]

What do you think about gummy bear implants.

[Tzun1k]

i want to come to oc and watch how you work. it is fantastic that you are so true to the people. ilke that much!

[Bindibaby2]

After I received implants I became so sick i couldn't read, drive or wash a dish. I had to quit my job as a graduate level professor and lost a book contract. Yes, I had silicone implants, but I have since met hundreds of women who experienced the same symptoms, previously healthy women whose lived were wrecked, though contrary to what you claimed, most improve significantly if they have their implants removed properly along with the scar tissue. I am now back to writing my book.

[drdisaia]

Unusual. There are of course patients without implants who develop autoimmune diseases and these diseases do feature spontaneous remission and exacerbation. One case makes it hard to make any conclusions.

[drdisaia]

I have never seen the need particularly with a mostly saline implant patient population.