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Breast implant removal on the rise in Australia as researchers study health issues
ABC NEWS (Australia)
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5/26/2024
Breast implant removal surgery was one considered a rare procedure. But new data reveals more women are opting to have their implants removed- or explanted- over concerns that the implants could be making them sick.
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Dermal therapist Christina Tambor's job is to help people look and feel good.
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But when she underwent cosmetic breast surgery more than a decade ago, it had the opposite
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Weight gain, hormonal changes, anxiety, suicidal thoughts which are really bizarre.
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The symptoms have been associated with breast implant illness.
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And while doctors are yet to recognise it as an official medical condition, an increasing
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number of women are getting them removed.
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And I know that I've done the right thing because I feel incredible now.
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New figures show explant surgeries have increased over the past six years, including women post
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cancer who had their implants removed.
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Plastic and reconstructive surgeons say patients present with a range of symptoms.
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I've been removing breast implants now for say five or six years with people that come
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in who feel that they're unwell and probably about 80% of them will come back in six months
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and say they feel a lot better.
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A Macquarie University Australian first study investigated breast implant illness among
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226 women.
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77 underwent surgical removal with 85% reporting an improvement to their health six months
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later.
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When you have so many symptoms and so many variables, you have to take time, systematically
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go through all the data and obviously look at outcomes over a period of time.
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Even though more women are getting their implants removed, breast augmentations continues to
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be one of the top cosmetic surgeries performed in Australia.
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Any woman with an implant needs to be checked regularly and by regularly I mean every year.
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And report any adverse effects to the Therapeutic Goods Administration.
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For more information visit www.australian.gov.au/breast-implant-study.
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For more information visit www.australian.gov.au/breast-implant-study.
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