By a conservative estimate, at least 2 million American women have had breast implants in the last 25 years. It has been established that small amounts of silicone fluid seep from implants, even when they are not ruptured. Many women who have had silicone leakage have reported symptoms ranging from arthritis-like pain, swelling of the joints, skin, hands and feet, and hair loss to lupus and other immune system diseases (Kaz-Cooke, Real Gorgeous, p.129). |
