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Breast
implant induced alopecia
Silicone breat implants may induce alopecia according to some
publications. How this might occur is not known, but most likely
an adverse immune reaction occurs against the silicone. The immune
system reaction may directly promote alopecia through skin inflammation
and disruption of the hair follicles or it may indirectly cause
hair loss through a reduction in general health as occurs in chronic
inflammatory diseases. The immune system response can lead to much
more than just hair loss with various inflammatory conditions being
reported in women with implants. Conditions arising from a reaction
to breast implants include the autoimmune disease Sjogren's syndrome,
and/or more subtle symptoms including fatigue, stiff and arthritic
joints Raynaud's phenomenon (cold fingers and toes), adenopathy,
night sweats, and frequent sore throats. Alopecia may be just one
of many symptoms.
Breast
implant induced alopecia references
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B, Altman C, Snadorfi N, Greenberg M, Tomaszewski J. A profile
of symptomatic patients with silicone breast implants: a Sjogrens-like
syndrome. Semin Arthritis Rheum. 1994 Aug;24(1 Suppl 1):44-53.
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G. A clinical and laboratory profile of symptomatic women with
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hypohidrosis/anhidrosis with subclinical Sjogren's syndrome: report
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sialadenitis. J Am Acad Dermatol. 1996 Aug;35(2 Pt 2):350-2.
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