4. Learn about long-term risks.
Some women with breast implants have experienced connective tissue diseases, lactation difficulties or reproductive problems.
Current evidence does not support an association between breast implants and these conditions.
The FDA has identified a possible association between breast implants and the development of anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL), a rare type of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.
Women who have breast implants may have a very small but increased risk of developing ALCL in the fluid or scar tissue surrounding the implant.
Like other lymphomas, ALCL is a cancer of the immune system and not of breast tissue.
This is part of a series of posts about breast implants, beginning here.
For more information please visit
http://www.fda.gov/ForConsumers/ConsumerUpdates/ucm338144.htm
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