# silicon breast implants - safe or not?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silicon-breast-implants-safe-or-not/43942>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 4, 2000, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silicon-breast-implants-safe-or-not/43942 "2000-12-04T14:37:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Biffer\_Spice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/fbc32d/32.png) [@Biffer\_Spice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffer_Spice)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2000, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silicon-breast-implants-safe-or-not/43942/1 "2000-12-04T14:37:07Z")

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What’s the latest on the safety issues of these? Any links, info etc, appreciated.

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**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2000, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silicon-breast-implants-safe-or-not/43942/2 "2000-12-04T21:11:30Z")

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Mailbag item: [What’s up with silicon and silicone?](http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/msilicon.html)

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**Author:** ![Zenster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/cdc98d/32.png) [@Zenster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenster)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2000, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silicon-breast-implants-safe-or-not/43942/3 "2000-12-05T02:16:42Z")

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Only if you want rock hard nipples!

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**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2000, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silicon-breast-implants-safe-or-not/43942/4 "2000-12-05T03:08:37Z")

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Why not go with saline or corn syrup implants, or try one of those “breast creams”?

If you like I can email you with some helpful links, as I don’t want to be nabbed for posting commercial sites.