Silicone breast implants are not a health risk

There are several types of breast implants, but silicone is the type that is most used. We have studied the scientific literature available to learn more about silicone and possible health risks.


Millions of people ingest small amounts of silicone all the time. So far, there have been no incidents of illness caused by silicone approved for medical use. In patients with diabetes, who ingest relatively large amounts of silicone through daily injections of insulin, the substance has caused no problems. The same goes for infants with colic - who are treated with silicone as medicine.


silikon brystinnlegg er ikke helseskadeligThe silicone content in organs of deceased women who had not had implants operated into their bodies, were analyzed. In 90% of the women, they found the substance in one or more organs - and there were described no damages on the locations it was found.

In the USA, 3112 women with silicone breast implants were studied. There were reported 21 instances of breast cancer in these women within 5 years after they were operated, while statistically, one had expected to find 32 instances. Neither did the scientists find any evidence that the breast cancer diagnose was stated later in patients with breasts implants. One out of ten women will develop breast cancer eventually. Of course, some of these will have silicone breast implants, but there is no connection between implants and cancer.

Early in the 1990's, there were also speculations whether silicone could cause diseases of the immune system. Numerous scientific studies have disproved these speculations. The best-known studies are from Stanford University (1986), the immunological department of John Hopkins University (1992), and from the Mayo Clinic (1994). Similar results have been recorded in Australia, the Netherlands and Denmark (2004).

The perhaps most important study, is one from The University of Harvard. Between 1976 and 1990, as many as 87,000 health journals of American nurses were reviewed. 1183 of the nurses had silicone implants, and the number of diseases of the immune system was actually lower than in those without silicone implants.

In 1995 the EU's committee of quality assurance of medicinal equipment, concluded that silicone breast implants were not harmful. The State Institute of work environment in Norway declared to the newspaper, Aftenposten, that there have been no evidence of health problems or allergies due to silicone in 1994, and in a circular letter from Norwegian Board of Health (Statens Helsetilsyn), in 1994, it was stated that there has been found no connection between silicone implants and disease.

It has never been any reports of leakage of the British implants we have been using since 1991. In addition, a newly published study of the consequences of leakage has shown potential leakage to be harmless. In 2004, the worldwide experience with this type of implants, are so extensive that we are not concerned with any health risks connected with the use of implants.

Do you want more information?
  1. I would like to know more about guaranty after breast enlargement
  2. I would like Fornebuklinikken to contact me by phone
  3. I would like to have
    more information
  4. I would like to post a question by email
  5. I would like a consultation
  6. I would like Fornebuklinikken’s address and phone number