What is the risk with facial implants that the body would react by attacking the implant as if it is a foreign substance?
Question:
What is the risk with facial implants that the body would react by attacking the implant as if it is a foreign substance?
Answer:
There is really virtually no risk that your body would attack the implant as long as the implant is made of a biocompatible material such as firm silicone. Essentially silicone is a very inert substance that does not create any sort of inflammatory response by the body of any significance and really the only thing that occurs with the implant is that due to the fact that there was trauma to the body creating a space for the implant during the healing phase there is a thin, fibrous capsule that forms around the implant during the healing phase; otherwise, there is very little reaction that the body has to the actual implant material itself.


