Does the silicone from a ruptured implant travel around the body?
As long as the capsule is not torn or broken, only microscopic droplets of silicone can leave that capsule in the breast area. However, if that protective scar tissue layer gets torn, then a strong external force could squeeze the silicone out into the nearby tissues, causing troublesome lumps or ridges, which could be mistaken for a cancer, or could be painful. It is important to realize that microscopic amounts of silicone always do travel around the body even from intact implants, pacemakers, artificial joints, penile implants, catheters, shunts, retinal bands, and valves, with no known ill effects.
