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After some unfortunate statements by the presenter and model Carolina Cruz about the explantation of breast implants, often due to Asia syndrome (autoimmune syndrome – autoinflammatory induced by adjuvants), the question retained the attention of public opinion and sparked debate on social networks.
Even first lady Verónica Alcocer publicly announced that she would enter the operating room to remove her implants, to avoid future health risks. Adding to the thousands of women who have decided to have their breast implants explanted, which in recent years has increased by 62.21%.
These figures are given by the International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (SAPS), which recorded that in Colombia, in the year 2021, 10,764 explantations of breast implants were performed, which represents an increase of 62 .21% compared to 2020 where 6,636 procedures of this type.
It should be noted that in cases where other pathologies have been excluded, the explantation of breast implants is carried out as a preventive measure. It is also part of the treatment of women who have exhibited symptoms related to Asian syndrome.
And it is that the Asia syndrome covers a very wide range of symptoms, which vary from woman to woman, but the most common are fatigue, joint pain, anxiety, hair loss, depression, among others, all caused by a reaction of the body. to a substance foreign to the body, such as silicone, in these cases. This has led to thousands of Colombians choosing to have their implants removed to avoid future complications.
In Colombia, one of the first people to speak out on the issue was Angelly Moncayo who, after several health problems and having decided to explant herself, started the ASIA Recovery movement to help women deal with this situation.
Regarding the debate generated in social networks about the increase in the explantation of breast prostheses, Angelly declared that “everyone is free to express themselves and to take a position according to their convictions, however, those with the power to influence in media communication or social networks must be sensitive to expressing oneself on certain issues”.
The actress added that “ASIA syndrome is a young disease, which is being studied, but which has gained great importance in recent years. As a woman who has suffered from ASIA syndrome and who has suffered the consequences of breast implants, I dare say that more and more people are turning to explantation not for fashion, but for health.”
Other celebrities like Marcela Mar, Tuti Vargas and Ana Sofia Henao They also went public with their decision to remove their breast implants, and on social media shared their experience with their thousands of followers.
“I grew up with very clear beauty standards and parameters. I grew up watching ‘Baywatch’, watching ‘Beverly Hills Class’, supermodels and I wanted to look like them,” she said. . Anna Sofia Hainaut talking about the reasons that led her to perform the procedure in the first place.
The model also confessed that for several years she suffered from migraines, urinary tract infections, allergiesintolerance to food or creams, back painfatigue, panic attacks, blurred vision, brittle nails, difficulty breathing, rashes on the neck and face, and inflammation of the chest. For a time in her life, she recounted, she thought of them as common illnesses she suffered from; however, upon hearing about Asia’s syndrome, she realized that her situation was different.
At the beginning of January 2023, the influencer All Vargas He announced to his more than 900,000 followers on Instagram that he had made an important decision; remove your breast implants. As the influencer had expressed, the decision was made following the results of several routine examinations during which, due to certain symptoms she was presenting, she was recommended to withdraw. prostheses with whom he had almost ten years.
To avoid encapsulation of the implants and possible asian syndromeVargas has decided to delete them permanently:
“A decision that took time, work, acceptance and that I finally made in good conscience. A decision with which I feel happy, calm and today I know without a doubt that it was the best thing i could have done“, he wrote on his social networks All Vargas after coming out of surgery and starting his recovery at home.
The actress Marcela March He also surprised in January this year when he revealed that he had made the decision to remove your breast implants. It was the first time the famous 43-year-old has spoken publicly about the prostheses she put on when she was 19 and sent a message to motivate more women not to use them to improve their self-esteem.
“I decided to do an explantation because I was already a little over 10 years old with the latest prostheses and cellulite sent me to the emergency room. So the options were to change them or remove them, ”revealed the famous. She also recalled that a few years ago she was diagnosed with Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, an autoimmune disease. The diagnosis came just after her son had a serious car accident.
This list is joined by celebrities such as Claudia Bahamon, Norma Nivia, Jennifer Leibovici and others who are now champions of natural beauty, suggesting that women don’t wear prosthesis.