I had my breast implants removed after battling hives, nausea, pain and anxiety turns out they were full of mold

It’s not the breast-case scenario.With the dangers of breast implants well-documented — from an increased risk of cancer to destroying eyesight — more women are opting to downsize their bountiful busts.And one mom shared a gruesome discovery: After removing her saline implants, she found they were filled with mold — a complication that highlights growing concerns about breast implant safety.Lauren went viral on social media after opening up about having her breast augmentation undone five years ago.“This may be TMI for some of you, but it could also save some of your lives,” the Texas stay-at-home mom said before holding up her former implants in a plastic bag, with large black chunks floating inside both of them.Although she’s been preserving them for years, she noted that the chunks of mold were already inside the saline pouches when they were removed from her body — and pointed out how close they had been to her heart.It certainly wasn’t benign.Lauren explained in a follow-up video that the reason she decided to have her implants removed was because she’d developed a host of troubling symptoms, including “random hives” and a new gluten allergy.“My skin was aging weird,” she said.

“I was nauseous and vomiting almost every single day.I had joint pain, headaches, my anxiety was through the roof and even some depression, which I never had an issue with.”Her health issues virtually disappeared after the implants were removed — prompting her to share a PSA with her followers that “saline doesn’t mean safe.”Though it is extremely uncommon, a mold-friendly environment inside implants can develop if the seal is compromised during surgery.The most common fungi that can grow are Aspergillus, which often appears as black mold, and Candida species.Cases of mold growing inside breast implants are rare, but Lauren isn’t the only patient to discover extra growth after surgery.Other patients have found orange globs of a moldy substance ...