With regards to Dennis Prager’s strawman (one of many) regarding silicone breast implants he is incorrect in stating that it was because of skeptics like him that it was a false alarm regarding complications of connective tissue diseases. It was not the result of history or anthropology majors with their own radio shows but the hard work of neutral thinking scientists and doctors after conducting numerous studies and research.

Prager’s suggestion seems to imply that all that is needed is an anecdotal observation and that no research should have been conducted. If we apply this to all facets of human activities and thereby ignore potential warning signs and new complications as they arise this would lead to catastrophic results in many cases and ignoring a variety of environmental and systemic indicators.

That being said silicone breast implants have numerous potential complications including but not limited to:

* Asymmetry
* Breast pain
* Breast tissue atrophy
* Calcification/calcium deposits
* Capsular contracture
* Chest wall deformity
* Delayed wound healing
* Extrusion
* Galactorrhea
* Granuloma
* Hematoma
* Iatrogenic injury/damage
* Infection, including Toxic Shock Syndrome
* Inflammation/irritation
* Necrosis
* Palpability/visibility
* Ptosis
* Rupture/deflation
* Seroma

Research will continue and it will be conducted by scientists and medical doctors, not by radio talk show hosts and so called skeptics.