silicone implant

While sick implant recipients are still written off as crazy, and BII is not a recognized medical condition, researchers are starting to document the reasons and ways that the body might rebel against a silicone implant.

"I got mine removed because I had a textured gummy bear silicone implant, which they are not putting in people’s bodies anymore," said Hubbard on her Instagram Stories Wednesday, as quoted by the outlet.

But Zarka may need further surgery and a silicone implant to bring her nose closer to its original shape - treatment she cannot afford.

It was one of a handful of documented instances in medical journals where breast implants have saved a person’s life — and the first instance where a silicone implant had actually changed the trajectory of a bullet, according to the authors.

"Any scientist would tell you if the illness is related to a problem with the silicone, it doesn't switch off the moment the silicone implant is removed, and so that makes you very suspicious that we don't know enough about what's going on," he adds.