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Christina Applegate says she is investigating whether implants may explain her symptoms
Christina Applegate says a doctor told her she does not have MS, despite years of painful symptoms that were diagnosed as the condition.
She said she has not improved and is still trying to find out what is causing her health problems.
She suspects her breast implants could be linked and plans to discuss the possibility with her doctors.
Applegate had a double mastectomy and reconstruction in 2008 after breast cancer and learning she carried a BRCA1 genetic mutation.
Some women report symptoms they associate with breast implants, but the condition known as Breast Implant Illness is not recognised as a defined illness in the medical community, and some surgeons question whether it is real.
Her symptoms have not been explained, and she said the investigation into what has been happening since 2021 is ongoing.
Christina Applegate says she is looking into whether her breast implants could be linked to her ongoing health problems.
She had a double mastectomy in 2008 after a breast cancer diagnosis and says she is overdue to have the implants replaced.
Applegate says she was told she does not have multiple sclerosis, despite years of symptoms and a diagnosis in 2021.
She says her symptoms have not improved and that she does not know what is causing them.
Some plastic surgeons question whether breast implant illness is a real condition, and it is not recognized as a defined illness in the medical community.
- Who
- Christina Applegate, speaking with her MeSsy podcast co-host Jamie-Lynn Sigler.
- What
- Applegate said she is investigating whether her breast implants could be linked to her symptoms. She says she was misdiagnosed with multiple sclerosis.
- When
- Nov. 10, 2026. Applegate discussed the issue on a MeSsy podcast episode.
- Where
- On the MeSsy podcast.
- Why
- Applegate says she has ongoing symptoms and does not know what is causing them. She has read about implant symptoms presenting as multiple sclerosis.
Christina Applegate
Some plastic surgeons
Aspect
Christina Applegate
Applegate says she is looking into whether breast implants could be linked to her symptoms.
Some plastic surgeons
Some plastic surgeons question whether breast implant illness is truly real.
Medical status
Christina Applegate
Applegate cited a study about implant-related symptoms presenting as multiple sclerosis.
Some plastic surgeons
Breast implant illness has not reached the status of a defined illness in the medical community.
Applegate was diagnosed with breast cancer and had a double mastectomy.
Applegate said she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis.
Applegate said learning she did not have multiple sclerosis felt like being back at square one.
Applegate said she still felt part of the multiple sclerosis community.
Applegate said on MeSsy that she would look into whether her implants could be linked to her symptoms.
- Mastectomy
- 2008
- Age
- 54
- Podcast co-host
- Jamie-Lynn Sigler
- Initial MS diagnosis
- 2021
- Implant type
- Saline implants, after reconstruction with saline expanders
- Publication date
- Nov. 10, 2026
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What people are saying
I’ve been thinking this for years
What if it's seriously, what if they're leaking and they're poisoning me?
So that's one that I will be looking into
You don’t get misdiagnosed and then all of a sudden I’m better.