Thinking they might be contributing to her lowered immune function, Hemigway had them removed three years after she began alternative treatment. "Plus they were so contrary to who I am."
Removal revealed that the implants had ruptured and a blood test confirmed that a considerable amount of silicone had leaked from her implants into her blood. To deal with this dangerous source of toxicity, Mariel underwent hyperbaric oxygen therapy. The intense oxygen infusion of this approach would convert the silicone in her blood and tissues into silicon-citrate, a form that is easily eliminated from the body.
Mariel lay inside a sealed single-person oxygen chamber and was bathed in pure oxygen for two hours a session. She did this for five days in the space of a week. After that, her blood test was clear of silicone and her energy levels picked up.
"I think implants are bad news," Mariel says. "I enjoyed them for about a year, then from ages 20 to 32, I was asking, 'Why do I have these? I hate these. They were not me, it's kind of the antithesis of who I am. I'm a real natural person - but I was afraid to take them out because I thought I might look deformed. But I was fine. Now I think implants are bizarre looking-and I'm happy I can say it."
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