<p id=”par-1_61″>After two years with a <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/news/brandi-glanville-diagnosis-facial-disfigurement-blamed-stress-caroline-manzo-fiasco.html/”>mysterious facial parasite</a>, Brandi Glanville said her breast implants are to blame. The former <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/news/rhobh-brandi-glanville-went-public-with-the-denise-richards-affair-because-she-was-holding-me-hostage-in-a-weird-way.html/”><em>Real Housewives of Beverly Hills </em>star</a> has been open with fans about her facial disfigurement and the frustration she has felt while trying to find out what was wrong. Her quest for a diagnosis, she said, has cost her thousands of dollars.</p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-brandi-glanville-believed-her-breast-implants-worsened-her-facial-parasites”>Brandi Glanville believed her breast implants worsened her facial parasites</h2>
<p id=”par-2_29″>Glanville got breast implants in 2007, shortly after the <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/news/rhobh-brandi-glanville-reveals-how-she-became-friends-with-leann-rimes-after-years-fighting.html/”>birth of her son</a>. She described the silicone implants as “illegal,” noting that they are no longer on the market.</p>
<p id=”par-3_26″>After years of struggling with facial disfigurement caused by a parasite, Glanville said she realized what was wrong after a sonogram. Her breast implants had ruptured.</p>
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<p id=”par-4_36″>“Mine had completely ruptured, and I had silicone all over my lymph nodes,” she said, per <a target=”_blank” href=”https://people.com/brandi-glanville-facial-parasite-caused-by-her-breast-implants-11908472″ rel=”noreferrer noopener”>People</a>. “That’s what caused the infection in my face; it couldn’t get out as my lymph nodes were all clogged.”</p>
<p id=”par-5_20″>The woman performing the sonogram and her former <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/news/teddi-mellencamp-real-housewives-health.html/”><em>RHOBH</em> co-star, Yolanda Hadid</a>, encouraged her to get her implants taken out.</p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-brandi-glanville-opened-up-about-the-costs-incurred-because-of-her-breast-implants”>Brandi Glanville opened up about the costs incurred because of her breast implants</h2>
<p id=”par-6_24″>While she has since removed her implants, Glanville’s search for a diagnosis cost her a lot of money. She said she visited 21 doctors.</p>
<p id=”par-7_36″>“So you do labs every time, and it’s, like, $1,000 just to get to see a new doctor,” she told <a href=”https://radaronline.com/p/brandi-glanville-life-saving-breast-implant-surgery/” target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>Radar Online</a>. “You kind of feel like you’re getting passed around but not getting any answers.”</p>
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<p id=”par-8_22″>She has previously stated that her medical bills <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/news/rhobh-alum-brandi-glanville-exhausted-savings-brutal-health-battle.html/”>totaled over $130,000</a>. The cost of her medical treatment began to impact her lifestyle.</p>
<p id=”par-9_31″>“I wasn’t working but having to pay for groceries, my rent, my car insurance,” she said. “I lost my house because I couldn’t afford it anymore, so I had to move.”</p>
<p id=”par-10_11″>As this was happening, she said her symptoms continued to worsen.</p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-she-encouraged-others-to-maintain-their-implants”>She encouraged others to maintain their implants</h2>
<p id=”par-11_20″>Glanville said that people with breast implants should change them every 10 years. She’d had hers for nearly two decades. </p>
<p id=”par-12_50″>“I was shocked, because they’re implants that I’ve had for almost 20 years, they looked fine, they felt fine, the mammogram said they were fine, it wasn’t until I had a sonogram,” she said. “You really should change your breast implants every 10 years, and I just didn’t do it.”</p>
<p id=”par-13_15″>While Glanville said she doesn’t want any more silicon in her body, she doesn’t wan</p>