Christina Applegate Investigates Possible Implant Link to Symptoms

Christina Applegate said she is investigating whether her breast implants could be linked to symptoms she had attributed to multiple sclerosis, after learning that her MS diagnosis was incorrect. She stressed that the implant concern is a possibility she has considered, not a confirmed cause of her health problems.

On the November 10 episode of her MeSsy podcast with Jamie Lynn Sigler, Applegate said she had a double mastectomy in 2008 after a breast cancer diagnosis and is overdue to have her implants replaced. She said she had wondered whether the implants were leaking and causing symptoms resembling MS, and that she planned to look into the possibility after reading about a study on the subject.

The reports describe Applegate’s remarks, but do not establish that her implants are leaking or that they caused her symptoms. Applegate said her doctors would investigate what had been happening since 2021, when she was diagnosed with MS. The evidence she cited for the implant theory was her recollection of a study; no findings from her doctors’ investigation were reported.

Applegate said she had not improved after being told she did not have MS and felt worse. She has described the...