4 octobre, 2007 15:28
Boom in breast implants as attitudes change and more news on breast implants
Thursday, October 4th 2007, 4:00 AM
4 octobre, 2007 15:28
Boom in breast implants as attitudes change and more news on breast implants
Thursday, October 4th 2007, 4:00 AM
Just last week, Heidi Montag of MTV's "The Hills" admitted to Us Weekly that she got a boob job in April. It was so important to her that she didn't even mind the slight risk of not coming through the operation.
"Right before I went in, I was, like, 'What if I don't wake up?'" she told the magazine. "Then, I thought, 'I don't care. If I don't wake up, it's worth it.' I just wanted it so badly."
She'll, care when she; becomes sick an it won't be worth it later. IMHO
Montag wasn't alone in her longing for a larger chest. Last year, 329,000 women got boob jobs, making it the most popular cosmetic surgery for the first time. That's 10 times as many women as 15 years ago - the earliest the American Society of Plastic Surgeons has stats on the operation.
"There was an image of people years ago that got breast implants as being exotic or somehow very out there," says Richard A. D'Amico, the ASPS' president-elect. "But breast augmentation is a procedure among mainstream women nowadays. And in my practice, most women who want breast implants have had several children and lost the fullness in their breasts and just want to restore what they had."
More than half of women say they're more accepting of breast augmentation surgery than they used to be, says a new study by the National Women's Health Resource Center. The group recently polled 1,600 women ages 18 to 64. Did they poll women, ill from these toxic devices?
"The media has had a strong impact on breast-implant awareness," says Elizabeth Battaglino Cahill, executive director of the resource center. "You see these surgery shows all the time on television - from the Discovery Channel to 'Dr. 90210,' along with the shows that focus on makeovers."
And the operation and implants have changed also - both for the better, according to D'Amico.
The shells for both silicone and saline implants are stronger.
"There was a time when the failure rate of the shells was pretty high," D'Amico says. "But now they last much longer." < That's a false statement PS, tell their; potential victims.
The average life of today's implant is between 12 and 15 years. Some older sets only lasted a few years.
"And there is a trend to put more of the implants behind the muscle, which is different from when they were all placed on top of the muscle," says D'Amico. "Radiologists tell us they can get better mammograms when the implant is behind the big chest muscle. And the occurrence of heavy scarring around the implants seems to be less when the implant is below the muscle."
This practice started in the 1980s and has gradually become more common.
"Recoveries have gotten shorter as well," D'Amico adds. "At first, they got longer when the implants started going under the muscle, because the muscle can be quite uncomfortable after the surgery. But [within the last five to seven years], we've had the addition of small devices that are inserted under the skin into the muscle area that drip Novocain right onto the muscle and make the recovery much more comfortable."
But D'Amico admits that issues like scarring around the implant - which happens to some women implanted with a foreign object - is still a problem.
"There are a lot of things that women need to understand," reasons Cahill. "It's not just what we're seeing on television - one day you go in for the surgery and then you come out and look great. There are followups, this has to be paid out of their own pocket, and these devices don't last a lifetime." We wish our Dr.'s, had told us; the truth before ours ruptured.
HOLLYWOOD BREAST-ORY
1970s:
Dolly Parton reportedly got her first implants in her early 20s and again in her 30s.1980s:
Jane Fonda admitted in 2002 to having had surgery during her "Workout" video phase.1990s:
Pamela Anderson famously had her implants removed, then put back in.2007:
"The Hills" star Heidi Montag went from a size 32A to a 32C with help from a plastic surgeon._____________________________________________________
Gigi- Karen I've wondered how much Dow Chemical and Dow Corning, paid; Timmie
Jean to keep her mouth shut up all these years-about the negative side effects of all Breast Implants. An if Dow, paid all of her; Dr. bills also. Gerow, had her see Dr. Patten. No wonder Dow Chemical and Corning, ran Dr. Patten (a brilliant physician, who knew to much concerning the relation of disease and breast implants as the causation)Out of highly successful practice. Timmie Jeans, sister died from, being part of the first guinea pig experiment. Done on women, by; Dow Chemical Gerow and Cronin. Every woman, should be allowed to sue; Dow Chemical and Dow Corning for millions. Not the pathetic amount in, The Dow Settlement Scam Plan. The cac committee, seems to have sold us; down the river to Dow. And never allows the women, to vote on Changes made to the lousy measly amount Dow's; now offering instead of the $350,000,00. We were promised-if the women, voted yes to; the Dow scam plan. How many years ago was that? Why did the disease claim need extended, it certainly Doesn't benefit the women? The cac committee will continue to receive big hefty checks, by the time this is over the cac committee; will have been paid more money than any women. Does this sound fair to you, it darn sure doesn't to me! IMHO
