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Popular
Graduation Gift: Breast
Implants
The hot new
reward for graduating high school girls is bigger breasts. According
to the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS),
the number of breast enhancement surgeries for 18-year-olds has
jumped from 3,872 in 2002 to 11,326 in 2003. That's a 292% increase
in one year. The procedure can run about $3,500 to $7,000. But
that may not be the only cost. The potential for implant failure
later on can cost more than money.
The FDA has
just released a new consumer handbook on implants, which includes
graphic photos of what can go wrong. However, one must understand
that the FDA in this case is going to err on the side of caution
having had so much controversy surrounding this topic.
The Institute
of Medicine (IOM) completed its independent review of past and
ongoing scientific research of silicone [both saline-filled and
silicone-gel filled] breast implant safety in June 1999

Breast Picture Source:
FDA Website

Implant
removal without replacement in augmentation patient.
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Below are
some of the major findings from the IOM report
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Local complications are the primary safety
issue with breast implants because they
are frequent enough to be a concern.
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Local complications accumulate over the
lifetime of the implant, and they have not
been
well studied.
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Information on local complications is crucial
for women deciding whether or not they want
breast implants.
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Breast implants will not last a lifetime. Either
because of rupture or other complications,
you
will likely need to have the implants removed.
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You are likely to need additional doctor visits
and reoperations because of one or more
complications over the course of your life.
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You are likely to have the implants removed, with or
without replacement,
because of one or more complications over the
course of your life.
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Many of the changes to your breast following implantation
may be cosmetically
undesirable, as well as irreversible (cannot
be undone).
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If you later choose to have your implants removed,
you may experience
unacceptable dimpling, puckering, wrinkling,
loss of breast tissue, or
other undesirable cosmetic changes of the breast.
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