Fw: Subject Reference: More facing up to plastic surgery ..breast implants again g

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Thanks to (gigi*) for this article!

I find the comment re: "despite the economy...", more than interesting ... especially, considering the medical risks!

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More facing up to plastic surgery December 27, 2002) - When Sherri Durham decided to have her breasts enlarged a few years ago, she approached the surgery as she might have approached the purchase of a new car or computer. She shopped around. She did research. She asked friends and co-workers for advice and referrals. "I was asking everybody," says Durham, 25. Consequently, once Durham had the surgery, there seemed no point in trying to hide the fact that, in her words, her breast size went from "concave to a full C" cup. Without hint of embarrassment, Durham cheerfully told everyone she knew - and anyone who asked - that she'd undergone plastic surgery. Mauro Romita, a New York plastic surgeon, says "plastic surgery in the '60s - other than a rhinoplasty, or nose job - you kept it to yourself, especially with men. Now it's much more open." Breast augmentation, face-lifts and liposuction have become fodder for zingers at parties, cause for celebration, even a point of pride for some people. "It depends on the personality of the patient," says Durham's surgeon, Carl Askren of Fresno. "I had one (breast augmentation) patient who went straight from the recovery room to the front desk and showed my staff. A lot of people don't care that much." Says Gailliot Jr., another Fresno plastic surgeon: "Society has come to accept it as something that normal people do. Like a lot of prejudices in life, once society accepts it, it's no longer taboo." Some surgeons say America's obsession with celebrity - and the gossipy media saturation that sheds light on every change in big stars' appearances - has contributed to the candor about plastic surgery. If looks are your business, as they are for actors, actresses and singers, surgery is not only acceptable but almost inevitable. "When you've got money like that, and you can be perfect," Durham says, "it's almost something you have to do." But the numbers of people having it done also leads to freedom to talk about it. According to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons' Web site, the number of Americans who elect to have aesthetic plastic surgery every year has tripled during the past decade. Despite a sluggish economy and domestic safety concerns, the number of patients increased 7 percent last year, according to the organization. Although there still were more nose jobs and eyelid surgeries performed in 2001, the Web site reports the number of breast augmentations ballooned to nearly a quarter-million. Roughly 7.5 million Americans are expected to have cosmetic plastic surgery by the end of this year. That doesn't include another 13 million submitting to nonsurgical procedures, such as Botox and collagen injections, chemical peels and dermabrasions. Many baby boomers are using it to help them compete in the workplace, and their readiness to share intimate details of their lives extends to cosmetic surgery. As cosmetic surgery techniques improve and surgeons gain experience, they're able to provide more natural results. It seems the less people have to hide, the more open they tend to be about it. Breast augmentation patients are going for larger cup sizes, many choosing implants 350 cubic centimeters (roughly the size of a cup of coffee) and larger - nearly twice as large as they were 20 years ago. Better surgery techniques also mean fewer risks. Romita says anesthesia is better. New skin adhesives mean fewer stitches, if any. "The risk of nerve damage or skin loss are far, far less now because we're much more sophisticated," Romita says. "We do things that are far more complex surgery in a simpler way now." Romita says another trend in plastic surgery may be contributing to patients' candor. People are having smaller procedures done more often at an earlier age. Askren sees this happening in California's Central Valley: "The idea there is to maintain a youthful appearance throughout their lives rather than waiting until they're 50 or 60 and having a big procedure." Skolnik, chief of aesthetic surgery at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York, agrees that on the face of it, cosmetic surgery is much like going to the gym or dieting or coloring your hair. But Skolnik says it's important to acknowledge not only the limits of what such surgery can do for you, but what it should do. is an extreme example of the perils of pursuing an imagined physical ideal through surgery. Skolnik says he recently saw a woman who wasn't far behind . She came to him after having surgery performed by someone else. She was unhappy with the results. "This woman who now looks like a mannequin - there's not a line or movement on her entire face - is complaining to me that there's this tiny little thing when she looks in the magnifying mirror underneath her chin," Skolnik says. "And she said, 'Can you fix it?'" But he declined to do anything further. "She wanted perfection, but it doesn't exist," he said.

gigi* illness exist from all breast implants, she certianly didn't do her home work well at all, or she'd have never had breast implants ask us! And the PS didn't inform her truthfully either, they are aware of the truth! http://www.nandotimes.com/healthscience/story/690699p-5128699c.html

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