Fw: H'Wood's Plastic Surgery Nightmares When Breast Implants Go Bad

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Fast forward to 2003, and Pam 's implants are as eye popping as ever....I wonder if she changed her mind about getting (quote from article) "sick and tired of people staring straight into her breastsrather than her eyes."?

H'Wood's Plastic Surgery NightmaresWhen Breast Implants Go BadEnquirerMay 4, 1999=====================================================Pamela Lee Shocked the world and sorely disappointed her legions ofmale fans when she had her massive breast implants removed. But the blondebombshell - who went from an eye-popping 36DD to a more modest 36C - is onlyone of the many Hollywood stars whose breast enhancement surgery has turnedinto a disaster.And many of those stars, like Pam, have now downsized, undergoing new surgeryto remove what nature never intended."I feel like I'm a petite person and having these large breasts just didn'tfeel right anymore," the 5-foot-3, 100-pound "V.I.P." star told aninterviewer."I didn't feel like I looked very good. I was really getting self-consciousabout it."Although Pam didn't have her silicone implants removed due to medicalproblems, after the surgery the former "Baywatch" babe - who breast-fed hertwo children - was stunned to find out that one of the implants had beenleaking."I had no idea anything was wrong," she said. "I don't know when it happened."And Pam's troubles may not be over. "One of the potential problems Pamelafaces with the removal of her implants is saggy, deflated breasts," said Dr.Randal Haworth, a top Beverly Hills surgeon who has performed more than 1,000breast enlargements."She didn't have the best implants initially. They were done above the muscleand as a result you could see the edges of the implants beneath her skin."Statistics show that seven percent of implants rupture by the time they'vebeen in 13 years. That figure claims one percent per year after that."And if the breast implants are not done correctly in the first place, therewill always be problems."Dr. Elle nbogen, a prominent Beverly Hills plastic surgeon andclinical instructor of plastic surgery at the University of SouthernCalifornia, agreed: "Pamela had huge implants, and huge implantshave a much higher complication rate."Women like Pamela who have their large implants removed may need some type ofuplift procedure to get a more normal contour. I wouldn't be surprised if shehas a further procedure."But Pam is happy with her new look, a close friend revealed."Pam just got sick and tired of people staring straight into her breastsrather than her eyes. She's reached a new era in her life. She wants to betaken seriously as an actress and a person."Pam finally got fed up with being trussed up like a rock'n'roll bimbo all thetime!"Here are some other stars who found that breast enhancement can be a less thanuplifting experience:Tea Leoni's cups did runneth over when she went from a flat-as -a-board AA cupto a size C in June 1996.but then she faced "The Naked Truth": Six weeks of agonizing pain, vomiting,insomnia and crying jags that followed her surgery.Tea told a pal: "Never in my wildest dreams did I imagine I'd suffer suchpain."Ultimately the stabbing pain from her implants subsided, and Tea felt rebornwith her more than shapely chest. Tyler experienced months of pain when her implants hardenedfollowing a 1991 procedure."In 95% of cases where women have their breast implants removed, it's due tothe harness phenomenon," said Dr. Ellenbogen."The body reacts to the implant causing scar tissue to form around it, makingit feel hard."To a woman this feels like a knife in the chest." was forced to undergo a second operation to replace the implants with newones."If I'd known this was going to happen to me, I'd never have had the implantsin the f irst place," told a source. wanted a fuller figure - and wound up with 11 years of hell.Silicone implants the talk show hostess got in 1981 hardened and fiveoperations later, they still weren't right. So in 1992, she had the implantsremoved. saw a psychologist to deal with the mental adjustment from having herimplants removed.And her experience, which left her with breast that are numb and asymmetrical,convinced her Her to start a foundation that urges women with implant problemsto seek medical help."I don't have cleavage," says , who went from a 36C down to AA. "But Isure am better off without them."Cher admitted she had her breasts fixed but it took several procedures beforeshe was happy with her fuller figure."My breast operations were a nightmare," she revealed. "They were reallybotched in every way."Stevie Nicks says she's "living proof" that breast impl ants are not safe.In 1994, the Fleetwood Mac songbird had a serious attack of Epstein-Barrsyndrome, a condition marked by extreme weakness and fatigue. She suspected itwas caused by the silicone breast implants she got in 1976, and had them takenout."It turned out they were totally broken," said Stevie, whose health improvedafter the procedure.She kept the removed implants in her freezer to "remind me of the agony."Sally Kirkland, the "EDtv" star, told the Enquirer she had to endure ninecorrective surgeries following the rupture of her silicone implants in thelate 1980's."My body became a battle zone of scar tissue from all the operations. And Iwas constantly fighting the toxic die-off as the silicone moved through mybody, poisoning healthy tissue."Sally's replacement saline implants fared no better and they were removed inAugust 1998. McCarthy says she had her bustline pum ped up to 36DD because big breasts"gave me something to make fun of." But now the former MTV vixen reveals she'sgoing to follow Pam 's lead and get something off her chest."I have a feeling you'll see a dramatic decrease in my bustline in a coupleof years," , 26, told a reporter."I have a feeling you'll see a dramatic decrease in my bustline in a couple ofyears" , 26, told a reporter." I had mine done at 19 which was way too young. I tell girls that if theyreally want them done they should wait until they're older. If I'd waiteduntil now I wouldn't have them done."The surgeon said he didn't want to give me implants because he thought myboobs were perky and bouncy."But I insisted I wanted them bigger. Now I think they're too big and I'd liketo get them reduced."Dolly Parton had her trademark breasts downsized in 1986 when her speciallyconstructed quart-size implants had to be removed and replace with smallerones.The 5-foot-1 country music star - who'd earlier had a leaking implant replacedhad dieted down to 102 pounds and her breasts began to sag.Dolly was reluctant to reduce her breasts, saying "I wouldn't be Dolly withoutthem."But even her smaller D-cup breasts have left Dolly with the bodice-busingmeasurements of 42-19-34!Mariel Hemingway blossomed from a 32A to a 36C for her role as Playboy pinupDorothy Stratten in the movie "Star 80."But in 1993, at the age of 31, she had the implants removed, saying "theybecame unimportant, so I got rid of them".Mariel split the difference between her mountains and her molehills: She hadsmaller implants put in and she's now a 34B. Love thought she was keeping abreast of fashion when she deepened hercleavage by boosting her measurements to 35C.But in March 1993, the rocker said not thanks for the ma mmaries - she had herimplants removed and deflated her frontage to 34B. Egert, Pam 's former "Baywatch" co-star, abandoned more thanher red swimsuit when she quit the series - she also left her breast implantsbehind as she embarked upon a film career. had her breast reduced in 1994, moaning, "I regret ever having salineimplants." McDonough, a child star on "The Waltons," decided to grow when she grewup, and had her chest renovated to give her career a boost.But the breast implants she received in 1984 made her so ill that aftercontracting lupus, she finally had them removed in 1994. told a reporter that "not only had they ruptured but the polyurethanefoam around them had melted and seeped into my system, So everything had tobe scraped out." Griffith had breast implant work done in 1990 - and two days later shehad to undergo emergency surgery when she began b leeding badly from thestitches.After the blood was drained and the ruptured blood vessel in one of her breastrestitched, was sent home to recover, still shaken. She told pals: "Ithought I was going to bleed to death."Tina had two procedures performed to fix implants that had hardened.Then the rock diva did the next breast thing for her surgeon: She slept withhim, according to a book written by her personal assistant. Afterwards Tinaasked the doc, "Well, what do you think of your work?"He said, "Not bad at all."Other Pictures Include:Loni Whoopi GoldbergDrew BarrymoreSoleil Moon FryeRobin Quivers - Stern's sidekick.Ursula AndressAll the above say they have had reductions.Also Story on songbird Britney Spears - Has Implants - At Age 17!

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