Fw: Letter to Ottawa Citizen

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This was written by ...love...Lea

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Sent: Friday, February 28, 2003 10:21 AM

Subject: Letter to Ottawa Citizen

I would like to comment on your recent article on breast implants entitled "Breast implants are back as fears subside".After more than ten years of fighting the manufacturers who make breast implants and the plastic surgeons who insert them, I have realized that there are two self-evident truths surrounding this controversy. One is that there is no such thing as a safe implant; the other is that plastic surgeons continue to deceive prospective clients. The comments made by Dr. Walter s are just another example of why plastic surgeons are considered by their implant victims to be the used-car salesmen of the medical community.s says that there have been 17 studies that satisfy him that breast implants are safe. He doesn't, of course, mention that there have been--over many years--literally hundreds of peer-reviewed studies that damn them for what they really are--deadly devices! s also forgot to tell your readers that the 17 studies were all bought and paid for by the manufacturers of breast implants; moreover, he ignores that these studies were all done after the early 1990s when the manufacturers and plastic surgeons went into panic damage control!In addition, if s was one of the authors of the IOM's "Safety of Silicone Breast Implants" report, then he knows or should know that the report did not give implants a clean bill of health. It did, however, conclude that a great deal of further research has to be done.It is unfortunate that plastic surgeons are given this opportunity to freely advertise their wares in the media. And it is tragic that yet another generation of eighteen-year-olds with "small breast disease!" will rush to make an appointment with s and his kind. These young women would be much better advised to heed the words of Dr. Blais (who was quoted in your article) or to read a recently published brochure (2002) by Command Trust Network, "Are Breast Implants for You?", which is based on the facts and not on the money-driven propaganda served up by greedy and uncaring plastic surgeons.Thank you