Fw: Loretta Lynn warns against implants

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From: " Ilena Rose " <ilena@...>

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Subject: Loretta Lynn warns against implants

> In the current National Enquirer (almost sure it's that one) is a long

> Loretta Lynn article that concludes with another warning about implants.

> Here's an article from before ...

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>

> From: ilena@... (Ilena Rose)

> Newsgroups: alt.support.breast-implant

> Date: Thu, 06 Sep 2001 08:10:34 GMT

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> http://www.canoe.ca/JamMusicArtistsL/lynn_loretta.html

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> April 11, 1998

> Loretta Lynn warns against implants

> NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Country singer Loretta Lynn is warning women

about

> the dangers of silicone breast implants.

>

> " You women out there that have breast implants, it is dangerous. Have

them

> jerked out, " Lynn says in the April 21 issue of Country Weekly magazine.

>

> The 63-year-old entertainer had her 25-year-old implants removed in

January

> because of leaking silicone that had attached to nerve endings, her rib

> cage, backbone and tissue.

>

> " It was a mess. It went all over, " Lynn said. Without surgery, " I would

> have died. "

>

> In 1992, the United States restricted silicone gel implants to mastectomy

> patients in medical experiments. Saline-filled implants are still

available

> for use in cosmetic and reconstructive surgery.

>

> Lynn's hits include I Wanna Be Free and Coal Miner's Daughter.

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