Fw: Extra TV! Story on Teenage Implants ~ Tonite

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From: ilena rose <ilena@...

Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2001 5:41 PM

Subject: Extra TV! Story on Teenage Implants ~ Tonite

> ~~~ thanks Kathy ... this story is getting incredible coverage. It's on

> here in San Diego on channel 9 at 6pm and repeated at 11:30 ... check

local

> listings. btw, i think it was 96 or 97 you & KKJ were on Leeza's show and

> did such a great job!

>

> ilena ~~~>

> Kathynye@... wrote:

>

> Link and story about the 15 year old girl from England. In story it

> states. " the 25- 30 percent complication rate. " .. better than the 4%

> reported by PS in the past. Don't know if photo will show. Leeza Gibbons

is

> the host of Extra.. Kathy ly- and I were on her show about the

> anniversary of breast implants. Brain fog.. can't remember the year. Think

> 1994??????

> Kathy Nye

>

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>

> Wednesday January 10, 2001

> How Young is Too Young?

>

> From Pamela to the babes of 's Secret, we're bombarded

> with the message: big breasts make the woman. So it's no wonder Jenna

> lin, who lives in London, wanted breast implants. Trouble is she's

> only 15!!!

>

> She says, " I want to do it with my self confidence. I want more confidence

> to stand and be proud, not slouch. "

>

> Jenna's parents had promised her the surgery as a 16th birthday present.

> Jenna says, " Everybody's got a fault. I want surgery to improve myself. "

>

> Little did she know the outrage her case would cause in Britain. Radio

talk

> shows were flooded with callers. Newspapers revealed the supposed " secret

> past " of Jenna's mother, and her father was forced to publicly

> defend his decision. He says, " She wants to look good and there's not many

> people out there with perfect breasts.

>

> Jenna was determined. She says, " I'd really like to have my boobs done and

> I don't think there's anyway anyone can stop me from having it. "

>

> Oh, but in the end they did! After all the controversy the doctor backed

> out and Jenna's mother decided her daughter has to wait two years. Even in

> America, it's now unethical to put implants in patients under 18, even

> though it is more socially acceptable here than in Britain.

>

> Jenna says, " I just want big fake boobs to be perfectly honest.

>

> Eighteen-year old Jana Speaker of Southern California wasn't happy with

her

> natural C cups. She says, " I want a guy to just walk by me and say, 'Wow!

I

> want to see that girl naked. "

>

> At least she's honest! Dr. Barry Zide, a professor of plastic surgery at

> < " http://www.mountsinai.org/hso/hosp_index.jsp?hosp=msh " >NYU Munt Sinai

> Medical Center, says many teens don't give the real reasons for wanting

the

> surgery. He says, " They want to get dressed in specific types of clothes,

> they want to go to dances, they want men to be attracted to them. "

>

> And he says many aren't prepared for the 25- 30 percent complication rate.

> He says, " They may not be mature enough to deal with the complication and

> it may be difficult because they're in school at that point. "

>

> And back in Britain Jenna says the scare tactics haven't worked. She'll

get

> the implants in two years and not only that, Jenna plans a face-lift when

> she hits middle age.

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