Tag: breast implants
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Are Your Breast Implants Giving You Cancer?
Over 200 000 breast augmentation procedures are performed every year, with the majority of them being for cosmetic reasons. In fact, patients spent over $1 billion on breast augmentation in 2020, regardless of the pandemic’s effect on aesthetic surgery. As breast augmentation surgery is a popular procedure, there is extra attention paid to the health…
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Considering Breast Implants? FDA Updates Risk Guidelines
The FDA recently updated its risk guidelines for breast implants. The move is aimed at ensuring that women considering breast implants have a clear picture of what implants involve before moving ahead with the surgery. Amendments to the guidelines suggest that the FDA has taken note of a range of concerns around this lucrative aesthetic…
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Your Breast Implants And Mammograms: Are They Making It Less Effective?
According to 2018 statistics released by the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, breast augmentation is still the number one procedure requested by women. It was up 4% from the previous year, standing at 313 735 procedures completed by plastic surgeons in one year. This is despite the fact that breast implants carry serious health risks.…
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My Breast Implants Made Me Sick – Real Life Story
This is my story on how my breast implants made me sick. I can still remember, looking up at my uncle when I was a little girl, as he looked down at me and told me that I looked like a little boy. I was so crushed in that moment. I had never thought about…
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Are Your Breast Implants Poisoning You?
Victoria Beckham, Crystal Hefner, Pamela Anderson, Yolanda Hadid, Melissa Gilbert, and Heather Morris. What do these famous women have in common with thousands of other women worldwide? Well, for one thing, they all decided to get breast implants when they were younger. Now they each have decided to remove what many are referring to as…