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Gotta get them out
Pros:
you will love them in the beginning but you will have more problems than you can handle later.
I now have a wonderful doctor who is working for free
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Cons:
see above
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Cost:
Explant free but original surgery cost $1500
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Healing time:
still recovering
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Pain-o-meter: Not specified
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Hello, I live in Orlando, Florida. I moved to Los Vegas, Nevada in 1967 and worked in the entertainment field singing with a small band - later I worked in talent agent office. I got silicone breast implants in 1973, it cost $1.500 then, and I was 25 years old. I was told they would always look beautiful even in old age, that they were "safe".
Well fast forward to today. 27 years later I've had 10 surgeries, and the first set of implants were removed in 1996, replaced with saline implants, I had heart surgery nine months later. The saline implants were ruptured in surgery, and after that I had nine more surgeries. I will soon have my 11th surgery in May 2000.
I have been so ill for the past 20 plus years, and I get tired just writing this email. It is hard to sit here and write now.
I hope I have been of some help to you or anyone who is thinking about getting implants. I would say please don't do it - you will love them in the beginning but you will have more problems than you can handle later. It's not worth it - trust me.
Additional thoughts:
My doctor is wonderful - he is doing this free stuff for me because of all the infections I incurred. He is a very good and is concerned about my well being.
Here are more details:
How results differed from what I expected:
Not specified
Biggest fears pre-procedure:
Not specified
Healing aids used:
Not specified
Number of doctors consulted:
?
Number of years I thought about having the procedure:
20
Had an elective procedure before:
Not specified
Complications or follow-up procedures:
10 surgeries
I have been so ill for the past 20 plus years
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Gender:
Female
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Age:
52
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Ethnic group:
Not specified
Education:
Not specified
Country:
United States
State/Province:
Florida
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About 70 percent of young women try to lose weight. That dissatisfaction with their body weight stays with them into adulthood.
(Source: "the Role of Weight Management in the Health of Women" by Sachiko T. St. Jeor, professor and director of Nutrition Education and Research at the University of Nevada, School of Medicine)
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