Boobs
I don’t want to start out on the wrong foot here, so before I begin, let me say that I appreciate breasts. Not just any breasts, specifically, women’s breasts.
Although I’ve spent a fair portion of my life (figuratively) medatating on the female bosom, I haven’t put much thought to breast implants. For the most part, I’d just thought they were something that trashy wannabe starlets bought. Sure, there might be health concerns, but who cares? Who gets ‘em anyway?
That was before I stumbled across an ad for implants in Marie Claire magazine. The ad wasn’t all that notable, but the next page showed a listing of the health problems associated with new funbags.
Common risks associated with breast augmentation:
| Saline Implants | Silicone Implants | |||
| Complication | 3 Year Rate | 5 Year Rate | 7 Year Rate | 4 Year Rate |
| Reoperation | 21% | 26% | 30% | 23.5% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Breast Pain | 16% | 17% | 25% | 8.2% |
| Wrinkling | 11% | 14% | - | NA |
| Capsular contracture III/IV | 9% | 11% | 16% | 13.2% |
| Implant Replacement/Removal | 8% | 12% | 15 | NA |
| Implant Deflation | 5% | 7% | 10 | NA |
These numbers are much higher than those published in the Risks section of Implant Forum, but they’re published by the manufacturer, so I suspect that they’re lowballed.
It’s odd that you post these stats considering I had just heard a news article talking about an actress by the name of Heidi Montag who talked about her cosmetic surgery. This is what she said:
“Right before I went in, I was like, What if I don’t wake up? Oh, this is scary. Then I thought, I don’t care. If I don’t wake up, it’s worth it. I just wanted it so badly.”
It just scares me to hear people talk like that.