FDA’s unfortunate actions inspired me to start this blog.

I fully understand the feelings of a woman who has undergone mastectomy or mastectomies. Her desire to replace what was lost is often based on her need to regain control of her life. But it is very important to me that all women understand what is really at stake when they choose to get implants. The control that women seem to be seeking by getting implants is lost when they start having trouble with them.

I believe that the more public discourse there is about breast implants the fewer women would get them. This is why I’m here, on the Internet, ready to talk about this hazard to women’s health. I’m here to let women know that the implants available currently are unproven products capable of causing long-term difficulties for those who use them.

I invite other implant recipients to share their experiences here, and everyone to join my larger discussion of why we have a growing commercial venture by plastic surgeons and a surge in the manufacture and sale of breast implants. Those ventures will surely hurt women now and in generations to come.

With all that has been said about breast implants in the past 20 years, I am at a loss to understand why a poorly designed and unproven product has been made easily available to women, and why women, so many years after the great strides women have made to improve their lives, are still willing to undergo surgery to get them.

Let’s talk!

TAGS: breast implant; breast implants; women’s health; body image; women’s issues; beauty

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