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Thu, 30 Aug 2007 22:00:42 +0000

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By: Mary

Mary — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 17:08:30 +0000

Thanks Suzannabanna,

I felt the SAME way. I get calls and E-mails all the time from young girls who had NO idea what they got themselves into. When I got my implants, no one told me about any issues. NOW, years later I would think there is more information out there. But women are, sadly, still in the dark on this information. That’s one of the reasons we started this Blog. Thanks for posting.
Mary

By: suzannabanana23

suzannabanana23 — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 15:57:42 +0000

Brava Mary! I remember how vulnerable I felt as a young girl — we would all stand in front of mirrors at slumber parties play the game “If I could change three things about my looks.” My nose would be smaller, I would have fuller lips, I would have a smaller rear end… etc. And, of course the most popular: “I would have bigger breasts!”

When I was pre-teen and teenager we didn’t have plastic surgery. But today young women do have access — through credit card debt, through high-interest financing schemes and through overly indulgent and under informed parents.

Who is around to tell them that they are signing up for a lifetime of repeat surgeries — most of which won’t be paid for by health insurance?

Or, in the case of many young women, other unexplained health problems?

Plastic surgeons simply don’t offer this kind of informed consent.

It’s really a tragedy. So young girls who stand in front of the mirror and long to look better may actually get surgery that will make them look worse.

So sad. Thanks for your wonderful blog and thanks for your post!