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March 3, 2008

Christina Aguilera Makes Us a Little Nauseous

Filed under: Body Image, Breast Implants, Celebrity, Culture and Society — Tags: Breast Implants, breastfeeding, britney spears, christina aguilera, dolly parton — Mary @ 1:28 pm

Recent pictures of Christina Aguilera, posted at Yeeeah.com, called “Christina’s Boobs Are Revolting,” are turning peoples’ heads and making us shake ours. This poor girl! Is she another to add to the long list of celebrities that have turned to implants for job security and attention?

There have been rumors of her implants all over the Web (here, here, and here, just to start) but the confirmation can be found in the pictures. Her breasts look painful and completely distorted. We wonder how a woman gets to a place where she thinks this is natural, beautiful and something to strut in a low-cut sweater.

Even bigger (no pun intended) cause to worry is that she just had a baby. Is she breast-feeding? We all know the jury is still out on breastfeeding with implants, silicone crossing into breastmilk, and certain silicones crossing the placental barrier. So many of our mom’s are sick, but our children are also sick. This makes us worry for the new life she has brought into the world. I know I didn’t think my decisions before motherhood would affect my baby, but they did. I only hope hers doesn’t affect her new one.

One would think someone or even her stylists would cover up stuff like this.

Everyone remembers the Britney scandal: Our favorite, possibly mentally ill, world famous-at-17 pop princess wasn’t big enough for her boots and got temporary breast implants, with her mother’s consent.

And even Dolly Parton has been in the news recently for her implants, postponing her tour because of back pain caused by her over-sized chest. It’s not just the younger generation that is caught up in this tragic body image dilemma. Dolly’s small frame and huge implant size show that there was a surgeon out there that wasn’t thinking of the most appropriate or even healthy look for her body.

Not only is it sad to see celebrities (who are people, by the way) making the decisions they do because of vanity or unrealistic expectations, but it’s sad to know that they are surrounded by people who are paid to say yes. Plastic surgery and Hollywood go hand-in-hand, as we already know, but Hollywood is all about illusions. Sooner or later, we have a glimpse of harsh reality.

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I wonder if there are ever doctors who say “no”

Comment by MyEyeIsOnYou — March 4, 2008 @ 9:14 am
[…] Posted 03-04-2008 at 12:08 AM by Nikki Updated 03-04-2008 at 12:54 PM by Nikki I just read this blog about Christina Aguilera and her breast implants and I have to say that I’m thoroughly disgusted, […]

Pingback by Christina Aguilera's Boobs - JustBreastImplants.com Forums - Breast Augmentation, Breast Implants, and Plastic Surgeons — March 4, 2008 @ 10:54 am
I, for the life of me, cannot understand how Miss Aguilera can possibly think that her clevage is even remotely attractive! It is almost repulsive. One thing that Dolly Parton will always have over the younger generation… she never exposed too much clevage. She wears tight fitting clothes to show the size, leaving the rest to the imagination.

Comment by Pam Noonan Saraceni — March 4, 2008 @ 1:45 pm
To Cheating Heart on justbreastimplants.com- Before you go leaving comments on blogs, you should get your facts straight. Saline implants are encased in a silicone envelope….plenty of silicone to leak into a mother’s breast milk. I sure hope you don’t have implants, because you obviously have no idea what chemicals and toxins you have placed in your body if you do.

Comment by Krista — March 4, 2008 @ 3:25 pm
the only thing this i have to say is that i dont relly care that christina had implants, its not in my place or your to. what i am confused and slightly angry about is her aparant preaching about feeling comfortable in our own skin. (you are beautiful in every single way))!!!

the way she always preaches about how we should feel about our bodys and to never feel the need to feel ashamed and then she got implants. well done !!

but i also know that breasts increase in size during child birth. to what the extent i dont know!

Comment by ben — March 4, 2008 @ 6:58 pm
This post isn’t judging Christina on her plastic surgery, which is what people like Nikki seem to think. If Nikki had bothered to look at the context of what this blog is about, then she’d know that this blog has a heavy focus on women’s mental and physical health, and breast implants are not good for either. Since Nikki blogs from a site called Just Breast Implants, it’s obvious she is a big promoter of implants. She is disgusted by how this post “pretends to care” when in fact it’s Nikki herself who sooooo doesn’t care about the tens or thousands of women who are suffering from implants and those who potentially will suffer because she has helped convince them that getting implants is so safe and easy.

Comment by Gloria — March 4, 2008 @ 8:19 pm
I agree with Gloria 100%! That’s what the beauty and the breast blog is all about…blogging about implants/breasts/bodies etc. NOT about music artists and their talents. Nikki had no right to say those things, since she has no idea what this blog is about in the first place!

~Krista

Comment by Krista — March 4, 2008 @ 9:54 pm
Why is everyone so certain Christina Aguilera has had implants? She has just had a baby for god’s sake, women’s bodies change after having a child, everyone knows that. The extent to which that is depends on each individual. Some people are just so picky. I would hate having stuff like that said about me.

Comment by Yuki — March 5, 2008 @ 10:16 am
Dear Yuki…
Whether Chistina Agulara had implants or NOT as you imply… Neither here nor there… WHY ON EARTH IS SHE EXPOSING HERSELF like this when her breast are so obviously mishapen?? Personally having had implants after breast cancer and dealing with the ramafications of capsular contracture … it is obvious that Miss Agulara is suffering from the same.

Comment by Pam Noonan Saraceni — March 5, 2008 @ 4:23 pm
Look the article clearly states ‘There have been rumors of her implants all over the Web but the confirmation can be found in the pictures’. I say no there is no confirmation in the pictures. My point is simply that people are so picky about celebrities. She’s exposing her cleavage and making the most of her breast size, ok, so why can’t people just get over it?

Comment by Yuki — March 6, 2008 @ 3:55 am
Hello ALL and thank you for your posts. It’s great to get the conversation going. Just to be clear about what I wrote, I am a mother. I had implants and my daughter ( just like SO many of the sick women) has had strange illness since I breastfed her. Some of the symptoms are similar to my own illness from silicone poisoning. There is so little truly known about why so many women got ill, and even LESS research ( not paid for by the implant companies) done for the children we had. My concern was about the possibilities given my own experience with implants. All I can share is what has happened to me and SO MANY other women and their children. Yuki you have a great point, we don’t know for sure, but we do know what an encapsulated breast looks like.
As far as justbreastimplants.com goes, well, the name says a lot. It’s JUST about implants. Here we are addressing the whole issue and women’s health. There are many sites set up to SELL implants to women. So why would a site be so defensive over a post? Interesting. Some women don’t know these sites are fronts paid for by the manufacturers and plastic surgeons. I wonder how many of these sites give statistics and adverse effects reports. And to answer the last question, I know VERY FEW doctors who say NO to $$$$. Why do you think this whole industry is a BIG as it is?

Comment by Mary — March 6, 2008 @ 12:37 pm
Uhm sorry, but just because someone has implants doesnt make them mentally or physically ill. You assume everyone who gets them must be mentally ill somehow? And that every woman with implants gets ’sick’? Plastic surgeons charge for a service, and if you go to one who is any kind of professional (like all other professionals) they will give you the best care. I find it funny some of you assume to know everything about women getting implants when you clearly do not, and only see your view. All I see here is a bunch of people making assumptions and sticking your personal value systems onto other peoples lives when they clearly do not belong there.

Comment by Octavia — March 7, 2008 @ 1:44 am
Yeah, looks like Christina has a problem with her implants in that photo, big deal. She’ll get it sorted out and carry on with her lavish life while you post bitter messages about it. Bravo.

I think it would be a better idea to focus on your own breasts and your own lives and stop being judgmental about what everyone else wants to do with their own bodies.

Have a nice day!

Comment by Blue — March 7, 2008 @ 6:31 am
I wish people making negative comments here would do their research before getting all indignant and judgmental and start talking about an issue they obviously don’t know very much about. They should take a look at this from the FDA: Breast Implants - Potential Local Complications and Reoperations, and Breast Implants: If a Woman Gives Consent, Does It Mean She’s Informed? Many organizations and people have spent years looking at breast implants, examining the safety data and following the FDA regulatory process and concluded that allowing implants on the market was just wrong and endangering women. Organizations include the National Organization for Women, Our Bodies Ourselves, and the the Women’s Health Network. The final decision to let them on the market was highly controversial, with many on the FDA committee disagreeing, and the others who agreed having obvious conflict of interest ties to the breast implant industry. This was a political decision that transferred the responsibility of implant safety to consumers, saying that women who want them had better do their research, and if they decide for themselves to get them and something goes wrong, they can’t complain or sue. And now, many many women are regretting their decision because they didn’t do their research, or they relied on what other people say about implant safety, many of whom are getting rich off of them.

Comment by Gloria — March 7, 2008 @ 8:18 am
Wow, there are some truly ignorant comments on here. All I hear are a bunch of jealous catty women attacking another who happens to be famous because of a personal choice she made. I also think that pic has been doctored with. Looks like is has been photoshopped to me. And whether or not she is having complications, so what! It happens. Like any surgery cosmetic or not, there are good outcomes and bad. Some have complications some don’t.
Regardless why is it your business? Those of you quoting sources and then saying Nikki is being biased because of her site, need to check your facts. If any of you even knew anything about JustBreastImplants.com you would see that it is a very informative and unbias site, unlike this one. We discuss all aspects and are not one sided or being paid to do so or put on strings by PS, who promote the site. They aren’t all happy stories on there, they are realistic. There are women who have had complications and who discuss that. You can’t not go to the site and others that are just as good and not be informed on the good and the bad. They portray both sides of the coin. And what could happen and what to expect. Plastic surgery is not a magic wand, and the majority of people who make the decision to go under the knife know this. I could careless about Hollywood and did not make my decision because of it. I have better things to do then salivate over every little tidbit of a star’s life and their ups and downs. I felt compelled to comment on this blog because of the sheer ignorance of the comments being made. Those sites you got your information from are bias too and most if not all are against plastic surgery in general.
What this really boils down to ladies, is jealousy. Hiding behind your ” I am happy with the way I am ” attitude, when odds are you are really self conscious and it shines through by your judging of others. Having breast implants and making the decision to do so does not mean you are mentally ill, nor will it cause you to be so. If you can truly look at yourself in the mirror, naked and say you are happy with having little to no chest, or flabby deflated breasts and feel comfortable with that great. But I am willing to bet you are not, and your comments are being made out of fear, ignorance and spite. Until you have walked in the shoes of someone who has made this type of decision and realize what it can do for them and their self-esteem. Then don’t even go there. And if you have and had a bad experience, you are not the norm. Some women’s bodies reject implants and are prone to complications. That is due to your body, not the implants. Another women could have the same procedure and the same implant put in place and not have any complications. Instead of judging others, why don’t you try supporting them. And use your time more wisely instead of creating ridiculous blogs like this. There are more important issues out there.

Comment by Christine — March 7, 2008 @ 9:06 am
All of you ignornant fool need to wake up and get outside everyonce in awhile….Good Lord people this is the 21st century…I am sure you are the very people out there yelling for Roe V. Wade saying a woman should do with her body what she wants. But when she goes out and tries to feel more beautiful for herself, this isn’t something she should do?!

Is it not still her body?!

Is still not her decision?!

Wake up—implants are safe!!! Look at he recent studies get your head out of the archives—and look at the new data….

Igornant prople make me sick….

Comment by Can — March 7, 2008 @ 9:11 am
I’m so glad to see that some of the obvious “pro-implant” ladies are dropping by to pay this blog a visit. I’m not sure what brought them here, but HEY, it’s great!!
Ladies- If you haven’t already taken a look through some of the archives, well I hope that you do. There’s some wonderful blogs that I think would be great for you to read!
These comments are starting to go way beyond the blog itself. The blog was only pointing out that Christina obviously has implants and is obviously having some problems with CC. Ladies- That’s what the blog is here for, to discuss women’s issues, bodies, breasts, etc. If you don’t like it, then don’t read it! Everyone has the right to say what they want in their blogs!
I’m neither pro-implant nor anti-implant. I’m simply an un-ignorant girl who knows the truth about breast implants. I’m sorry to see that there are still so many girls that are still in the dark about implants. It is obvious from the comments that were made here, that so many girls who still insist on throwing their heads in the sand, and just hoping and praying that their precious implants will not make them sick. It is obvious to me that their nasty comments have so much fear behind them. Scary, huh girls? The thought that your implants could make you sick? I don’t blame you for insisting that implants don’t make women sick, it’s a scary thought. I was in your shoes only 1 short year ago. I loved my implants, they gave me self-confidence, the attention I so needed and wanted, etc. However, about a year ago, I had a rupture in one of my salines and became extremely ill. I almost lost everything, but was smart enough to get them removed once and for all, and am finally starting to see some resemblance of my old life. Now, will this happen to every woman…NO, of course not. But, will it and is it happening to thousands of women out there? Of course. There are literally thousands of women ill from their implants, desperate to have them removed. If you don’t believe me, visit a few of the forums for a couple of days, visit my email inbox where I get huge amounts of emails everyday from women looking for help.
Stop throwing your head in the sand girls and face it that implants aren’t as safe as we have all been led to believe. Implants are made from foreign toxins and chemicals that were never supposed to be implanted into a human body.
As for the girl who said her precious implant site was discussing the truth, and all of the pros and negatives about implants, well that’s baloney honey. I tried to post on some of the implant sites when I got sick and do you want to know what happened? They deleted my comments and blocked me from posting. This is what happens when you post something that they don’t want the rest of the women reading. This is a fact, so don’t kid yourself, unless you really do your research (beyond the obvious pro-breast implant sites) you will continue to be un-educated and ignorant when it comes to illness from implants.
Don’t judge me or any other woman here unless you have walked a mile in our shoes. These women aren’t posting and reading these blogs because they’ve never had implants (as one girl posted) and just choose to “accept and love their body, flaws and all.” We’ve all had implants. None of us are jealous of you (as one girl posted,) we have all simply been forced to accept ourselves as we are, because we have no choice.
~Krista (29 years old)

Comment by Krista — March 7, 2008 @ 11:33 am
Have you even been to justbreastimplants.com? There are PLENTY of women who have had complications, in fact theres a whole forum dedicated to it. And as for saying no surgeon will say no, thats not true either. My PS MADE ME go through every single alternative there was to surgery. He made sure that this was what I wanted. There are PS’s out there who say no to girls who want to go bigger, or girls who want to switch to silicone. So no, I dont think youve done all your research. I see plenty of women out there not sick from their implants. Just because you had a bad experience doesnt mean everyone will.

Putting toxins in your body that werent mean to be there? What about your makeup? hair dye? body lotions? shampoo? oh and how about MEAT? Do some research on that and see how much tonxins youre putting in your body from those! haha!

Comment by Octavia — March 7, 2008 @ 1:25 pm
And if you have and had a bad experience, you are not the norm. - wow thanks.. there are tons of women who got sick. look at my story - http://www.myimplantstory.com - i dont really care what the norm is. if i had known the truth about the dangers of implants, i never would have risked my life like i did! imagine if or when Aguilara gets sick from her implants - people would really pay attention then wouldn’t they? and of course she has implants - she looked like this before she got pregnant!

Comment by gretchen — March 7, 2008 @ 1:46 pm
Oh my. All this fuss and speculation over Ms. Aguilara’s breast implants. I’m willing to bet the proverbial farm that she would not leave the house in a sweater cut that low if her implants always looked that distorted. More than likely, the photog happened to catch the second when she was flexing that side’s pectoral muscle, which causes the implant to move out and up. Big deal.

By the way, if we’re here to make petty speculations on mistakes, you might want to correct the title of this thread to “Christina Aguilara makes us a little nauseated”. (bitter pettiness is annoying, isn’t it?)

Comment by Dare — March 7, 2008 @ 1:58 pm
Octavia- You are just starting to make a fool out of yourself, so I’d stop now if I were you.
#1 We already know that implants sites have information on complications from implants. That is not is question here. Do any any of these sites have information on possible illness from implants? No.
#2 Mary said that MOST doctors would not say no to money. She did not say ALL. If you’ve seen surgeons out there who have said no, great…hopefully there will be more.
#3 Trust me, the founders of this blog (Mary being one, who wrote this blog) has done all her research. Look back in the archives….see for yourself. To say such a statement is ludicrous.
#4 No one said that EVERYONE will have a bad experience. I even pointed out that what happened to me, won’t happen to everyone.
#5 Yes, there are toxins in everything we use in life. But, when your body is on “toxic-overload” from the toxins in the implants (when there is a rupture or leak,) it is no longer able to naturally detoxify itself from the toxins in everyday life, leading to illness. This is not the only way women get sick from implants. I am only pointing out why I got sick.
#6 What strikes me as most interesting is that when I had breast implants, if I ever heard that someone became ill from their implants, my automatic reaction was not to attack them, say they were just jealous of me and my big boobs, and make them feel bad about their body. My reaction would be to feel bad that something like that happened to them, and of course hope that I would not be so unlucky. It amazes me how you girls literally attack the comments being made, saying that the women commenting have never had implants and are just jealous of you. Your comments are hateful, and obviously have a lot of fear behind them.

Comment by Krista — March 7, 2008 @ 1:59 pm
Krista, your response proves my point and then some. The only one with their head stuck anywhere and doesn’t seem to be in a pleasant place is you and those you brainwash with your tripe. So you had a bad experience, I am sorry. Saline is not dangerous however. Your illness was more likely caused from other things. Saline is essentially salt water and is safe enough to be used in as nose spray. Your experience has poisened you against thinking logically. It sounds like it also caused you to have a vendetta against women with implants because it didn’t work for you. And to act like this forum is not judgemental and supportive is a crock. Just looking around here proves it and the topics you raise.
And for Gloria who made that ridiculous statement about Nikki not caring about other women, that is why she setup the forum in the first place to help educate them and help them to make an informed decision and add her support and the support of others regardless of what their end decision is. She promotes awareness. And states that this type of surgery is not for everyone and to make an informed decision. There are several links and pages references with images what could happen and risks involved. It is not one sided like this place. Yeesh, talk about making an ignorant statement. Oh and we do have members that have had ex-plants and they are still supported among us for their decisions. You got your feathers all ruffled because someone other than your groupies who obviously don’t think for themselves or have even truly delved in educating themselves on this subject contradicted you. The blog comments got off topic, more like they didn’t agree with the narrow point of view of this blog and someone threw a tantrum about it.
And for you to say this doesn’t involve jealousy, please! Look who your targets are. It is quite obvious that talking to people like you with narrow minded views is liking talking to a wall and a waste of time. One can only hope that perhaps some of you will learn from this and think twice before spouting off and not knowing all the facts, the RECENT FACTS.

Comment by Christine — March 7, 2008 @ 2:16 pm
It is jealousy, and if you have had implants and liked them, well good for you..But there is nothing wrong with getting breast implants. Just because you have had a bad experience doesnt mean you should harp on everyone who has them and try to get them to stop..they take the risks knowing full well, its not like the lot of us havent done any research regarding it. Its something we put in our bodies, youve got to be stupid not to think long an hard about it, I know I did. Claiming all women who have them are somehow mentally ill is just ridiculous. If you want to talk about people making fools of themselves, just take a look at that one statement and this particular blog saying Christina makes you nauseated..if her breasts look like that all the time its nothing that cant be fixed, and it could have just been a bad moment. As for detoxing sorry, but saline is not unnatural. Its basically salt water..if youre talking silicone then perhaps but thats a chance people take as with any type of surgery. If you had a rupture and knew it was toxic maybe you should have gone through a strict detox regimen coupled with removing the implants and maybe you wouldnt have gotten sick. If the websites you speak of have no information on women getting sick from implants, maybe thats because no women have bothered to post them. I know that if any woman on JBI got ’sick’ from their implants, they would post their story and not be censored. Sounds like you were just going to the wrong sites. The statement that youve done your research is also pretty ridiculous as you clearly state that women who have implants are somehow mentally ill, which is clearly not true. You are only doing research on your side which is now biased from your bad experience, not on both sides of the coin. Im sure theres PA’s out there only up to line their pockets, but just like any profession there are always bad seeds. That shouldnt ruin it for the rest of them. I think the lot of people who have had implants have gone through a long decision making process and I think the benefits outweigh the risks.

Comment by Octavia — March 7, 2008 @ 2:48 pm
All you people who hate breast implants and the women who get them need to get your head checked. You have an abnormally low ability to mind your own business. Maybe you need brain implants to help you with this problem.

Comment by gaviota — March 7, 2008 @ 3:24 pm
Here are some facts:

Studies have shown (please see National Research Center for Women and Families, and Institute of Medicine’s book, Safety of Silicone Implants) that within the first three years of getting implants for the first time, almost half of the women experience one local complication such as pain, infection, hardening or the need for additional surgery. Of this number, 12.5 percent can expect to have additional surgery. In 2007, 399,400 cosmetic breast augmentations. Through 2010, 49,925 of these women will have to have re-operations, NOT counting those who will choose to have them taken out completely.

Getting breast implants from a reputable plastic surgeon costs about $6,000 out of pocket. The FDA recommends that implants be replaced every 7-10 years. It also says that once you get implants, women need to get MRI exams every two years or so to check for rupture, leakage and general breast health. MRIs are not covered by insurance and cost $2,000 each time.

If a woman gets implants in her 20s and expects to have them for the rest of her life, say 40 years, here are the costs:

5 pairs of implants $30,000
20 MRI exams $40,000

Total lifetime cost out of pocket $70,000

$70,000 is only if all goes well. If there are complications — and complication rates are high — then costs soar, especially if insurance companies pull coverage, which happens since this would be related to a nonessential procedure. There are many women who are experiencing serious complications but can only get sicker and sicker because they can’t afford to get treatment.

If Nikki set up Just Breast Implants to really help women make informed decisions, then I apologize for accusing her of not caring. I hope she will add these facts to her website.

Comment by Gloria — March 7, 2008 @ 4:29 pm
Most people have group insurance through their employers, and this insurance CANNOT be pulled. Private insurers can pull insurance for whatever reason they want. Your post seems to imply that most women have their insurance taken away when they have implants and have health problems, as if this is COMMON, and it isn’t. I’ve visited many anti-implant sites over the years. The vast majority of those people posting on those sites that complain of health problems due to implants still have health insurance, unless they’re lying about it.

Comment by Karen — March 7, 2008 @ 5:21 pm
Christine- I am in a fine place, but thank you for your concern. As far as me having a vendetta against implanted women, well that couldn’t be further from the truth. Unless I have a vendetta against many of my close friends and family members??? Which I don’t. They support me, they know how/why I got sick and I have a wonderful relationship with all of them. Their health is fine, which is why I say again….what happened to me won’t happen to everyone, but it is beginning to be more of the norm that each of us know at least one woman who has gotten sick from implants. Again, please don’t judge me unless you have walked a mile in my shoes. I am certainly not judging you.
It is not the saline that caused me to become ill, it was the shell of the implant that is made of silicone and chemicals that caused me to become ill. When that shell broke, it leaked quickly into my body and I became ill within a week. Is that a coincidence to you?
I am not brainwashing anyone, you are the one that came on this blog and started attacking, not me. I am merely stating what happened to me. As far as this blog not being supportive and “Just looking around here proves it and the topics you raise,” well, the only thing I have to say is that this is not my blog. I’m sorry if you don’t like it, but you will need to take that up with the owners of this blog.
~Krista

Comment by Krista — March 7, 2008 @ 5:56 pm
Some of these comments make me sick, especially the ones that say she should keep her deformed breasts covered up. Who are you to say what’s normal and what’s not? Would you be equally saying that about me? I am so completely flat chested compared to the rest of me that I feel deformed. You should really think before you speak. Celebrities, implanted or not, are human beings first.

As to Britney or any other woman who gets implants it’s their decision to tell or not. By not telling it doesn’t make them liars, it makes them private. Have you told everything you’ve ever done in life? I think not.

Comment by Scarygirl — March 7, 2008 @ 9:46 pm
I want to know for what good reason was my post removed? Though I believe you more than welcome to your opionion I do believe you obliterate your intent by taking pot shots at people who cannot defend themselves. It doesn’t mattter who it it, making nasty remarks about another person’s body whether flat chested or gregerous in boob size, fat or thin is just plain unacceptable. If you want to spread the love of “au natural” fine, but let others who may not be so at peace live within their own being, whatever that being is.

Comment by scarygirl — March 7, 2008 @ 10:14 pm
I take back the part of my post being removed. My computer acts wacko sometimes. The rest of my post stands.

Comment by scarygirl — March 7, 2008 @ 10:15 pm
me and my daughter are sick from breast implants…sorry my logic is poisned by the toxic chemicals…so i might be way off topic, im grateful everyday im here!im glad women are speaking out of the extreme dangers of breast implants! have some of you ever seen saline implants come out jet black or with mold and bacteria? could you tell me why there was a ban in effect on silicone/silicone for over a decade????????think about that very very simple question? how long will you keep your breast implants? do you have your records? is there a date you should play it safe and have them removed on those records? did you know that if your implants just by chance were defective, you have no legal recourse with the supreme courts new ruling? what do you really know about all breast implants, please share…..have you ever heard of HGL-B27 antigen? do you think or know anything about the word capsule,and that its actually necrotic tissue formed around every implant,scar tissue, do you think it would be safe to leave this in when you are done with breast implants, will your pockets close on there own?if for one second you could look outside of your world and look at all the women and children affected by breast implants, gosh, affected is such a sad weak word to use, harmed, poisoned, crippled….by toxic breast implants, would you have tears in your eyes reading these truthful heart wrenching stories from hundreds now thousands of women?the truth is when alot of womens implants do come out, these toxic devices are speaking for themselves.and if this nikki is from that nicoles web site i went to in dire need years ago…i was dying from defective, bad batch of silicone ,DEFECTIVE,BAD BATCH,and you called me a troll..i was devastated..i went into anaphlactic shock and have the doctors stating thank god you got them out and youre alive! i sighned a will and my daughter away…the only diagosis at that point was RAYNAUDS..and guess what the bad batch part was way too much PVC ,also, in my defective breast implants… you should really think twice when a young mother comes to your forum on mistake , by chance, that yes this person could be ill from her breast implants …may god be with you

Comment by kerry — March 7, 2008 @ 10:20 pm
oh my… hi krista, im having a hard time reading other post tonight because of the biotoxins, but just seen yours and you went to this nicoles site for help too? and they did the same to you? i was so deathly ill, and just was so clueless and so sick, never ever posted on any computer or forum but this nicoles site for the first time in my life …just searching all these deseases and and looking up raynauds and found a strong connection with pvc and ended up on her site….gosh i suffered ,hard,at least another full year untill i met beth taylor , i was so lost scared and never once thought it could be my breast implants.just the pvc and the raynauds..i really wish i could view my screen and read more on this blog, thank you all,mary and sybil, for spreading the truth, god bless kerrysilicone2000

Comment by kerry — March 7, 2008 @ 10:37 pm
Comment by Pam Noonan Saraceni:
“One thing that Dolly Parton will always have over the younger generation? she never exposed too much cleavage.
She wears tight fitting clothes to show the size, leaving the rest to the imagination.”

LOL, I guess it all a matter of definition but showing off 1/3 to 1/2 of the top half of the boobs is showing
quite a cleavage in my book. Whether or not it’s too much is a matter of personal preference too I guess,
but Dolly just can’t show enough cleavage I would say.

As far as Dolly’s back pain being caused by her “over-sized” chest, all this stems from a remark Dolly made
in a jokingly fashion, the “huge-ness” is quite overestimated. It’s the size of her chest relative to her
stature and “frame” that fools people. At 5 ft 2, on heels, a 40 inch bustline looks huge, especially when
combined with a very small waist like hers, but her bra size would be 34E or 36D. That’s assuming she’d be
wearing bra’s, something she rarely does. There are enough pics in the net to prove that.

Anyway I think Dolly, at age 62 now, looks better than a lot of those supermodels and wonder how those super-
models would look when they’re at Dolly current age. It’s about time too that Dolly showed it all to the world
instead of waiting until her 100 th birthday , read her book, or at least have the pics of her, made in recent
years, released.

Here’s some of her, clearly braless

Kind Regards,
DollyNood

2004 Cleavage

2004 Cleavage

2004 Cleavage

2006 Cleavage

2006 Cleavage

Comment by DollyNood — March 7, 2008 @ 11:59 pm
I just wanted to make a comment in regards to this extremely “heated” dicussion that is going on. Krista, first of all i’m really sorry that you went through the negative experience you did. No one expects that the worse will happen with they choose to go through an elective surgery. What I think everyone on here needs to remember is that, as with ANY surgery, there will always be a risk of complication. Everyone who goes through this should be well aware that things may not turn out the way you want them too. But we all also need to accept that (hopefully) everyone did their reading prior to this and made their choice based on research. I also believe that there is alot of bias proproganda out there, no matter what side you are on you will find documents that will support or refute your beliefs so citing sources from the internet does not make you right (hitler had alot of proproganda out there to support his belief of an Arian Nation, did legitimize the hallocoust?). This debate can go back and forth, but I dont think its fair for you to accuse those that decide to get implants of being “uninformed.” The fact of the matter is that many of us (not all, but a good deal) have spent hundreds on hours researching our decisions. I understand that you felt that you were uninformed because of your complication, but you have to accept that based on statistics, your situtation is not common. On the flip side, if the complications never happened to you, if you were one of the “lucky” ones, would you still being saying the things that you are?

Comment by Karisa — March 8, 2008 @ 1:41 am
Hi Kerry- Yes, it was Nicole breast implant site that I was banned from. I was so sick last year after I had a rupture in my implant. I ended up in the ER a couple of times, was at my doctor’s office at least once a week, had every test known to man, my doctor finally said that she believed it could be my implants since I got so sick within a week of the rupture. I went on Nicole’s site looking for help, and they called me a troll and Nicole banned me from posting. I couldn’t believe it. Complete devastation about sums it up. Nikki is a different person and a different site but it wouldn’t surprise me a bit if she practices the same type of thing, as I’m sure her site like Nicole’s is paid for by plastic surgeons.
Kerry- I’m so sorry to hear about your experience. I hope that you and your daughter are doing better. I had my implants removed about 4 months ago and I have done major detoxing and am finally starting to see some resemblance of my old life back. I’m grateful for that, but so sad that I lost an entire year of my life.
These girls just have no idea of what we have been through. I know they are angry over the Christina Aguilara thing, which of course you and I have nothing to do with, we didn’t write the blog and it’s not like either of us are supporting it. I just decided to post a comment because they were coming on this blog and attacking and making blanket statements about the entire beauty and the breast site without knowing what it is here for. This goes way beyond Christina Aguilara. Christina in no way makes me nauseous, I really enjoy the girl as a matter of fact. And I certainly do not hate women who have implants, that would entail me hating my best friends and my own beautiful sister. These girls couldn’t be more off base, and it so sad. I can’t even figure out where anyone said that all women who get or have implants are mentally ill. Maybe I just missed that statement, but it seems like they’ve taken that and run with it. No one said it (as far as I can see,) and I certainly don’t think that. That would mean I was calling myself mentally ill…eek! Seems like they are also lumping all women on this blog (writers, regular readers, women who made comments) into one category, and generalizing all of us. I didn’t say half the stuff they said I did.
Kerry- Feel free to write me personally anytime!
~Krista

Comment by Krista — March 8, 2008 @ 9:33 am
Karisa- Thank you for your comments. I wanted to point out that there are literally hundreds of thousands of women sick from their breast implants. I just happen to be the one putting myself out there right now on this particular blog for all of you girls to blast me and tell me I am wrong. I could have walked away from this discussion days ago and you girls would have all left. Without me adding fuel to this fire, you have nothing to comment over, right? So your comment that based on statistics my situation is uncommon, is not correct. The FDA has even pointed out that there has been little to no research on illness caused by implants. The FDA still has not ruled out that implants don’t cause illness. If you are getting your statistics from plastic surgery and breast implant sites, then you are being mis-informed! I just wish you guys would go on some of the forums where women are desperately ill, you’d see that the statistics just aren’t as low as you have been led to believe! I was shocked a million times over to find the amount of women just like me.
Of course I would not have been saying that implants cause illness if I had never gotten sick from them! Who would?! I had no idea that implants could have caused anyone to become so sick! I had no reason to think that. For over 3 years I was happy with my implants, never a reason to worry. You never think this type of thing could happen to you. When it does, of course it changes your opinion. How could it not?
I still stand by my statements that any woman who believes implants are perfectly safe and cannot cause illness, is un-informed. If women really knew the true dangers of implants, they would never get them in the first place, I am sure of that.
~Krista

Comment by Krista — March 8, 2008 @ 11:18 am
Wow. I cannot believe the hostility. First of all, I have to say I am sorry to the woman on here who have gotten sick from their implants. BUT let the truth be told, Just breast implants.com is a very informative site that equally discusses the pros and cons of augmentation. To throw digs at Nikki because she has a strong opinion(AS DO ALL OF YOU)is wrong. Who cares if Chisitna got implants, and is it really your business if she does breast feed? But this blog obviously isnt about that anymore.
I have implants and respectfully my head is not in the sand. After having 5 children, my breasts were left totally deflated and deformed. I weighed the pros and cons. I made an informed choice and because you do not agree with it makes it wrong? I truly do NOT beleive anything you ingest, eat, clean with, cook with (microwaves) etc. is “perfectly safe”, why would implants, hip replacements, prosthetic knees be any different? Why do they do reconstructive surgery on woman who have breast cancer w. masectomies(using IMPLANTS)? If you do any research at all you learn that future surgeries isnt just a possibility it is a probabilty, and one that I was willing to deal with. Does any of us want to get sick or see you sick NO…..but to say we are totally misinformed is not fair. To insult someones intelligence on a decision we made, especially when you made the same decision doesnt make sense. I have read the statistics (many times) and I know WHAT can happen, driving in a car is taking a risk, drinking is taking a risk, and this was a risk that I was willing to take to feel better about myself and look human again!!! Respectfully, I truly hope you feel well soon but dont hate because you were here once. If you really want to help and get the word out, then start a website like Nikki did and inform.

Comment by Colcoop — March 8, 2008 @ 4:03 pm
FYI: directly from the FDA wedsite “Recently published studies have shown that women with silicone gel-filled breast implants do not have a greatly increased risk of some well-defined autoimmune diseases, which were among the serious health concerns surrounding the devices. These include potentially fatal connective tissue diseases such as scleroderma and lupus erythematosus.” http://www.fda.gov/fdac/features/995_implants.html like i said…you will always find information that can support or refute your belief. just because you believe differently does not make us wrong. When i got implants, I went in knowing FULL WELL that I would eventually have to get them replaced, and that I would need special checkups (including MRI’s). I also knew about all the risks associated…including the risk that my body could reject the implantI and something vary serious could happen. I still made the decision to do it. As with any surgery, there are risks, you take a risk everytime you go under the knife.

This is a list of complications as listed on the FDA website: http://www.fda.gov/cdrh/breastimplants/breast_implant_risks_brochure.html
Potential local complications are shown alphabetically below. You may need non-surgical treatments or reoperations (including removal of your implant) to treat any of these. (See the Glossary in the Handbook for definitions.)

Asymmetry
Breast pain
Breast tissue atrophy
Calcification/calcium deposits
Capsular contracture
Chest wall deformity
Delayed wound healing
Extrusion
Galactorrhea
Granuloma
Hematoma
Iatrogenic injury/damage
Infection, including Toxic Shock Syndrome
Inflammation/irritation
Malposition/displacement
Necrosis
Nipple/breast changes
Palpability/visibility
Ptosis
Redness/bruising
Rupture/deflation
Scarring
Seroma
Unsatisfactory style/size
Wrinkling/rippling

I read all of these PRIOR to my surgery but i still did it, i made an INFORMED decision about my own life, for my own body. I willingly did this. I think we all go into this knowing that something could go wrong but just hoping that it does not. You did the same thing, unless you are in the group that you chose to put us all in as “uninformed.” I dont believe that anyone on here is saying that implants are “completely safe” and granted if they do, i agree with you, they are uninformed because there are complications that can be associated with it. I do believe, however, that all these woman knew that there was a chance of complications but were still willing to take the chance.

Comment by Karisa — March 8, 2008 @ 4:52 pm
WOW, Pretty incredible “stuff” that’s been said.

First, I think it’s interesting that I posted a concern over another’s article. I didn’t write the article posted, if you all read it…
Recent pictures of Christina Aguilera, posted at Yeeeah.com, called “Christina’s Boobs Are Revolting,” are turning peoples’ heads

Yeeeah s used the word revolting…not me. I just commented on a public photo.

So I think Nikki must be mad at Yeeeah. Niki says
“What I find disgusting is the cheap shots people seem to love to take at other people, instead of trying to focus on the stuff that really matters.”

Exactly MY point, Nikki. The focus of this Blog IS about what really matters ( at least to us, and that is the point, isn’t it?). Like helping very sick women get the information and care they need. I have not attacked Nikki (or her followers) personally, as they have me. I haven’t tried to tell them what they think, feel, imagine, or what her husband may have under his bed because I am such a hateful woman. (MY husband LOVED that one, by the way, LOL on that one). Yet, she is compelled to make up what she thinks I am and how I must feel. And when she is challenged

Nikki says, “They shouldn’t presume to know what I feel or what I care about.”

I haven’t. There is so much defensiveness and utter hatred going on in these posts. The personal attacks are NOT what this Blog is about. This is not a place where women go off on each other (until you all came here). It is a place where women communicate, without calling names.

Yes, As Nikki said on her Blog, she is entitled to her opinion, yet she doesn’t seem to want anyone with a different view to have one. It seems (as one defender put it) Nikki informs women of the dangers, so do we. We may be more aligned than we think. Maybe we can even work together to help women.

I am surprised by her intense reaction, though. If we are all allowed our opinions, why all the fuss? Why are you so angry? Because a public person was commented on? A concern was expressed over her child? I have this because my implants hurt my daughter.

One follower said Nikki doesn’t judge others for their decisions, Well, I looked at her site and read her judgment on me. She stated she didn’t want someone telling her what she thinks, well, she sure decided how and what I think and feel in her posts. For a woman who is asking for a certain freedoms, I would request you give me mine as well. I never posted any hurtful words or angry rants on your forum. Perhaps respect is earned.

Krista, thanks for all your vulnerability, honesty, sharing your experience and posts here. You are a warrior and have been on the front line here for days now. I appreciate you taking the heat and working to clarify the misinterpretations and fend off the hate that has come our way. I know you will help many women who will get sick and those who are looking for facts.
I am so sorry Krista and Kerry have had so much strife and illness. I know first hand what it is like to be ill form implants. My heart gores out to you and you are in my thoughts and prayers. Your stories are one of the reasons we started this Blog and have our websites.

A note about saline, Christine, saline may be inert enough for nose spray, but at what level? Is the nose spray the same level of solution in an implant? Even a saline drip bag has an expiration date. Why would that be if saline is so safe? Makes me wonder. We know that many women have been affected by the silicone bag the saline is encased in, but they have also been horribly ill from leaking and have deathly infections from the black mold growing on, in and around the implant. Some doctors say a saline implant is like a petrie dish for bacteria. The rupture rates and re-surgery rates are also high, especially for reconstruction patients.

As far as insurance is concerned. So many of our women lost their insurance because of implants. Some were let go because they had implants and many can’t get insurance because of the implants. Companies are not allowing it. AND as an interesting note, I recently went in to get a life insurance policy and I was penalized BECAUSE I once had implants. One company wouldn’t take me BECAUSE I had had them. I did get a company to insure me, but at a higher price.

Nikki asks,
Are they saying that everyone that gets implants gets physically and/or mentally sick? Are they saying that each of us with implants are ticking timebombs just waiting to go off?

Not everyone will get sick, I never said that or that is was a mental issue. But there are a LOT of women with neurological issues. In truth Nikki, we don’t know for sure. The FDA doesn’t even know. The panel asked that very question before the approval. The doctors on the panel wanted to know about rupture rates, breast milk, the children, what happens when silicone leaches and travels through the body, what does it do when it gets there, is it inert, why there weren’t long term studies, how mammography is blocked by an implant and who was going to pay for all the MRI’s to detect leaks and ruptures, and bottom line, is it safe? The manufacturers had no real answer or data. One Dr. on the panel said if these women know all this and choose them anyway then,” tough luck.”So you are left with “tough luck” for science. BUT the good news is they are supposed to do that research. The bad news is that are not doing it.

We just want women to know what might happen, and what has happened. Informed decisions are what it’s all about. Women deserve to know the facts…ALL of them.

I tried to post this on your site Nikki, but I couldn’t post. I will try again. I hope we can have a communication and come to a way to help women and not attack each other. We need to stick together.
In Sisterhood,

Mary

Comment by Mary — March 8, 2008 @ 6:04 pm
Karisa, I couldnt agree with you more…….I think that is exactly what I said. I got salines as a personal preference because I FELT it was safer for ME. I know of every complication in depth that you listed because of Just breast impants.com. People on here believe that woman with implants think they are invinsible. And my arguement is that is so untrue. Most woman, especially on JBI, are fully aware of what CAN happen. That is why it is called elective. I was absolutely willing to take the risk and godwilling it works in my favor. But believe this, I know what I am up against if it doesnt.

Comment by Colcoop — March 8, 2008 @ 8:28 pm
Nikki is not Nicole first of all.2 different websites. ive known nikki from jbi for just about 10 yrs now.her first and foremost reason for her site was to inform/educate women reguarding BA surgery.questions to ask,what to look for in a surgeon as far as credentials.risks of course there are.everything one could want to know about BAs implants pros/cons is on her site.because of her,i chose a competant surgeon and not surprisingly i had a very uneventful successful surgery and that was soon to be 7 years ago.ive never known nikki to refuse anyone an answer or ability to post regardless of what the question was.ive never known her to just flippantly ban anyone either.if one were to be an all out troll yes.just as any other site would do the same. but she has never banned anyone or prevented anyone from speaking/asking questions/debates.i think you,from a negative experience yu had with nicole or other BA forums,are assuming she would do such a thing. well she isnt that way.
i have nothing but concern for any women who has had complications with implants and rupturing and getting sick.in my experience ive come across a number of women with implants without having any silicone sickness.i dont debate whether this condition exists.obviously it does.ive just never met anyone in my day to day life as of yet.i do hope that those women who do/did have complications recover.
i personally dont care who has implants famous or not.it doesnt concern me.i am a bit more than amused when i see comments regarding someone like CA/Britney pointing out their implants.

if she didnt have implants….what else would she be getting chided for? there is always something..

Comment by Pitt — March 9, 2008 @ 9:01 am
My name is Paula and I had explant of the new cohesive silicone gel implants 1 1/2 weeks ago. I went from being a healthy, active woman (only had 3 sick days at work in 9 1/2 years) to being almost bedridden and extremely ill beginning June 2007. Is it coincidental that immediately after surgery my neurological problems, dry cough etc. went away? I think not. The plastic surgeon and anesthesiologist noticed that when the implants were removed…..my blood pressure dropped into normal range and I may not need to be on blood pressure or at least as high of a dosage.
People like Krista are only trying to help other women. She has certainly helped me!
I don’t care to get into big debates with anyone because I feel the sad reality of it is that many women will just have to find things out the hard way. I remember myself finding it hard to believe women were getting so sick from their breast implants and not entirely believing them. I did not do my research like I should have. I went on blind faith because I trusted my plastic surgeon when he said “They are safe. I would put them in my wife.” If I had read the list of toxic chemicals the implants are made of….. I don’t think I would have ever had implants. I really wish I would have just had a breastlift initially and never gone the implant route.
I never realized how adversely it would affect my marraige and our family. The financial cost has been enormous. It has been a terrible, terrible hardship on us.
My hope is that some women may listen and learn from our tragic pain. Not all will. I’m not saying everyone will become ill but it is true that many will have to learn the hard way. We are just telling you what has happened to some of the rest of us and share information with you because we care.
Sincerely,

Paula

Comment by Paula — March 9, 2008 @ 4:33 pm
Krista,

I got sick after getting saline implants, and I wouldn’t wish it on anyone. Only a person who has gone through this (or someone with great compassion or humanity) can truly understand what a devastating experience it is, and how frightening. To those who got implants and didn’t get sick, that’s great and I don’t wish you any ill will. If you ever do have problems and need support, any one of us would be there to help you. I think it’s just sad that the FDA sees the MedWatch forms that are filed by so many of us and does nothing about it. If there were some type of test that could indicate who was a good candidate and who wasn’t, it would be fantastic - but that would mean someone had to address the problems we’re having. If the body can be allergic to latex, or peanuts, or anything - why couldn’t it be allergic to one of the many substances in implants? Maybe some of our bodies just react poorly to a foreign object - I don’t know the answer, but if I knew 3 years ago what I know now, I definitely would have never put myself through all of this.

Comment by Sis — March 9, 2008 @ 10:50 pm
Dear Friends:

There is no such thing as a safe breast implant. I have done 15 years of research on silicone breast implants, and I run a support group as well. Breast implants have destoyed millions of lives, and no one cares. It would be great if there were safe breast implants; however, there is no device that is safe at this time. Silicone causes cancer, and was never safe to be implanted into the human body. My heart goes out to all of the people who have had their lives destroyed by these faulty devices. Please do some research at a medical library, then you will know what I know…knowledge is power. My life has been destroyed by silicone breast implants. I have lost all quality of life, and lost my family as well.

With respect…Lea

This is all about profit and power….

Comment by Lea Evans — March 10, 2008 @ 6:16 pm
Thank you Paula, Sis and of course Mary for all of your support and kind words.

Sis- Thank you for pointing out that only someone who has been through this and knows the utter and complete devastation it causes, or someone with true humanity can understand what we’ve been/are going through. It was a shock to me to see that a woman could say “haha!” to me after hearing what I’ve been going through, or that someone could tell me I am brainwashing because I am trying to share and educate, or that a woman could say to me that I am jealous of their big boobs, or that I am in a bad place in life. The truth is that I love my life, I am smart, beautiful, kind, I have a loving and wonderful husband, a great job, beautiful friends, a family that loves me unconditionally. Basically, I am living the life that any 29 year old girl would be thrilled to have. The fact that I do not have implants any longer does not have any baring on my happiness. Yes, the fact that I have been sick for a year now is difficult, but I am a strong girl and I WILL overcome this.
The lack of total humanity and compassion from other women is shocking, all in the name of being “correct.”

Just to make it clear, I never said that every woman who gets implants is un-informed. I said that any woman who believes that implants do not cause illness is un-informed (and throwing her head in the sand.) I understand that it is a scary thought. But, I also believe in my heart that every woman deserves to be COMPLETELY informed of the true risks of implants. Whether you have them now…..you need to know what signs and symptoms to look for, or whether you are considering them in the future…. you must know what you are TRULY getting yourself into, not just what your PS or the implant sites tell you.

Yes, my life will never be the same again, but that doesn’t mean that I can’t warn other women so that they don’t have to go through the same devastation as I did.

To all of the women who commented that have implants- I wish you no ill will, complications, sickness or anything else bad. It sounds like there are a few of you who know the truth….that implants CAN cause serious health problems. I only hope you will help me/us educate and that others will fall in beside you. This is all about what is humanly correct in this world, in my eyes. Why are women not being made aware of these complications/possible illness is beyond me, and because of that…..I will continue to warn and educate others. Not just because I need to be right, or because I want a good debate or fight, but because of the women who have not undergone this surgery yet but might want to someday….I hope I can warn them so that they do not have to go through what I went through. Who else will warn them but women just like me.

I have also realized through the last year that we are only fostering a society of unreal expectations of the beautiful womanly form and making future generations (our daughters and grand-daughters) feel inadequate. I hope the world is different when they are old enough to make this decision.

To Colcoop- I don’t hate anyone, and I have no idea why you would say I do. To think I hate women with implants is ridiculous. I’ve made it perfectly clear that some of my best friends and even sister have implants. I am only trying to warn others. Would you rather I just keep my mouth shut and never let the world hear what implants did to me and my health? Is that what you would do if you were in my shoes? By the way, please check out my website http://www.truthaboutbreastimplants.com/.
~Krista

Comment by Krista — March 10, 2008 @ 7:11 pm
hi all… im trying to read and remember all i read.. im not a hating type of person by far…im also not into fighting..thank yous for the well wishes for me and us that are sick from breast implants, and our children..the troll thing, i was lost..i went to nicoles site i think not this nikkis site, i hope and pray these women never get sick and i guess thats why we speak up when its discussed and our sisterhood is so strong, alot of almost died from breast implants and my best friend had mold and bacteria in her not so safe saline.my friends are young in wheelchairs from implants..nothing but, that is really heartbreaking to say the least….all of it..so i lend support when i can ..we are not haters, we are women childrens and familes that have been through it from breast implants of all kinds…just look at soy bean oil, how long did they stay on the market or pre market, another trial and error,made public.just like vioxx.i see a pattern, dow is done , lets try these, or double luminem,cox upoff, ok not these lets try these kind..now women are becoming ill from the new cohesive gel..which knowing the chemicals and a 14 year ban lifted, i knew sadley this would happen.alot of great points ladies, from petri dish/breeding ground salines to latex, peanut allergies…to loosing health insurance to not being able to obtain it at all,or keep it.i was very uniniformed, and knowing what i know now…wow!oh GOD please watch over us…when i was asked about wanting saline implants in my last surgury as an option,as a crazy thought i had,for only a crazy second,im still baffled i thought for that breif second that i would do anything like this again and brings the point that vanity is so big in some of our lives!!!!and i guess thats the norm, right?it doesnt make us crazy because we want to look good all around.a great, very well renouned ,respected ps said something like this…if your car was nice and and needed a new bumper would that make you vain if you got the new bumper?..im grateful that women do and are speaking out!TOUGH LUCK, those are some pretty weak words that a child would say, you wouldnt think the FDA would use such child like words for the women that are not ok, but those are the words “TOUGH LUCK “from the FDA for the new cohesive gel implants,(I can still see the dark haired women with the pearls saying this publicly ,on tv, again and again)sorry I say I alot,before someone judges me, I have nuerologocal disorders from breast implants.and im far from selfish, i just try to share what i know ,learned,and been through and now watch so many women, younger than me, another generation and sadley more to come…thank you for letting me be part of this conversation, yikes,…….
thank you krista ,and mary,sis, and all the well wishes , many prayers for yous and all of us.may GOD watch over us and our children..not the FDA.hey whos going to pay for the explants for the women that do this free implants, wow!or exchange them? and i wonder if brittny spears is sick from the toxic breast implants?and i hope and pray christina doesnt breast feed her baby….

Comment by kerry — March 12, 2008 @ 4:29 am
The only thing to say after looking at that pic of Christina is OUCH!!!!!!!!! OUCHY-OUCH-OUCH!!!!!!

Comment by suzannabanana23 — March 12, 2008 @ 6:22 pm
Most of the people leaving comments and even the person who wrote this article are so uneducated it must suck to be your parents. Seriously.

Who cares if she has breast implants?!?! You also ASSUME she has silicone implants. Get a life and take a few more writing classes. Oh, and talk about something that isn’t old news.

Anything can cause an illness. Walking outside and taking in air can cause an illness.

This is for Krista… women ARE made aware of any “possible” complications that can occur. A little mini book is handed to a patient at their post-op appointment and it includes percentages, statistics and everything else you can imagine.It’s an elective surgery for a reason, it has risks and people are willing to take them. Not everyone who has a breast augmentation has problems. It also has to do with the surgeon, maybe the women who get sick didn’t do a very good job at researching their surgeon. I believe you said “The lack of total humanity and compassion from other women is shocking, all in the name of being “correct.”” How the hell do you think Christina would feel to come across an article like this and the cruel and idiotic things people are saying? By the way your website should not be called “The truth about breast implants” because it may not be truth for ALL women with breast implants. A majority of your posts are insulting and you act as if you know everything about implants because YOU have had a problem. Do the math and do better research. People die in plane wrecks, should I never get on a plane?

Comment by Notimportant — March 14, 2008 @ 1:23 pm
Change “post-op” to “pre-op”, got them mixed up.

Comment by Notimportant — March 14, 2008 @ 1:23 pm
Notimportant, the National Organization for Women and Our Bodies Ourselves have done the research. Dr. Diana Zuckerman of the National Research Center for Women and Children, who works with the FDA on a variety of issues and who was deeply involved when the FDA was going through the silicone breast implants approval process, has done the research. They are all on board with the views held by this blog.

Comment by Beauty and the Breast — March 14, 2008 @ 1:37 pm
To Notimportant- Your post is so ludicrous, unsympathetic and lacking in knowledge that it is not even worth my time responding to. You OBVIOUSLY did not read all of the posts on this blog because you are raising issues that have already been previously addressed within the comments of this blog. I’m sure you gave everyone a good laugh by your comment of “we must have chosen a bad surgeon since we got sick.” Do you REALLY beleive that?
~Krista

Comment by Krista — March 15, 2008 @ 10:38 am
Suzanne, I’m with you. If that picture is accurate, Christina must be in pain! My breasts never looked like that, however, they still hurt pretty bad after having saline breast implants for 2 years. Mine never contracted like that, it was more of an intense burning sensation that then spread to my ribs. Once my implants were removed, the burning went away almost immediately. Thank goodness!

Kacey

Comment by Kacey — March 15, 2008 @ 11:57 am
There are always going to be two camps of people when it comes to breast implants. Those that embrace them, love them and see nothing wrong with them, and those that have RECOGNIZED or EXPERIENCED the tragedy of breast implants and are trying to educate a deceived world about them. Breast implants are a tragedy for some people–that is a fact. And I say people because men have suffered as well, when it comes to having to pick up the pieces of a destroyed life. The disconnect between these two camps comes when those who have suffered are trampled upon, ridiculed and brutally violated by those who have not suffered…as we’ve seen here. Many women have had breast implants and not had problems. Okay, so what? Either go away quietly and live your happy little life or have the DECENY to show some respect for those who have struggled and suffered in ways that you have never realized yet–which, by the way, we who have suffered did NOT ask for. To suggest it is because we chose the wrong surgeon or had the wrong attitude or whatever is just plain stupidity at its finest. And really, don’t be so glib–how do you know that you won’t end up in our camp someday? We hope you don’t, but the reality exists that those who are still implanted may not escape the same tragic fate that overtook us when we took the plunge to go under the knife. You trusted your plastic surgeon when they said that implants were “safe”. So did we. But there is no plastic surgeon on the face of the planet that can prevent an immune system from reacting to the presence of an implant if silicone is going to lead to an autoimmune state. If my genetics determine that, how is a doctor going to have one iota of a chance of preventing that from happening? And if it is not genetics but a toxic state or an eventual breakdown of the hormonal orchestra going on in your body, how do YOU know you are going to escape? You see, the only proper response to those of us who have suffered from the tragedy of implants is astonishment and sorrow at our loss because it wasn’t supposed to happen. We never wanted to suffer, lose our capacity to live life and enjoy each day to the fullest, to lose our health and lose it in a HUGE way. We never wanted to struggle to keep our jobs, our husbands, our homes, or the security of our financial future. We’ve all been brainwashed into believing that implants are safe. But the truth is that we do get sick from them, people, including children, do suffer in BIG, HORRIBLE, UGLY ways, and then, amazingly, we are RIDICULED because of it. It is violence against us and very unfair. To fail to recognize the reality of our suffering–or at least be quiet in the face of it–is cruel, cold-hearted and savage. You, who speak out in this way show yourself to be terribly deceived and incredibly selfish and self-absorbed. You, of all people are to be pitied, and if ever you end up as sick as we have been, may you be shown more mercy than you have shown us.

Comment by Patty — March 17, 2008 @ 9:34 am
I am amazed at the total stupidity on some remarks, the one that caught my attention was the woman who claims that if a woman has problems after getting implants it is not the norm!! Well it is quite normal and the thousands of problems reported to the FDA are not made up the 1000’s of women who had to prove without any doubt and beyond in the Dow suit proofs there is many problems. I don’t know if this Nikkis site is the one I am thinking of which I thought was Nicoles but if it is the same that site gets funding from the manufacturers and plastic surgeons. Christine A looks hiddious but yes it is her choice to look like that what I think is the issue is the idiot plastic surgeons who do this to any women famous or not and to respond to one comment that if you get the professional services of a plastic surgeon you will get good care that is laughable. Some do care and there is many who do not, what they care about is there bank accounts. When a problem does arise they treat you like you have the plague they are not interested and I say to the woman who states until you walk in there shoes, that I suggest you walk in one of our many shoes who have been harmed, mutilated or ill then lets see how intelligent you think you are. I have had 19 operations since my reconstruction after a bilateral mastectomy and I have been mutilated and diagnosed with many diseases including MS and this mutilation was done by these so called caring board certified plastic surgeons so excuse me if I am not impressed with your remarks. Is it that hard in 2008 after seeing how these manufacturers operate which is lying and lobbying governments that maybe there products are not safe. Why is it that women until they have been through it argue about something they no nothing about we educated ourselves after because we had to and because we had very little help from Doctors to find out what was wrong with us. Manufacturers lie, Doctors Lie, The FDA Lies, all to cover up what is now starting to come out do some research on this then come back and argue a medical device is safe when you can prove it.

Comment by sandra hunt — March 23, 2008 @ 4:42 pm
I had to learn the hard way. When I had my implants put in, I thought how cool and beautiful they looked. Not realizing that this will be an area that will need to be maintained the rest of my life. I did all the homework on my doctor and the process; little did I realize that they were all salesmen. Every one of them. I was never told that implants are to last (their shelf life) is 2 to 3 years? Now going on 15 years of life with my implants. I have had them redone 3 times in these 15 years, due to leakage, deflation, etc. But, the consequences that I face now to have them removed permanently, is devastating. Not to mention the side affects that can occur with this procedure?

I hear about all of these young girls getting implants at such an early age, not understanding the concerns long term. I learned by trial and error. Now more experienced, I watch the media and how they portray the fact that women need to be perfect, all the time. There is an urge with young girls to look like their movie star/singer icon and to become as beautiful as their icon. It is ridiculous to see that we (woman) have become so vane with our breasts, because of the media implementing how we need to be perfect. (Including Myself). We as women need to stand up and speak out on how our beauty is no on the cover of a magazine, it is within ourselves. If I could become a spokesperson nationwide and teach women to love their bodies and to be grateful for what had been given to you, I would take on this role in a heartbeat.

Comment by Becky Schloff — March 25, 2008 @ 9:21 am
I am wondering why it is not OK for us to voice our opinion on implants yet it is supposed to be acceptable that women can advocate that they are safe and it is up to a woman (choice)
One thing I do know is I have had women email me quite ignorantly I might add then a few years later have them (Some of them) come back and say they are experiencing problems. Not all women will experience problems or complications. In my situation after a mastectomy I had complications and a rupture. Women who were done for reconstructions reasons which is only 20% of implanted women have suffered complications very early, the reason the manufacturers have not studied reconstruction women is they are afraid of what the results will be. They know that society would not tolerate this kind of outcome so what they rely on is women who are getting them for cosmetic reasons to scream at one another about choice when to me it is not about a womans choice. I feel very strongly that women have no right to argue for a medical device when our Health agencies have not done there jobs and made sure they are safe. Until that is done no man or woman has a right to yell anything based on choices. I expect and demand our elected officials to do there jobs and stop taking bribes and stop pandering to the Plastic surgery associations because god forbid they lose there cash cow and demand to see that studies are being performed with real women that they are not newly implanted women and that they change how any manufacturer can decide what they want to produce and not produce. Right now where it stands with medical devices or drugs is they have no safe guards in place to make these manufactures comply with the laws. The drug companies are a perfect example of how they have hidden studies detrimental to there drug and it is a proven fact dow and others did the same thing. So why women, some of them, are that closed minded to see that and believe it is beyond me and if more women saw a psychiatrist before running to a plastic surgeon to fix there life they would be better of. Women seem to of allowed men for to long to dictate what they need fixing and it is high time women stood up and said we love our bodies the way they are. Another thing the manufacturers set out with a plan and that was to get women yelling choice and it worked they paraded paid for women to stand in front of the FDA and demand that they deserve the right to choose, what is scarey is that some smart women fell for it and allowed men to use them. I know i am going to get women mad by stating it is not your choice to make but in 2008 excuse me if I don’t want some drug or medical device approved because women were wanting it because of there being allowed a choice in life. I expect a lot more and that is that these products are proven safe to be put into any body. If they can prove with out any doubt that these implants are safe implant them all you want that is when anyone is and should be allowed to make a choice. If we are going to keep allowing these companies to start there grass root movements with hysterical women then women are idiots. I am against implants until I know without any doubt they are safe and while the FDA is busy quietly dropping some of the requirements like MRI’S because the Doctors don’t like it then that tells me there is still cause to be concerned. Why would plastic surgeons not like that women be followed up with MRI’S? They don’t want that shown because of the high rupture rates. I will also add for all you women who think they are so safe do me a favor ask your doctor if he or she will sign agreeing they are safe and that if anything were to happen would they agree to being responsible. I bet not one of you could ever get your plastic surgeon to agree to that. I also doubt any of you have the guts to ask for that either.

Comment by sandra hunt — March 25, 2008 @ 11:41 am
Did you not notice that there is only one picture of Christina on this page. The other two are of Britney Spears.

Comment by Traci — April 7, 2008 @ 12:54 pm
hi, i dont have implants yet, i am still researching. i have read all of these blogs and i just want to say how sorry i am to all those people who have problems, my friend also had similar problems so i understand how hard it is to come to terms with complications as i was the shoulder to cry on. i am surprised at the hatred in some of these blogs; everyone is entitled to their opinion but for someone like me who is looking for information and guidence of a sort, its scary that women will turn against each other to this degree. i will admit i am still quite ignorant with regard to implants and statistics but what i do know is that the people who have posted on this site have each had some kind of experience (apart from the truly ignorant people who attack both side..its uncalled for)and i would like to hear from both the bad and the good. you should help each other to help others, i think some of you have truly inspiring stories, even though some of those are not good stories. im not really the kind of person to take sides or argue, i dont like insults and im not posting this entry to receive any angry responces, i am just looking at this from on outsider and sombody considering implants. i hope i do get some responces that can help in my research. take care S

Comment by Sophie — April 25, 2008 @ 4:12 am
Sophie, if you look around the rest of the blog, you’ll see that there’s no name-calling or taking sides. This blog IS a side: you should not get implants because they are so very dangerous for you. Please take a look at these particular posts:

Breast Implants: If a Woman Gives Consent, Does It Mean She’s Informed?

NY Times Identifies Breast Implants as Annuity Medicine

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Comment by Gloria — April 25, 2008 @ 11:59 am
Breast Implants are the best thing ever invented for women. I have dated and currently engaged to a woman with breast implants and would not have it any other way. Christina was hot before and even better now with her chest enhanced. Amen!!! It is the only way to go.

Comment by E — August 2, 2008 @ 11:21 am
This video speaks for itself & I don’t think her boobs look bad nor do they look like implants.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VDZ0cKRlFA

Comment by Pinky — October 18, 2008 @ 6:04 pm
This video speaks for itself
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VDZ0cKRlFA

I don’t think her boobs look bad nor do they look like implants.

Comment by Pinky — October 18, 2008 @ 6:05 pm
This picure is obviously been photoshoped, and poorly I might add
Everyone who is getting ’sick’ off of it has obviously never had any time of photo editing software ever
its worse than girls myspace editing jobs
you people started this whole discussion about one edited photo
thats retarted
brest implants don’t MOVE your boobs further apart, and besides Christina has always had huge boobs, nothings changed
if she did get implants it was probably a while ago
no use crying over spilt milk, besides, who cares its not your business, doesn’t meen she doesn’t like her body, I love my body but if I decided to get bigger boobs doesn’t make me a hypocrite, its the same for women who dye their hair or get ‘makeovers’ so stop waisting your lives away focusing on fake edited pictures and cheezy tabloid articles…

Comment by willow — November 9, 2008 @ 1:20 pm
She is breast feeding, her boobs are probably just engorged. this happens when you are away form your baby for long periods of time like someone with her job would have to be, i spent a night away from my son once and my boobs blew up just like this and looked like they were gonna explode. jeez you people are judgmental.

Comment by G-Mommy — December 17, 2008 @ 11:02 pm

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