Comments on: Mike and Juliet Show/Implants Like a Haircut? http://beautyandthebreast.org/2008/03/29/mike-and-juliet-showimplants-like-a-haircut/261 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:22:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Kacey http://beautyandthebreast.org/2008/03/29/mike-and-juliet-showimplants-like-a-haircut/261#comment-1366 Kacey Sat, 05 Apr 2008 16:38:04 +0000 http://beautyandthebreast.org/2008/03/29/mike-and-juliet-showimplants-like-a-haircut/261#comment-1366 Hi Krista, Thanks for the kind words. I really couldn't believe some of the things the doctor and 18 year-old were saying either. Many surgeons spend the majority of their time practicing medicine, which doesn't always leave a ton of time for mulling over the research. Like many professionals, they may have time only to look at a summary or abstract of a particular study, and therefore they can miss important things to consider like which organization financially backed the study. Thankfully there are organizations like Dr. Diana Zuckerman's National Center for Research (www.breastimplantinfo.org) that devote their entire company to analyzing research and remaining independent in bias. I wish more consumers knew of organizations like this exist and would get their information from such sources. If the surgeon on the show would have done this, he could have been more well-versed on topics like suicide, teens and breast implants. Kacey Hi Krista,

Thanks for the kind words. I really couldn’t believe some of the things the doctor and 18 year-old were saying either. Many surgeons spend the majority of their time practicing medicine, which doesn’t always leave a ton of time for mulling over the research. Like many professionals, they may have time only to look at a summary or abstract of a particular study, and therefore they can miss important things to consider like which organization financially backed the study. Thankfully there are organizations like Dr. Diana Zuckerman’s National Center for Research (www.breastimplantinfo.org) that devote their entire company to analyzing research and remaining independent in bias. I wish more consumers knew of organizations like this exist and would get their information from such sources. If the surgeon on the show would have done this, he could have been more well-versed on topics like suicide, teens and breast implants.

Kacey

]]> By: Krista http://beautyandthebreast.org/2008/03/29/mike-and-juliet-showimplants-like-a-haircut/261#comment-1340 Krista Mon, 31 Mar 2008 01:12:08 +0000 http://beautyandthebreast.org/2008/03/29/mike-and-juliet-showimplants-like-a-haircut/261#comment-1340 Hi Kacey- I watched the show and I just wanted to tell you how beautiful you looked, and how poised and well-spoken you were. I was so very proud of you! I think the plastic surgeon and his patient (though I didn't know until I read your blog that she was his patient) looked pretty ridiculous on the show. I couldn't believe some of the comments that either of them had.....that what happened to Stephanie was an accident (that was no accident!,) that a girl couldn't get on the cheerleading squad because her boobs were too small, that suicide is only a problem in Finland! Augh!!!! I'm so glad that you, Dr.King and the hosts had such great points! Unfortunately, too many women and girls think breast implants are "just like getting a hair cut," the only thing we can do is keep warning, educating and telling what happened to us. Keep up the awesome work Kacey! ~Krista Hi Kacey- I watched the show and I just wanted to tell you how beautiful you looked, and how poised and well-spoken you were. I was so very proud of you! I think the plastic surgeon and his patient (though I didn’t know until I read your blog that she was his patient) looked pretty ridiculous on the show. I couldn’t believe some of the comments that either of them had…..that what happened to Stephanie was an accident (that was no accident!,) that a girl couldn’t get on the cheerleading squad because her boobs were too small, that suicide is only a problem in Finland! Augh!!!! I’m so glad that you, Dr.King and the hosts had such great points!

Unfortunately, too many women and girls think breast implants are “just like getting a hair cut,” the only thing we can do is keep warning, educating and telling what happened to us.

Keep up the awesome work Kacey!
~Krista

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