| Implants still not safe
THE FOOD and Drug Administration recently approved the use of silicone gel implants for use in breast augmentation. However, the FDA's stamp of approval doesn't mean implants are safe. There remain considerable risks that women must consider before walking into the operating room. We have heard from hundreds of women who have struggled with health problems they believed to be the direct result of their silicone breast implants. One woman was hospitalized with serious symptoms that subsided only after her silicone implants were removed. Other women have repeatedly mentioned such problems as connective tissue disease, chronic fatigue, dizziness, and various pain-inducing muscular deformities. Beyond anecdotal evidence, the FDA's own research concludes silicone gel implants will eventually break, most within 10 years.
Conscience, Religion Alter How Doctors Tell Patients About Options
Many physicians feel no obligation to tell patients about legal but morally controversial medical treatments or to refer patients to doctors who do not object to those treatments, report researchers from the University of Chicago in the Feb. 8, 2007, issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. .
Jane Fonda And Sally Field Make Plastic Surgery Pact
Jane Fonda and fellow 60-something star Sally Field have made a promise to each other they will not have any more plastic surgery. Fonda, 69, is determined to grow old gracefully, instead of fighting the aging process, and recently started a radio network for women to help empower them. .
Jane Seymour Slams Cosmetic Surgery
Joining a growing list of actresses who have come out against plastic surgery, Jane Seymour stated in a recent interview that women who had plastic surgery were destroying their faces. Seymour supported her argument by stating that actresses need to move their faces to show expression, especially if they are dramatic actresses. The 54-year old actress however admits to removing bags from under her eyes, claiming that bags under the eyes run in her family. Seymour is also against Botox for wrinkle control and excessive exercising and dieting. Seymour, a former Bond girl, last appeared on the big screen in the successful film, Wedding Crashers in 2005. She has however made a number of appearances on TV series.
Written by the Carefair.com Editorial Team.
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