Wiskey Tange Foxtrot, indeed.
Why the FUCK would I want to surgically alter my perfectly healthy body for this? It's not like my tits are 34 Extra Long. Sure, they aren't as perky as when I was 18 -
NEWSFLASH: I'm not fucking 18 anymore.
Sub-text here: Women, take on the risks of surgery and alter your body to please men who are so fucking immature they have no qualms about putting the health of another human being at risk to improve their eye-candy quotient.
'A woman with these implants will never have to wear a bra again'
In the past four months, more than two dozen women have undergone the procedure, which costs the equivalent of R47 000.
Let's see.... just how aggravating is a bra....? You know,
properly fitted this is like bitching about my panties. Is there an operation this doctor has that would make wearing panties forever unnecessary?
"The advantage is that a woman with these implants will never have to wear a bra again," says Saylan.
Unless German women have taken to walking around topless I'm not sure how anyone gains by this.
'After a short while you will not even know it is there'
Assuming there are no complications....
Apart from the cos-metic effect, patients who go bra-less could get health benefits, too.
An American survey of almost 5 000 women showed the odds of getting breast cancer increased dramatically the longer women wore bras.
This is complete and utter fucking bullshit!!!!
Goddamn, where does this shit come from?
The odds of breast cancer increase with age - that's clear. The longer a woman has been wearing a bra, the older she is. Also, there is a correlation between obesity and breast cancer - and obese women are not only more likely to wear bras, they wear them more hours per day. Unless you account for and adjust your sample to take into account these two factors the fucking survey is
meaningless.
The study concluded that the constricting effect of bras suppressed the lymphatic system below the armpits, blocking a network of vessels supposed to flush toxic wastes from the body.
Real basic concept here - if the bra is so tight it's cutting off circulation -
it's too fucking tight!.
Mike Bowen, a gynaecologist in London, believes the implants could lead to less attractive breasts in the long run.
Oh, yes - because appearances are the most important consideration of long-term side effects of cosmetic surgery.
"It is well known that titanium meshes can lead to fibrosis in the tissue - unsightly lumps and bumps," he says.
This is true. In fact, the tendency of titanium to fuse to tissues and build up scar tissue and bone around it is, in fact, one of it's important features when used to replace/repair bone or teeth. There is no disputing it does these things. Removing titanium from the human body is no easy task.
Another potential problem is called erosion - the mesh works its way through the fat and starts poking through the skin.
Yep - that can happen with any implant. Actually
less likely to happen with titanium than other implant materials, but it can and has happened.
More seriously, all implants increase the risk of infection.
Yep.
Folks with any sort of implant, in fact, are supposed to be on prophylactic antibiotics before many common medical procedures, including much common dental work. Gee, THAT might be a little inconvenient. Hope this doctor is informing his patients of that. Me, I'd rather wear a bra.
Breast tissue can die if the blood supply is interrupted, leaving scarring.
Yep - a risk with ANY surgery, no matter how routine. Scars from this sort of plastic surgery mishap look pretty much like what you get from third degree burns. Fortunately, it's rare, but when it happens it's a disaster.
Says Bowen: "Titanium is not biodegradable and stays in place permanently. It will be difficult to remove if things go wrong. Women may gain weight or change body shape as they get older. With a conventional bra, you can just buy a different size. A titanium implant cannot be swopped for a D cup".
Yep, yep, and yep. If the mesh manages to fuse to a rib, for instance, in order to remove it you're looking at cutting away bone and maybe needing some bone grafting done (
perhaps using titanium fixtures, ironically enough...)
Not that removing silicone implants leaves a pretty result - it's pretty fugly, in fact - but removing these things could be far more devastating and scar-forming.
He also dismisses the idea that conventional bras could lead to back problems and even cancer.
"I've never heard of a well-fitting bra causing health problems and they are actually quite attractive items of clothing".
I take this postion as well, even if most of my bras are quite utilitarian.
"I was very happy with my new trim figure, but I noticed my breasts were hanging down. I had a boyfriend who made a jokey comment, which really hurt.
I was so self-conscious I would hide my breasts under baggy clothes. It got to a point that I would take my clothes off only in a darkened room. Wearing a bikini on the beach was out of the question.
All this because
a boyfriend made a comment? This woman has
mental problems. She's hiding her body from
herself?. WTF?
It's a basic principal of
ethical cosmetic surgery: the patient must be taking this risk to please
herself, not at the request of, or under the pressure of, anyone else.
If this woman is doing this to her body
to please other people then I have to seriously question the ethics of the doctor involved. If she is doing this
SHE desires it
for herself, in other words, she'd still want it even if she was on a deserted island and never had contact with another human being again - that's the only acceptable reason in my view.
"Before I decided to go ahead, he warned me the titanium bra can make it difficult to feel small breast tumours, so it's really important that I have regular mammograms and ultrasound examinations at least twice a year.
Yeah, it's going to REALLY fuck up cancer detection. Can't feel the small ones. Know something else? Titanium is
opaque to x-rays. Assuming this mesh is cupping the lower half of the breast, and given the typical position/view for mammography -
this is going to make mammography fucking useless!!! All you're gonna see is the fucking mesh.
You won't be able to spot small tumors AT ALL! The mammograms are going to show shit.
Ultrasound for tumor detection is still unproven to the same standards as mammography. It's not as reliable by any measure. Granted, the technology is improving but there's a reason mammography is considered the gold standard.
MRI is being investigated as a possible tool for early cancer detection, but frankly I don't know if titanium is compatable with MRI machines.
This is going to make it a whole lot fucking harder to detect breast cancer early. Find it later, you have to carve away more tissue, assuming you won't need a mastectomy by them (which are still necessary at times, regretably). Oh,
wait - this shit binds to tissue so well that you just may have to carve away lots more than you would have to otherwise to remove both cancer and implant. If it manages to fuse to bone you're looking at digging into bone as well as glandular tissue and maybe some muscle.
I hope this fucker explains this to the women before he operates.
"There were no complications and no pain. I was back at work in a week, although I had to wear a special sports bra with lots of support for 10 weeks until the swelling was gone.
I thought this surgery meant you could throw away those bras...?
"I work in the beauty industry and I know that it is natural for someone to desire a better body. The operation has changed my life and I feel a lot better about myself".
Well, skippy for you, lady - I hope things continue to work out for you. How about we hear from
everyone else who had this surgery, too? Is
everyone this happy? Or have the ladies who maybe aren't so deliriously overjoyed been ignored?