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Pop Goes the Implant

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009

If you are considering breast augmentation, you had better make sure it will not turn out to be an occupational hazard. WWE diva Mickie James recently learned this the hard way when her breast implant popped during a tag team match against Rosa Mendes and Beth Phoenix.

She is expected to undergo a breast surgery revision procedure very soon in order to correct the problem. There is no official word on how extensive the damage was to Mickie’s implant, and the WWE has not announced when the wrestling champion will be able to return to the ring.

WWE executives have not announced what will happen to Mickie’s Divas title while she recovers from her injury. It would be tragic if she lost her title due to a ruptured breast implant. However, is it really fair to all of the other wrestling divas out there who cannot compete for the coveted title while Mickie gets a silicone refill?

I wonder if there are certain wrestling moves that place a woman at higher risk of popping an implant. I would imagine that leaping from the top rope to land on a fallen opponent could cause problems for both women. If the fallen woman took an elbow to the boob, she could easily leak silicone all over her body, and possibly even the wrestling mat. For the leaping woman, she had better land properly and hope the fallen woman doesn’t roll out of the way; otherwise she may find a squishy implant upon impact.

A piledriver may also prove problematic for well-endowed female combatants. A sloppily-delivered piledriver may result in a knee to the breast, popping an implant or two. How about a suplex? I would think that this move may endanger the fine handiwork of even the best plastic surgeon.

When delivering a clothesline, it is important to keep your arm held up high. A clothesline to the breast region could cause enough carnage to require the replacement of two popped implants. Of course, we can’t forget about the body slam. We wouldn’t want to have to rename that one the booby slam.

Now for some moves that may not endanger a female wrestler’s breast implants:

  • The sleeper hold — it steers clear of the midsection. No problems here.
  • Figure four leg lock — legs locking with legs. No breasts involved in this one either.
  • Clawing out your opponent’s eyes with your fingers — maybe a bit cheap, but the only plastic surgery you will need after this one is blepharoplasty.
  • Headlock — needs no witty explanation.

For all of you female professional wrestlers out there considering breast augmentation, I hope you learn from Mickie James. This procedure is not for you — at least, not until you retire. Otherwise, you may find yourself filing a Workers’ Compensation claim to get your implants replaced after they pop from the rigors of the ring. On the bright side, as a female professional wrestler, you probably make enough money to afford multiple breast augmentations.

If you are not a professional wrestler, then breast augmentation may be just the procedure to help you look and feel your best. If you live in the Chicago, Illinois area, please contact the Chicago plastic surgery office of Dr. Otto Placik today to schedule your initial consultation.

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Facelift Patients Don't Resemble Passport Photo, Hassled by Customs

Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009

Plastic surgery tourism is a booming industry, and many people are traveling to remote destinations in order to combine their plastic surgery procedure with a luxurious vacation. However, as 23 Chinese women recently discovered, not all procedures are ideally suited for a vacation destination package.

These women all traveled to Seoul, South Korea for facial plastic surgery. The procedures performed on these women included facelifts, rhinoplasty, chin lifts, and blepharoplasty.

It seems that in this particular circumstance, the surgeon might have done his job too well. When the women returned to China, they were immediately detained by the customs agents on duty. Apparently, their extensive facial plastic surgery altered their appearance enough to make the customs agents doubt that the women were in fact who they said they were.

The women were asked to remove their hats and sunglasses in order to more carefully scrutinize their bandaged faces. The women’s appearances had changed dramatically enough that they no longer resembled their old passport photos.

After getting grilled for several minutes by customs agents, the women were finally allowed to enter the country, but they were told to update their passport photos at once.

If you are going to leave your country for plastic surgery, make sure you will still resemble your old self enough to get home. Otherwise, you may find yourself wandering the remote corners of the earth as a nomad.

With a booming theater district and an abundance of museums, restaurants, and tourist attractions, New York City makes an excellent destination for an aspiring plastic surgery tourist. If you would like to travel to the Big Apple for your plastic surgery procedure, please contact CosMedica today to schedule your initial consultation with New York plastic surgeon Dr. Howard Bellin.

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Woman's Breast Implant Balloons at Pink Concert

Tuesday, September 15th, 2009

If it weren’t for a Pink concert in Sydney, Australia several weeks ago, a poor Australian woman would still be slowly leaking silicone throughout her body. But as luck would have it, the concert turned out to be much more than a night of entertainment for the Aussie fan.

Kimberly Koy, a cattle station worker from Cairns, Australia, traveled to Sydney to see Pink perform. After her flight, her left breast ballooned overnight, growing to more than double the size of her right breast by the time she woke up the next morning. Fearing the worst (breast cancer), she immediately scheduled an appointment with her doctor.

However, Koy breathed a huge sigh of relief and shouted “Moo-ray!” when she discovered the true cause of the problem. She had a leaky breast implant.

A week before traveling to the concert, Koy had been involved in a runaway cattle incident. One of the loose cows stabbed her in the chest with its horn, puncturing her breast implant. Since the cow’s horn did not break her skin or result in any serious bruising, Koy assumed she was fine. Little did she know that she had a slow leak that could have continued for years before she would have ever discovered the damage.

Her doctor explained that the air pressure from flying forced the silicone to expel from the implant shell faster than it normally would have, resulting in the imbalance in her two breasts. By Ms. Koy’s own description, “It was like a coconut to an orange.” Since the incident, her left breast has shrunk, but is still larger than the right one. She will most likely need breast augmentation revision surgery to correct the issue.

This is not the first time a silicone breast implant has experienced technical difficulties on a plane. Several months ago, a woman’s breast implant exploded on a plane to Los Angeles. However, in that case, the implant exploded because the woman chose to fill it with too much silicone at the time of her breast augmentation. In the case of Kimberly Koy, you might say that the airplane incident was the fallout of an occupational hazard.

I suppose Kimberly Koy owes a huge debt of gratitude to Pink, because if it weren’t for her Australian tour, Ms. Koy would still be leaking silicone today. To show her thanks, I think it is only appropriate that Ms. Koy buy every album Pink puts out for the rest of her career. Clearly, it is also in the best interests of her health to continue attending Pink concerts. You never know what medical condition will manifest itself the next time the pop star tours Down Under.

But perhaps the true moral of the story is that you should probably take a long, hard look at your lifestyle before deciding to undergo breast enlargement. If you work at a cattle station or a similarly dangerous job that makes you susceptible to puncture wounds, you may want to reconsider either your career or the surgery. If you do decide to move forward with your surgery without changing jobs, you should definitely plan on getting Pink tickets whenever she comes to your town.

If you live in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania area and are interested in breast augmentation, please contact the Philadelphia plastic surgery offices of Dr. Adrian Lo today to schedule your free initial consultation. Philly is not exactly known as a cattle town, so you shouldn’t have to worry about your implants getting punctured by a renegade cow horn.

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Fear of "Botax" Has People Running to Their Plastic Surgeon

Friday, September 11th, 2009

A major component of the current health care reform debate centers on how to pay for such expensive legislation. One idea being discussed by lawmakers involves a 10% tax on cosmetic surgery procedures that are not considered medically necessary. This has been dubbed by many around the country as the “Botax.”

If this idea becomes part of health care reform legislation, many Americans will face steeper prices for popular plastic surgery procedures such as breast augmentation, liposuction, and BOTOX.

Proponents of the Botax argue that it will generate a great deal of revenue to help pay for this important legislative reform, and that since these procedures are elective, it will be funded largely by the wealthy. However, this might not necessarily be the case.

According to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, the Botax will actually be targeting the wrong group. Their research indicates that the vast majority of plastic surgery procedures are performed on working middle class mothers who save for months or sometimes even years to have their surgery. This plastic surgery tax may prevent many of these middle class Americans from being able to afford their desired procedure.

Regardless of where your beliefs align in this debate, it is clear that our government will be forced to get creative in order to fund such expensive legislation. I applaud our lawmakers for thinking outside the box when it comes to health care funding, although I’m not entirely convinced that they have found the ideal funding source.

Perhaps it would be wise to look at taxing items such as cigarettes and alcohol, which lead to serious health problems. This may deter Americans from engaging in activities that are detrimental to their health, which in turn would ultimately reduce the incidence of serious health problems caused by these substances.

If you live in the Denver, Colorado area and would like to get your plastic surgery completed before Uncle Sam levies a tax on your beauty, please contact experienced Denver plastic surgeon Dr. David Broadway today to schedule your initial consultation.

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