Breast implants blog posts and news

Man Attempts To Reclaim Breast Implants By Stabbing Ex-girlfriend

28-year-old Thomas Lee Rowley is on trial in San Bernardino county for ambushing his ex-girlfriend and attempting to reclaim the breast implants he paid for by stabbing her outside her mother's home.

Rowley allegedly told his former roommate, "I'm gonna cut 'em out and get 'em back." He stabbed ex-girlfriend Shanon Perry six times in the head and torso, injuring her brain and puncturing her implants which were eventually repaired.

Perry, who nearly died from the assault, testified that she paid for half of the surgery herself.

Rowley is on trial for attempted murder, assault with a deadly weapon, stalking, burglary, and false imprisonment.

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Pay For Your Breast Implants With A Sugardaddy

Yes, times are tough. But don't let that dissuade you from getting that breast implant surgery done. And don't think that means sinking yourself further into debt. There's a new way to bankroll your boobs: myfreeimplants.com.

Think voyeurism meets ebay meets online dating. The idea is pretty straightforward. Post your tale of woe, post some pics, stay in touch with your "benefactors", and start earning money for those implants. Basically, the guys who play sugardaddy can put some money in your coffers by emailing you, or by giving you a direct donation.

As the site says to the guys,

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J&J Entering The Breast Implant Business

Johnson & Johnson continues to expand beyond its commonly known consumer goods lines by purchasing breast implant maker Mentor Corp for $1.07 billion.

Mentor shareholders will earn $31 a share, nearly double last week’s close, in a deal that today pushed the stock within cents of the offer price.

Johnson & Johnson is fairly new to the high-dollar cosmetic surgery arena. Earlier this year, the cosmetic-focused OrthoNeutrogena division just launched its first injectable filler product -- the injectable wrinkle filler Evolence.

The acquisition was greeted with a mixed set of reactions by Mentor customers and plastic surgeons.

“The acquisition of Mentor should speed up the process for cohesive gel products being available to the US market," stated Chicago area plastic surgeon Dr. David Dreyfuss. "Not unlike the Allergan acquisition of Inamed, it changed the FDA focus away from a breast implant company to a pharmaceutical company. This provides an 'inside track' for approval of new products. This should allow Mentor to compete on a level playing field with Allergan,” said Dreyfuss.

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Reality Check: Fat Grafting For Breast Augmentation Is Tricky

The American Society of Plastic Surgeons conference (held in Chicago earlier this month) was the site of a symposium on fat-grafting for breast augmentation as Japanese surgeons continue to receive media attention over the controversial technique .

New York City plastic surgeon Dr. Sydney Coleman and others shared their expertise and outlined some of the realities of fat grafting that don't sound as optimistic as the recent discourse - an optimism largely inspired by studies on stem cells and the possibility that they could aid in the fat grafting process.

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Paradise Lost? Layoffs At Telemundo Despite Success Of "Without Breasts There Is No Paradise"

The LA Times reported on October 17, 2008 that the NBC Spanish television network, Telemundo must cut its workforce despite the success of "Sin Senos No Hay Paradiso"; the show about a young woman receiving breast implants and rising out of poverty.

A minimum of 85 jobs will be lost due to a decrease in advertising revenue. The show, with a title that means "Without Breasts There is No Paradise," is the biggest reason for Telemundo's 19 percent ratings increase during prime time.

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Feel My Breasts - Has This Happened To You?

Some Friday fun:

Tell us if you've got implants and you want others to feel you up - or tell us if you've been asked this question!

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Implants & Breast Cancer Risk

With the chances of a woman having invasive breast cancer at some point during her life at 1 in 8 (according to the American Cancer Society), the decision to get breast implants comes with serious consideration—even more so if there is a family history of the disease.

So, should someone with a family history of breast cancer even begin to consider implants? Are they safe? Here's what the RealSelf.com experts had to say in response:

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Breast Augmentation Surgery: Expect 3 Trips To The Operating Table

Breast implants, like cars and toaster overs, have a planned obsolesence. Implants are not designed to last forever. Most breast implants require replacement three times over a lifetime.

A story in Elle Magazine investigates the truth about how long breast implants really last, and what happens to them over time. In the Elle article, Atlanta plastic surgeon Foad Nahai, MD says he tells his patients, "Please understand this is not your last pair."

Las Vegas surgeon Samir Pancholi has been helping patients with failed breast implants on a near daily basis for the last two years at his practice. Having performed over 100 deflation repairs; he’s seen them spontaneously rupture as early as one year out. So what do these patients seem to have in common? 

They’re former patients of his now-retired doctor, they mostly had textured saline implants, and the implants were usually filled on the lower side of the normal range. Was it the doctor or was it the implant? Both the doctor and the manufacturer of the implants say they don’t know.

A 2004 FDA report estimates that you can only blame the implants ten percent of the time, another reason to be extra cautious about choosing a well-trained surgeon. Other side effects like capsular contracture are quite common and often can't be predicted.

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Dr. Lee Steely Answers Breast Questions

HOUSTON, TX--(Marketwire - June 17, 2008) Houston plastic surgeon Dr. Lee Steely says patients ask him all the time which is better, a breast augmentation or a breast lift?

According to Dr. Steely, breast augmentation increases only the volume of breasts. It will not move breasts closer together, lift droopy breasts or change the position of nipples. After augmentation, breasts are fuller and firmer with more projection.

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Dallas Plastic Surgeon Develops Ideal Implants: "non-sloshy" Saline Implants

A Dallas plastic surgeon has developed a new kind of saline implant, designed to eliminate that undesirable change of shape or "sloshing" of the saline implant when lying down. 

Robert S. Hamas, MD, the inventor of the Ideal Implant, has appeared on Oprah and CNN, and is a past president of the Dallas Society of Plastic Surgeons.

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