View of Breast Augmentation Surgery Changes

October 4, 2007 -

Breast augmentation surgery has been performed for decades; however, in recent years the procedure has become safer and the public has become more accepting of women who get breast implants.

“There was once an image that people who got breast implants were more exotic in some way or somehow out there,” says Richard A. D’Amico, “But breast augmentation is a procedure among mainstream women nowadays. And in my practice, most women who want breast implants have had several children and lost the fullness in their breasts and just want to restore what they had.”

Reality TV’s Influence

Heidi Montag, the star of MTV’s reality show, “The Hills”, recently admitted to getting a breast augmentation.

It was reportedly so important to her that she didn’t even mind the slight risk that the procedure could not go as planned.

“Right before I went in, I was like, ‘What if I don’t wake up?’” Montag told Us Weekly Magazine, “Then I thought, ‘I don’t care, it’s worth it.’ I just wanted it so badly.”

According to Elizabeth Battaglino Cahill, the executive of the resource center, “ The media has had a strong impact on breast-implant awareness. You see these surgery shows all the time on television-from the Discovery Channel to ‘Dr. 90210,’ along with the shows that focus on makeovers.”

Implant Advancement

Last year alone, more than 329,000 women got breast implants, a number which is 10 times as much as the amount that were getting the procedure 15 years ago when the surgery first began being performed.

D’Amico says the increase could also be because the shells for both silicone and saline implants are now stronger and last longer.

Reports show that the average implant today lasts for 12 to 15 years, whereas some older sets only lasted a few years.

(Source: Daily News)

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