Silicone has become a popular product to help many manufacturers produce multiple goods. It is even used for medical purposes. In gel form, silicone is used for breast implants, which has been very controversial. In 1960, mammary prostheses were invented. Now millions of women have breast implants. There are many women who get the implants for reconstructive surgery due to breast cancer, but others have been using it as a cosmetic enhancement. In the 1980s, women with implants started reporting patterns of illnesses. There were breast implants that were rupturing or leaking in the women’s body. There were accusation of the implants causing autoimmune disorders. In a case in 1991, there were documents suggesting that Dow Corning (the creator)
Cosmetic surgery is one of them and becoming very popular, not because people need surgery, but because society has created the ideal woman and man and what he or she should like. Every women and a good amount of men modify their bodies to fit the image every day. Cosmetic surgery is the new hip thing going around and everyone is going to extremes in order not to fall behind. Plastic surgery itself has been around since the ancient times. As Doctors Richard Backstein and Anna Hinek state in their article plastic surgery can be traced to as far back as ancient times (2005).
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The are generally four kinds of substitute constituent utilized in THA that are metal-on-metal, metal-on-plastic, and ceramic on ceramic, ceramic on plastic. Types prosthesis utilized is reliant on the needs of patient and the procedure of the surgeon. All hip replacements allocate one thing in common: they contain a ball-and-socket joint. Which materials are utilized in the ball and in the socket, that jointly is shouted the “bearing” like a bearing in a car has the possible to alter the long-term durability of the combined replacement.
The same implants used in breast augmentation surgery can be used in breast reconstruction. These implants are often the best choice in cases where all of the breast is removed (radical mastectomy). They can be done on one side or both.
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In the early 1980’s breast implants began gaining popularity, but they have been on the market since the early 1960’s. They were invented by plastic surgeons Cronin and Gerow. Dow Corning began manufacturing them commercially in 1962. Today over two million women have undergone breast augmentation surgery. There are many negative consequences that may arise from the surgery, and there is always the risk of infection or rupture. When beginning my research on the subject I assumed there would be a plethora of information. I was shocked to find out that there wasn’t. Silicone breast implants have been around for 40 years and there have been very few studies on their consequences, and possible effects on a woman’s body. The Food and Drug Administration has never approved the use of silicone implants. It is a surprising fact, because silicone implants are still being used today, but only by women who agree to be in a study of their safety. The politics surrounding breast augmentation are sketchy for lack of a better word. They have been promoted as being safe, yet their safety has never been fully questioned. While looking online, I found a variety of websites on the subject. There were many websites from the plastic surgery industry promoting breast implants as being safe. Then there were the websites like http://www.siliconeholocaust.org, this was by far the most disturbing site I have ever seen. There were dozens of pictures of real women who had their lives ruined by breast implants. If these, and other women had the little information that is available on the subject, they may have opted not to have the surgery because of the unnecessary consequences they now suffer.
The benefits of silica are generally targeted towards women. It is marketed as the perfect beauty supplement for hair, skin, and nails.
When more than one implant is successful, there is the risk of mult-foetal pregnancy. This may sound to be good news to the mothers but unfortunately the occurrence of more than one embryo can increase danger levels to the mother’s health and the embryos. This most common is premature babies being born, this results in the risk to the babies where difficulties can happen after birth or the babies can be too early to live.
Breast cancer is the second most common cancer in the world (Breast). Every three minutes a woman is diagnosed: one in eight women will have breast cancer (Walgreens, 2011; Chen, 2010). “I have to admit, like so many women, I always knew there was a chance. But like so many women, I never thought it would be me. I never thought I'd hear those devastating words: 'You have breast cancer.' “- Debbie Wasserman Schultz, a democratic representative of Florida (2011).
Infibulation and breast implant procedures carry the same idea. To physically change a women’s body in order to please the expectations of male dominance. It’s not to make them feel good, but to look more attractive to the male population. After all why doesn’t a male get plastic surgery? Because they don’t need to, its not expected of them. Women on the other hand are being told by mothers, magazines, and media. My sister is a little overweight and my Mom tells her to lose it because apparently if she’s a little chubbier, no one will marry. The whole
Dental implants were first introduced for people who had lost all of their teeth and people who have a hard time stabilizing or tolerating dentures, because they had lost so much of the jawbone upon which dentures rest. Implants have been around for centuries. The first dental implants are attributed to the Mayans and dates back to the 600 A.D. The most remarkable implant discovery came in 1931. When an archeologist in Honduras found out that the mandible contained three tooth shaped seashells inserted into the sockets that once held teeth. Scientist believed the shells were inserted from the future, but in 1970 a dental academic discovered that bone had grown around the seashell, (they served as tooth replacement while the woman was alive).
META: Getting surgical implants is the healthier alternative to traditional dentures. Implants are also more comfortable and natural looking than dentures.
Goudrea, Jenna. “The Hidden Dangers Of Cosmetic Surgery.” Forbes. 16 06 2011: n. page. Web. 20 Nov. 2013.
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