Posted on 03/25/2008 8:26:26 AM PDT by philsfan24
IMHO, wanting a "perfect body" and getting ridiculously shaped and over sized breasts are two different things.
What a sad story.
She was 18, not 16.
few 18 yo adults can afford to pony up for elective surgery, so some OTHER adult with the cash is responsible for the decision to fund this ill-advised surgery, likely a parent.
Why do so many people want to blame the victim for her allergic reaction to this drug, just because it was a cosmetic surgery.
I’ve known of people who died (or suffered brain damage) from a reaction to injected anesthetic before getting stitches, or injections intended to ease pain. Fact is, allergic reactions kill people unexpectedly no matter what procedure they are undergoing and this girl deserves sympathy, not scorn and judgement.
See #50.
again, not likely to be able to afford the surgery on her own. people can claim 18 year olds are adults all they want, but there are darn few of them who are self-sufficient at that age, which to me is truly the sign of adulthood, regardless of chronological age.
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You're right. What a sad story.
Don't blame the parents. Blame a culture that salivates over large breasts, whether made by God or surgeons. Blame TV, videos, and websites that make it seem to a young girl as if this is the only standard of worth or beauty. Blame young men who will drop a girl if her breasts aren't big enough.
My daughter has an 18-year-old friend who is planning to get plastic surgery next year. Her parents are friends of mine, and I know that they have done everything they could to teach her that she is a worthwhile human being even if she is very modestly built. But her peers, her classmates, and the general society around her that displays breasts everywhere apparently make her feel she has no beauty apart from her chest.
And before you ask, yes, this is an intelligent, fairly attractive girl, a good student and athlete from a Christian family. She is saving up the money for the procedure herself.
As well as the girl on the left.
It’s true.
There is another death thread on the board this morning. Go to it and see. Someone came in with a classless post and that person got slammed. I was one of the first on it.
FReepers are sensitive to the fact that others read our threads. Since the Bill O’Reilly deal, it’s more than ever.
Has she tried physical therapy? Being a male I can't really offer any personal knowlege of how breasts affect the back, but I have undergone quite a bit of physical therapy and surgury for disc problems. A physical thereapist can individually evaluate each patient and devise a set of exercises specific to the needs of those patients. I wish I had gotten my posture corrected and put on a program of back exercises when I was growing up rather than at 34 when I started having back problems.
That case was not a simple D&C.
The patient had nobody monitoring her vital signs. The patient died. The abortinist had his medical license revoked for life by the licensing board.
“I think it’s a safe bet that medical people on the scene were doing what they could before paramedics arrived, but if this girl had a severe allergic reaction, there was probably little that could be done.”
So the moral of the story (besides not having plastic surgery at 18) is that you shouln’t have surgery requiring general anasthesia outside of a hospital?
I think people would be surprised at how many women they pass on a daily basis have had breast augmentation surgery. It is probably the most common cosmetic surgery out there.
And men, how many of you have seen a women remove her top and then privately thought to yourselves, "She's hot but she sure has ugly boobs!" Yeah, I thought so. You don't think these women know when their boobs are less than appealing?
Not every girl who has had a boob job wallows in low self-esteem. Like getting teeth straightened, they're just willing to spend some money to correct what they feel is a flaw.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/palmbeach
More information. There was a doctor and an anesthesiologist on hand. Also gives a possible cause for the girl’s reaction.
Unless of course, they are in the military.
Possibly but she has her hands on her breasts and could reconfiguring them enough to make it appear so.
However the girl on the right, isn't pushing on them and if hers is all due to a Push-up bra I'll eat my hat, besides they have that perfect round look augmented breasts have when new.
(Yes, I have seen naked augmented breasts and yes they look good usually but not natural)
where even 18 yo males can have breast enhancement as well as a sex change operation.
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