Posted on 02/25/2010 10:00:26 AM PST by webschooner
A firearms expert says it's possible, but saline implants aren't bulletproof vests
A Beverly Hills cosmetic surgeon says a woman's size-D breast implants might have saved her life when a gunman opened fire at her office.
Lydia Carranza was working at the Simi Valley dental office July 1 when her co-worker, the gunman's wife, was shot and killed.
Carranza was just a few feet away. She survived a gunshot to the chest, but the the bullet left a scar and deflated the implant.
"She's just one lucky woman," Dr. Ashkan Ghavami told the LA Times. "I saw the CT scan. The bullet fragments were millimeters from her heart and her vital organs. Had she not had the implant, she might not be alive today."
Ghavami told the Times he will perform the reconstructive surgery at a reduced cost. He'd like implant companies to donate supplies.
But a spokeswoman for the hospital at which Carranza was treated said it's not a medical issue. "It's a ballistics issue," Kris Carraway, a spokeswoman for Los Robles Hospital & Medical Center in Thousand Oaks, told the Times. "The emergency physician who treated the patient was not aware of the breast implant having any impact or whether or not it saved her life."
An LAPD firearms instructor told the Times it's possible the implant interrupted the velocity of the bullet.
"I don't want to say a boob job is the equivalent of a bulletproof vest," Scott Reitz told the Times. "So don't go getting breast enhancements as a means to deflect a possible incoming bullet."
proper airbag deployment in an emergency
In the interest of staying on FR I decline comment!!!
Jubtabulous.
ping
"tsunami survivor"
Go figure. Los Angeles. Size D implants. Works in a dentist’s office.
That’ LA!
I see a marketing opportunity for kevlar implants.
these will stop anything!
Wait, last week or so lovehandles saved someones life.
This time someones implants saved their life.
I’m a short skinny dude, I’m doomed!
Well they don’t call ‘em lung-protectors for nothing!
Emma Biggens takes boat ride.
RIGHT NOW...scientists are developing a better “tomato”
Exactly my first thought. Can you imagine having your teeth cleaned and by this woman? Would they have to use some sort of special light? Seems like the Size D's would cover your face.
THINGS THAT MAKE YOU GO HMMMMM....PING!!!
I can imagine intentionally getting cavities.
sweet ! maybe I can talk my wife into them now based on safety.
:P
True....I'm making an appointment right now.
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