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Silicone Breast Implants Return to Market

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisory panel recommended that silicone breast implants return to the market.

The recommendation came after the FDA held a review of the use of silicon in breast implants for the first time in over a decade. Women who have suffered medical problems that they attribute to silicone implants were fighting to keep them off the market, however plastic surgeons believe the demand for silicone implants will be high.

New York Times October 10, 2003

The Washington Post October 27, 2003



Dr. Mercola''s Comments Dr. Mercola's Comments:

Most previous research has postulated that many American women desire cosmetic surgery due to the highly idealized body image presented by the Western media.

Despite the many risks associated with breast implants, over 200,000 women obtain them each year. Breast implants are a huge fraud being committed on American women as these cherished breast implants may cost women their insurance, their health, their beauty, their vitality, their families, their careers and, too often, even their lives.

Some of the sickest women I have seen were suffering from a silicone-implant-induced immune dysfunction. Breast implants are clearly very dangerous. Silicone from implants is a complex chemical that can have very significant and devastating consequences on the immune system.

It sure seems to me that it would be far safer, easier, and less expensive to use EFT, a psychological acupressure technique, to address the underlying reasons why the women are seeking the implants in the first place.

Many women choose to have breast implants because they feel pressured to adhere to a particular body image, or they have a distorted image of their own body. If you are struggling with body image issues EFT can help.

You can start with the free EFT manual for more information. However, most of the time women with this problem will require professional assistance. You can use Gary Craig's EFT Practitioner Referrals to find an EFT therapist who you can work with, and can also consult my EFT Series on DVD or VHS for further EFT instruction.

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