Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2001 00:11:02 EST

Subject: From: CPR4WandF  

Please pass this on. I'll tell you right now, I certainly wasn't happy, with my toxic breast implants! Who are they asking, let them ask the victims, and they'll will hear a resounding NO! 

Thank you,

gigi*/Karen 

Subj: The myth of the satisfied implant customer 

Date: 1/7/01 10:12:49 PM Central Standard Time

From: <A HREF="mailto:CPR4WandF">CPR4WandF</A>

To: <A HREF="mailto:SOSalines">SOSalines</A>

BCC: <A HREF="mailto:ParfumGigi">ParfumGigi</A> 

Q: Why do so many women say that they are satisfied with their implants?

A: It depends on who you ask 

Dr. Marcia Angell and other "experts" on breast implants often quote a statistic indicating that most implant patients are very satisfied with their implants. However, the statistic is based on a marketing survey by plastic surgeons conducted approximately 10 years ago, not by an objective study. It should not be considered an accurate assessment of how implanted women feel about their implants. 

Below is a quote from a Congressional report that I wrote on this topic, that was published in 1993. Unfortunately, it is just as relevant today as it was then. Anyone who is interested in reading the entire report, can find a link to it on our website, as the last link listed on our breast implant section. 

Sincerely,

Diana Zuckerman 

"The ASPRS also quoted a survey they had conducted, which claimed that more than 90 percent of women with breast implants were very satisfied. However, less than half of the women who were sent questionnaires in that survey completed them. Scientists have criticized the survey as a marketing device, not a scientific study. Since there was no way to know if women who were unhappy with their implants had the opportunity to participate in the survey, FDA therefore ignored its findings. In fact, the PMA's clearly indicated that there is no long-term safety data on breast implants." 

Diana Zuckerman, Ph.D.

Executive Director

National Center for Policy Research for Women and Families

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Suite 900

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