Black market breast implants gone wrong, cosmetic & plastic surgery by backstreet doctors

Black market silicone breast implants are flooding the cosmetic markets through illicit back street cosmetic surgeries. Stolen silicone implants are re-sold to illegal surgeon who offer cut price breast enhancement operations at a quarter of the cost of legitimate operations. Many of these low profile cosmetic surgeons have already been struck off for medical malpractice.

Some of the implants offered by cut price cosmetic surgeons are second hand. Implants which have been removed either due to imperfections, problems, or just not required any more are simply washed and sold by unscrupulous dealers at low prices for re-use. Other silicone implants which have been returned to the manufacturer because there is a slow leak, have also gone missing and have been found in young ladies after emergency surgery to remove them.

Silicone is widely used around the globe in everyday products such as hair care products, suntan lotions and even chewing gum. Silicone is a chemical polymer derived from a refining and heating process from the element silicon.

Medical grade silicone is transformed into a liquid, gel, or hard substance specifically for medical uses. In 2006, the FDA approved silicone gel to be used for breast enhancements. Some third world countries manufacturer a low grade silicone, and after exportation, it is some how relabelled as medical grade and used as silicone implants.

In 2011, Israeli model Orit Fox was bitten on her silicone breast implant by a Boa Constrictor. The model needed a tetanus shot, but the snake allegedly died soon after of silicone poisoning. Being poisoned by silicone is not restricted to animals or reptiles, silicone has given thousands of woman symptoms which resemble fibromyalgia, connective tissue disorders, arthritis and immune dysfunction, all of which have been associated with silicone implants.

Illegal cosmetic surgeons who are aware of the problems surrounding silicone implants carry on regardless. They ply their trade trade through small advertisements in local papers and often perform the operations in makeshift surgeries which are sometimes located within their own home.

An inital study observed that a typical life span of silicone breast implants have less than ten years life before they rupture or leak. Most saline implants have a silicone coating which can also cause diseases. In 1993, 51 implants were removed from various woman of all ages, 27 implants were found to be ruptured, 7 were leaking and only 17 were in a good state. Silicone poisoning from breast enhancement kills.

Illegal cosmetic surgeons will use leaking silicone implants on their patients with no regard for the well being of the patient. The money made from the illegal breast implants is sometimes too much to pass up. Unqualified surgeons who perform these operations expose their patients to infections and other diseases as the sterility of the utensils and surrounding is usually less than what is required. Inadequate stitch work can leave a would be actress out of work forever as she is left with disfiguring scars and an enormous bill to have her implants removed by a qualified surgeon.

Legal surgeons whom performed breast enhancements with silicone implants received over 500,000 complaints about the surgery and the implants. Nearly $5 billion has been set aside as compensation from the manufacturers of the silicone implants.

Illegal surgeons do not come under any compensation packages for their victims. Their victims suffer in silence, die, or seek expensive surgery to have the implants removed by qualified surgeons. Most illegal cosmetic surgery surgeons simply up-roots and vanish into the night after a few months of surgery in one area, before setting up business in a different city. Budding actresses and older woman who wish to have their breasts re-shaped are the usual victims who cannot afford the average price of breast enlargements.

Male Breast Enhancement

A new market for men has emerged and the illegal traders are at it again. Men's chest definition silicone implants are becoming extremely popular. Men are usually to embarrassed to seek out this type of corrective surgery through the usually channels and opt for the much cheaper and more discreet back street surgeon who will only to happy to charge much less for the operation.

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