If the whole “inner beauty” angle wasn’t enough to convince you to skip the boob job, the Food and Drug Administration has given you another reason. The FDA announced on Wednesday that breast implants (both saline and silicone varieties) might increase the risk for anaplastic large-cell lymphoma, a rare but usually treatable type of cancer.
The risk applies to both women who have had breast augmentation after cancer surgery and those who have undergone cosmetic surgery.
Lymphoma is not a type of breast cancer; it involves the immune system and has been found to grow in the scar tissue surrounding breast implants.
The New York Times reported that there have been only 60 known cases worldwide so far, which isn’t so bad when you think about the fact that 5-10 million women have implants.
The FDA went on to say that “the existing data support the continued marketing and use of breast implants.”
Readers, what do you think of this news? Would a possible link to cancer deter you from getting implants?
To read the full NY Times article, click here: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/27/health/research/27implant.html?_r=1
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