The case for implants - PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum

Kuan · #1 02-25-2010, 07:54 PM

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/7318788/Womans-size-D-breast-implants-save-her-from-gunshot.html

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Lydia Carranza was working in the office of a dentist in Beverly Hills, California when a gunman ran in and opened fire.

He aimed the weapon directly at her heart but one of her silicone implants took the force of the blow, stopping bullet fragments from reaching her vital organs.

The gunman had gone to the dental office looking for his wife, who also worked there. She was shot and killed in the attack. Mrs Carranza was sitting a few feet away when the gunman turned on her.

"She's just one lucky woman," surgeon Dr Ashkan Ghavami told the Los Angeles Times. "The bullet fragments were millimetres from her heart and her vital organs. Had she not had the implant, she might not be alive today."

Mrs Carranza, a mother of three and grandmother of two, had implants some years ago to change from a B-cup to a D-cup.

When the gun was pointed at her she "didn't look or think about it," she told the Los Angeles Times. "I just felt wet in my chest area. I thought I was going to die."

Jaime Paredes, the alleged gunman, is awaiting trial on charges including murder following the shooting in July.

jt20 · #2 02-25-2010, 07:57 PM

I'd rather die.

but thats just me....

POS · #3 02-25-2010, 08:48 PM

And I thought they were just fun to look at and play with.

MTI · #4 02-25-2010, 09:06 PM

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Originally Posted by POS

And I thought they were just fun to look at and play with.

I think you're only half right.

kerry · #5 02-25-2010, 09:24 PM

A cup--guaranteed 22 caliber resistant
B cup--guaranteed 38 caliber resistant
D cup--Guaranteed 45 caliber resistant

catmandoo62 · #6 02-26-2010, 12:15 AM

and now how much silicon does she have floating around inside her??

aklim · #7 02-26-2010, 12:17 AM

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Originally Posted by catmandoo62

and now how much silicon does she have floating around inside her??

Don't know. I do know however that there is no lead in the vital organs.

t walgamuth · #8 02-26-2010, 07:11 AM

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Originally Posted by jt20

I'd rather die.

but thats just me....

This is slightly too extreme to me, but I would never recommend implants to anybody. Having any foreign bodies in your body seems like a bad idea to me.