Guest guest Posted July 15, 2001 Report Share Posted July 15, 2001 From: " ilena rose " <ilena@...> Sent: Saturday, July 14, 2001 10:13 PM Subject: Implanted Tea Leoni's daughter nearly dies from respiratory problems ... > > > I just read a story of Tea Leoni's daughter born in 1999 ... in Parade > 7/8/2002, she describes that when her daughter was 9 months old ... she > developed double pneumonia and a respiratory virus. " West developed an > allergic reaction to the drug they gave her, " Leoni said. " For a couple of > days, we didn't know if she was going to make it. " > > EXCERPT: > > " **Tea Leoni's cups did runneth over when she went from a flat-as-a-board > AA cup > **to a size C in June 1996. > ** > **but then she faced " The Naked Truth " : Six weeks of agonizing pain, vomiting, > **insomnia and crying jags that followed her surgery. > ** > **Tea told a pal: " Never in my wildest dreams did I imagine I'd suffer such > **pain. " > ** > **Ultimately the stabbing pain from her implants subsided, and Tea felt reborn > **with her more than shapely chest. > > H'Wood's Plastic Surgery Nightmares > When Breast Implants Go Bad > > Enquirer > May 4, 1999 > ===================================================== > Pamela Lee Shocked the world and sorely disappointed her legions of > male fans when she had her massive breast implants removed. But the blonde > bombshell - who went from an eye-popping 36DD to a more modest 36C - is only > one of the many Hollywood stars whose breast enhancement surgery has turned > into a disaster. > > And many of those stars, like Pam, have now downsized, undergoing new surgery > to remove what nature never intended. > > " I feel like I'm a petite person and having these large breasts just didn't > feel right anymore, " the 5-foot-3, 100-pound " V.I.P. " star told an > interviewer. > > " I didn't feel like I looked very good. I was really getting self-conscious > about it. " > > Although Pam didn't have her silicone implants removed due to medical > problems, after the surgery the former " Baywatch " babe - who breast-fed her > two children - was stunned to find out that one of the implants had been > leaking. > > " I had no idea anything was wrong, " she said. " I don't know when it happened. " > > And Pam's troubles may not be over. " One of the potential problems Pamela > faces with the removal of her implants is saggy, deflated breasts, " said Dr. > Randal Haworth, a top Beverly Hills surgeon who has performed more than 1,000 > breast enlargements. > > " She didn't have the best implants initially. They were done above the muscle > and as a result you could see the edges of the implants beneath her skin. > > " Statistics show that seven percent of implants rupture by the time they've > been in 13 years. That figure claims one percent per year after that. > > " And if the breast implants are not done correctly in the first place, there > will always be problems. " > > Dr. Ellenbogen, a prominent Beverly Hills plastic surgeon and > clinical instructor of plastic surgery at the University of Southern > California, agreed: " Pamela had huge implants, and huge implants > have a much higher complication rate. > > " Women like Pamela who have their large implants removed may need some type of > uplift procedure to get a more normal contour. I wouldn't be surprised if she > has a further procedure. " > > But Pam is happy with her new look, a close friend revealed. > > " Pam just got sick and tired of people staring straight into her breasts > rather than her eyes. She's reached a new era in her life. She wants to be > taken seriously as an actress and a person. > > " Pam finally got fed up with being trussed up like a rock'n'roll bimbo all the > time! " > > Here are some other stars who found that breast enhancement can be a less than > uplifting experience: > > Tea Leoni's cups did runneth over when she went from a flat-as-a-board AA cup > to a size C in June 1996. > > but then she faced " The Naked Truth " : Six weeks of agonizing pain, vomiting, > insomnia and crying jags that followed her surgery. > > Tea told a pal: " Never in my wildest dreams did I imagine I'd suffer such > pain. " > > Ultimately the stabbing pain from her implants subsided, and Tea felt reborn > with her more than shapely chest. > > Tyler experienced months of pain when her implants hardened > following a 1991 procedure. > > " In 95% of cases where women have their breast implants removed, it's due to > the harness phenomenon, " said Dr. Ellenbogen. > > " The body reacts to the implant causing scar tissue to form around it, making > it feel hard. > > " To a woman this feels like a knife in the chest. " > > was forced to undergo a second operation to replace the implants with new > ones. > > " If I'd known this was going to happen to me, I'd never have had the implants > in the first place, " told a source. > > wanted a fuller figure - and wound up with 11 years of hell. > Silicone implants the talk show hostess got in 1981 hardened and five > operations later, they still weren't right. So in 1992, she had the implants > removed. > > saw a psychologist to deal with the mental adjustment from having her > implants removed. > > And her experience, which left her with breast that are numb and asymmetrical, > convinced her Her to start a foundation that urges women with implant problems > to seek medical help. > > " I don't have cleavage, " says , who went from a 36C down to AA. " But I > sure am better off without them. " > > Cher admitted she had her breasts fixed but it took several procedures before > she was happy with her fuller figure. > > " My breast operations were a nightmare, " she revealed. " They were really > botched in every way. " > > Stevie Nicks says she's " living proof " that breast implants are not safe. > > In 1994, the Fleetwood Mac songbird had a serious attack of Epstein-Barr > syndrome, a condition marked by extreme weakness and fatigue. She suspected it > was caused by the silicone breast implants she got in 1976, and had them taken > out. > > " It turned out they were totally broken, " said Stevie, whose health improved > after the procedure. > > She kept the removed implants in her freezer to " remind me of the agony. " > > Sally Kirkland, the " EDtv " star, told the Enquirer she had to endure nine > corrective surgeries following the rupture of her silicone implants in the > late 1980's. > > " My body became a battle zone of scar tissue from all the operations. And I > was constantly fighting the toxic die-off as the silicone moved through my > body, poisoning healthy tissue. " > > Sally's replacement saline implants fared no better and they were removed in > August 1998. > > McCarthy says she had her bustline pumped up to 36DD because big breasts > " gave me something to make fun of. " But now the former MTV vixen reveals she's > going to follow Pam 's lead and get something off her chest. > > " I have a feeling you'll see a dramatic decrease in my bustline in a couple > of years, " , 26, told a reporter. > > " I have a feeling you'll see a dramatic decrease in my bustline in a couple of > years " , 26, told a reporter. > > " I had mine done at 19 which was way too young. I tell girls that if they > really want them done they should wait until they're older. If I'd waited > until now I wouldn't have them done. > > " The surgeon said he didn't want to give me implants because he thought my > boobs were perky and bouncy. > > " But I insisted I wanted them bigger. Now I think they're too big and I'd like > to get them reduced. " > > Dolly Parton had her trademark breasts downsized in 1986 when her specially > constructed quart-size implants had to be removed and replace with smaller > ones. > > The 5-foot-1 country music star - who'd earlier had a leaking implant replaced > had dieted down to 102 pounds and her breasts began to sag. > > Dolly was reluctant to reduce her breasts, saying " I wouldn't be Dolly without > them. " > > But even her smaller D-cup breasts have left Dolly with the bodice-busing > measurements of 42-19-34! > > Mariel Hemingway blossomed from a 32A to a 36C for her role as Playboy pinup > Dorothy Stratten in the movie " Star 80. " > > But in 1993, at the age of 31, she had the implants removed, saying " they > became unimportant, so I got rid of them " . > > Mariel split the difference between her mountains and her molehills: She had > smaller implants put in and she's now a 34B. > > Love thought she was keeping abreast of fashion when she deepened her > cleavage by boosting her measurements to 35C. > > But in March 1993, the rocker said not thanks for the mammaries - she had her > implants removed and deflated her frontage to 34B. > > Egert, Pam 's former " Baywatch " co-star, abandoned more than > her red swimsuit when she quit the series - she also left her breast implants > behind as she embarked upon a film career. > > had her breast reduced in 1994, moaning, " I regret ever having saline > implants. " > > McDonough, a child star on " The Waltons, " decided to grow when she grew > up, and had her chest renovated to give her career a boost. > > But the breast implants she received in 1984 made her so ill that after > contracting lupus, she finally had them removed in 1994. > > told a reporter that " not only had they ruptured but the polyurethane > foam around them had melted and seeped into my system, So everything had to > be scraped out. " > > Griffith had breast implant work done in 1990 - and two days later she > had to undergo emergency surgery when she began bleeding badly from the > stitches. > > After the blood was drained and the ruptured blood vessel in one of her breast > restitched, was sent home to recover, still shaken. She told pals: " I > thought I was going to bleed to death. " > > Tina had two procedures performed to fix implants that had hardened. > > Then the rock diva did the next breast thing for her surgeon: She slept with > him, according to a book written by her personal assistant. Afterwards Tina > asked the doc, " Well, what do you think of your work? " > > He said, " Not bad at all. " > > Other Pictures Include: > Loni > Whoopi Goldberg > Drew Barrymore > Soleil Moon Frye > Robin Quivers - Stern's sidekick. > Ursula Andress > > All the above say they have had reductions. > > Also Story on songbird Britney Spears - Has Implants - At Age 17! > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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