Fw: Implanted Tea Leoni's daughter nearly dies from respiratory problems ...

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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!

>

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