Re: Re: MISS RUSSIA'S BREAST IMPLANT NIGHTMARE

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I saw this last night on TV. What a story.

Lynda

At 03:35 PM 10/27/2005, you wrote:

>Thanks for an interesting story, Rogene. Here's more. Former Miss

>Russion Marina Maximova has great words to share! There's also a

>video on this link:

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>excerpt:

> " Just think how happy you are when you wake up in the morning and

>nothing hurts and everything is yours and there are no foreign parts

>in your body. You're just perfect, you know? Your body is something

>that you have for your whole life. So take care of it. "

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>A Beauty Queen's Surgery Nightmare

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>In 1991, 16-year-old MARINA MAXIMOVA was crowned the very first Miss

>Russia and offered the chance to come to America and pursue a

>Hollywood showbiz career. Like many aspiring actresses and models,

>she had breast implants to improve her portfolio and she was

>thrilled with the results. She landed work on American TV series

>like " Saved by the Bell " and " The Larry Show. "

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>Ten years later, however, Marina unknowingly embarked on a plastic

>surgery nightmare when she volunteered to have her old implants

>removed and new ones put in. She says she woke up from the

>procedure " in pain " and " screaming. "

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> " Before I saw anything, I saw the look on the face of the nurse, "

>Marina tells VICTORIA RECAÑO, " and just by the look in her eyes I

>realized something was wrong. It was horror. I saw horror in her

>eyes. "

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>Marina claims she was the victim of a botched plastic surgery that

>caused internal bleeding and required her to have a blood

>transfusion. She takes partial blame for the results, saying she

>went outside the U.S. to Switzerland for some of these faulty

>procedures.

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> " They said it's a ''tragic accident,' that was the word of the

>doctor, " she says.

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>Now she's seeing Beverly Hills plastic surgeon DR. NICHOLAS NIKOLOV,

>who is helping to repair the damage done and re-construct her

>mangled figure, and she is warning other women not to undergo

>unnecessary cosmetic surgeries.

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> " Just think how happy you are when you wake up in the morning and

>nothing hurts and everything is yours and there are no foreign parts

>in your body. You're just perfect, you know? Your body is something

>that you have for your whole life. So take care of it. "

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> > MISS RUSSIA'S BREAST IMPLANT NIGHTMARE

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> > Former Miss Russia MARINA MAXIMOVA is undergoing

> > harrowing breast surgery treatment after a botched job

> > left her chest in tatters.

> >

> > Maximova was encouraged to go under the knife and get

> > implants in Switzerland last year (04) by model

> > friends, but quickly regretted her decision when an

> > inexperienced surgeon made her look like a freak.

> >

> > She tells US news show Entertainment Tonight, " The

> > damage was so extensive, the breasts didn't look like

> > breasts. Underneath there's, like, huge haematomas,

> > which is like internal pockets of blood that's bigger

> > than your breasts.

> >

> > " It's very scary... I felt my life was over. I cried

> > every day because my life was over. "

> >

> > Maximova has already undergone two surgeries to get

> > her breasts back.

> >

> > She adds, " I'm a lot happier. "

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> > 27/10/2005 02:59

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>licensed health care professionals. Consult your physician or licensed

>health care professional before commencing any medical treatment.

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> " Do not let either the medical authorities or the politicians mislead you.

>Find out what the facts are, and make your own decisions about how to live

>a happy life and how to work for a better world. " - Linus ing,

>two-time Nobel Prize Winner (1954, Chemistry; 1963, Peace)

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