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Breast augmentation on the rise with college women despite health risks
By Christine Petrozzo
Posted: 11/27/07, 12:26 AM EST Section: Feature
"Breast implants are profitable, and safety risks are still unknown," Ciancutti-Leyva said. "I don't think women are truly getting informed consent, and there's a lot of fine print."
Women opting for silicone breast implant enhancement must sign consent forms acknowledging implant risks, including that they may break and require removal or replacement.
Leon still decided to pursue breast enhancement after she read the required safety and risk manual. She said she read the manual that her doctor provided before the surgery and nothing appeared unsafe.
When asked if she was fearful of a possible rupture, Leon was more concerned about maintenance than potential illness.
"I will have to get them changed in time anyways because everything starts to sag," Leon said.
Leon realized that her implants could rupture at the time of her surgery and decided to insure them for 20 years. If the implants rupture before then, Leon gets them replaced for free.
Lora Park, an assistant professor in the Department of Psychology at the State University of New York at Buffalo, spoke alongside Ciancutti-Leyva in a lecture series addressing women's motivations for breast enhancement surgery.
"Many women have an anxious expectation of being rejected based on their appearance," Park said in a phone interview. "There's also the desirability of the opposite sex or other people to like them."
Leon said she enjoys the extra attention as a result of her breast implants.
"People don't look good for themselves anymore, they do it for other people," Leon said. "But it's also great when men are drooling like ravenous starving animals because then you know you are hot."
Park developed an appearance-based rejection sensitivity scale (ARS scale) with 242 UB college students to measure the extent to which people expected rejection from others based on their physical attractiveness. Buffalo released three new studies focusing on appearance-based rejection sensitivity in January 2007.
Women opting for silicone breast implant enhancement must sign consent forms acknowledging implant risks, including that they may break and require removal or replacement.
Leon still decided to pursue breast enhancement after she read the required safety and risk manual. She said she read the manual that her doctor provided before the surgery and nothing appeared unsafe.
When asked if she was fearful of a possible rupture, Leon was more concerned about maintenance than potential illness.
"I will have to get them changed in time anyways because everything starts to sag," Leon said.
Leon realized that her implants could rupture at the time of her surgery and decided to insure them for 20 years. If the implants rupture before then, Leon gets them replaced for free.
Lora Park, an assistant professor in the Department of Psychology at the State University of New York at Buffalo, spoke alongside Ciancutti-Leyva in a lecture series addressing women's motivations for breast enhancement surgery.
"Many women have an anxious expectation of being rejected based on their appearance," Park said in a phone interview. "There's also the desirability of the opposite sex or other people to like them."
Leon said she enjoys the extra attention as a result of her breast implants.
"People don't look good for themselves anymore, they do it for other people," Leon said. "But it's also great when men are drooling like ravenous starving animals because then you know you are hot."
Park developed an appearance-based rejection sensitivity scale (ARS scale) with 242 UB college students to measure the extent to which people expected rejection from others based on their physical attractiveness. Buffalo released three new studies focusing on appearance-based rejection sensitivity in January 2007.
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chris
posted 11/27/07 @ 12:52 PM EST
Great article. We're featuring it today on our "Best of Campus Headlines" at collegenews.com
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