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(reflective music) I was 43, I was diagnosedwith breast cancer, had bilateral...

(reflective music) I was 43, I was diagnosed
with breast cancer, had bilateral mastectomies, and my first set of breast
implants

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I was 43, I was diagnosed with breast cancer,
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had bilateral mastectomies,
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and my first set of breast implants.
Duration
14 seconds
Views
25
Timestamp in Movie
00:29:42
Uploaded
May 09, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
World of Wonder,MTV Documentary Films

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Movie Summary

Breast Implant sickness. She has her 30 year old implants removed. No bra needed now.
- Set number three, I'm starting to think - Explant 00:06
- Set number three, I'm starting to think
- I don't want to spend the rest of my life looking, - Explant 00:06
- I don't want to spend the rest of my life looking,
- [Man] You're not gonna look like a freak not to me. - Explant 00:06
- [Man] You're not gonna look like a freak not to me.
And if it had happened to me, - Explant 00:05
And if it had happened to me,
So I started to look around to find out - Explant 00:06
So I started to look around to find out
- How can the FDA approve a product with such serious risks? - Explant 00:04
- How can the FDA approve a product with such serious risks?
- When I found out that they had never been approved - Explant 00:06
- When I found out that they had never been approved
- The kinds of studies that one should engage oneself, - Explant 00:06
- The kinds of studies that one should engage oneself,
Nobody even thought about a series of studies. - Explant 00:05
Nobody even thought about a series of studies.
You have a new implant you put it in, and it works. - Explant 00:05
You have a new implant you put it in, and it works.
- So they were considered an experimental device, - Explant 00:08
- So they were considered an experimental device,
People have been using them since the '60s, oh, my my. - Explant 00:05
People have been using them since the '60s, oh, my my.
So everything was to make me, put me on the defensive, - Explant 00:12
So everything was to make me, put me on the defensive,
I did not find any other information - Explant 00:08
I did not find any other information
Once that article appeared, my world changed. - Explant 00:05
Once that article appeared, my world changed.
I started getting letters from women - Explant 00:06
I started getting letters from women
And we decided to have an information clearinghouse - Explant 00:10
And we decided to have an information clearinghouse
And I put everybody's name on a three by five card. - Explant 00:05
And I put everybody's name on a three by five card.
We probably had somewhere between 15,000 and 20,000 names. - Explant 00:04
We probably had somewhere between 15,000 and 20,000 names.
We've heard the rumors about which celebrities have them, - Explant 00:07
We've heard the rumors about which celebrities have the...