Posted on 07/21/2005 3:27:33 PM PDT by pissant
Vancouver — Doctors are being warned by the B.C. College of Physicians not to perform breast implant surgery on women who win the saline pouches in nightclub contests.
Penticton's Element Nightclub is going ahead with its Sextreme Makeover giveaway this Saturday.
Dr. Peter Seland said any doctor who gives the winner implants will face penalties designed to stop such competitions.
“They will certainly be looked at askance by the college. In cases where we can prove it was done, we would call the member to explain their actions.
“We don't want a woman's judgment to be coloured or clouded by other factors, such as free and easy access. That clouds the consent process and people tend not to pay attention to the cons.”
The college said it has had success with its campaign against such contests. One surgical centre offering a chance to win a cosmetic makeover declined to do the operations last year after Dr. Seland issued warnings in the media, saying the college deemed it to be in bad taste.
The rules are discriminatory, said Florio Vassilakakis, manager of the Element.
“What about the woman who already wanted to have implants and couldn't afford them. Just because they come into a windfall of money for the procedure they've always wanted, shouldn't mean they can't get it done.
“For some women, maybe it didn't cross their mind because they had no money. A lot of people want them. I know a dozen women who are coming to be contestants on Saturday. They've always wanted them and now have opportunity to win.”
The Penticton and Area Women's Centre say it's a woman's right to choose what she wants to do with her body. But it wants to make sure contestants are making informed consent and have considered all the health risks associated with breast implants.
Mr. Vassilakakis said that is something the winner can discuss with a doctor of her choice. He said the club will pay a minimum of $3,000 directly to the doctor to perform the surgery when the woman is ready.
Breast implant surgery carries the same operative risks associated with many surgical interventions to implant a medical device. Health Canada says these risks include infection, hematoma, delayed wound healing and changes in sensation.
Studies conducted by Health Canada and other agencies are continuing. At this point, it says there is no evidence for an association with either breast cancer or any other malignancy.
An increase in neck whiplash has been documented!
Must be mixing me up with someone else. I generally don't talk fishing with women. ;o)
You could stick 'em in back as counter-weights.
LOL
I kind of like fishing myself. Baiting the hook and reeling in a big one is fun. It's especially entertaining to watch them flopping around, gasping for air on the ground. ;-)
Well, seeing as how I don't know marmar, I'll say the implants.
Just club it over the head before it slimes your upholstery! ;o)
Safe choice! ;o)
Or I could just throw it back. Some of them are so small and pathetic that they're just not worth keeping. ;-)
Yeah, just rip that nasty barbed hook out of it's mouth and toss it back to bleed to death! ;o)
Nah, that's not my style. I'd carefully remove the hook from it's mouth, kiss it on it's little, scale-covered head and gently place it back in the stream where it would frolic in it's silly, mindless little way with all of it's fishy friends. ;-)
Gotta be careful kissing that. They can carry parasites and other diseases. ;o)
You're right. I hadn't thought of that.
I'll just gut them and throw them in a cooler. ;-)
I thought that was what the "casting couch" was for.....
Hmmmm, were they often on their back(s)?
I hope not. It would be difficult to find clothes that fit properly. ;-)
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