"They're NOT real. But they ARE spectacular!"
Posted on 02/25/2010 10:00:26 AM PST by webschooner
A firearms expert says it's possible, but saline implants aren't bulletproof vests
A Beverly Hills cosmetic surgeon says a woman's size-D breast implants might have saved her life when a gunman opened fire at her office.
Lydia Carranza was working at the Simi Valley dental office July 1 when her co-worker, the gunman's wife, was shot and killed.
Carranza was just a few feet away. She survived a gunshot to the chest, but the the bullet left a scar and deflated the implant.
"She's just one lucky woman," Dr. Ashkan Ghavami told the LA Times. "I saw the CT scan. The bullet fragments were millimeters from her heart and her vital organs. Had she not had the implant, she might not be alive today."
Ghavami told the Times he will perform the reconstructive surgery at a reduced cost. He'd like implant companies to donate supplies.
But a spokeswoman for the hospital at which Carranza was treated said it's not a medical issue. "It's a ballistics issue," Kris Carraway, a spokeswoman for Los Robles Hospital & Medical Center in Thousand Oaks, told the Times. "The emergency physician who treated the patient was not aware of the breast implant having any impact or whether or not it saved her life."
An LAPD firearms instructor told the Times it's possible the implant interrupted the velocity of the bullet.
"I don't want to say a boob job is the equivalent of a bulletproof vest," Scott Reitz told the Times. "So don't go getting breast enhancements as a means to deflect a possible incoming bullet."
what the heck has she done to her face! she looks like someone who survived a horrible auto accident and had to have their entire face reconstructed.
The liquid fill apparently caused early expansion and fragmentation, and energy loss of the bullet — thereby limiting its effective penetration. Same principle as CSIs using a vat of water as a bullet trap...
When my wife sees a woman with obvious implants, she scoffs that "they are not real".......I can't tell her that I really don't care.......
"They're NOT real. But they ARE spectacular!"
I fail to see the problem here...
Those would repel tank shells...
When implants are out lawed, only criminals will have implants.....
Good point, but I’m not sure I want someone having sharp pieces of metal in my mouth if they can’t see my mouth. Other than that, I’m fine with the mid-day shade.
“stop tank shells”
lol i think that they would indeed
When implants are out lewd, Clinton will...
Breaking news, patient suddenly dies in dentists office in LA.
“All I did was lean forward to grab some equipment, and he expired!” stated the Hygienist.
Cause of death listed as Compressive Asphyxiation.
You can take them when you pry them from my cold dead fingers....
They stopped my scroll button!
My dental hygienist from years ago had huge breasts and would intentionally rub them on my arms when I got my teeth cleaned.
Seems like the Size D's would cover your face.
And the problem is????
Popcorn takes longer to clean out.
Pammie is a prime example of sun damage to (very) fair skin.
Ouch. She is not aging well.
Nah, you're luckier than most. Just turn sideways and the bullets won't even hit you.
My ex-wife had gotten implants while we were married. When we divorced, I told her that there were two things that I would miss about her...
approved for “over water” flight.
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