More Teen Girls Getting Breast Implants

The American Society of Plastic Surgeons reports that Increasing number of teenage girls are getting breast implants: Nearly 4,000 girls 18 or younger had the procedure in 2003, compared to about 2,500 In 2001. There has never been a safety study of breast Implants for girls under 18, says Dr. Diana Zuckerman, president of the non-profit National Research Center for Women and Families.

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