Wild Card Wednesday: 30 minute Breast Augmentation

So I was over at MomLogic yesterday when an article that was posted caught my eye: Get a Boob Job on Your Lunch Break. Needless to say, it piqued my interest so I started to read the post. Apparently in Europe, women are using injectable fillers (Macrolane) to enhance their aging mommified breasts. (Currently, millions of women use injectable fillers in facial creases and hallowed cheeks - such as Restylane.) So it's possible to plump ups the girls? There isn't a woman who's had children who doesn't know what I'm talking about here.. you know the deflated balloon look. Balloons, prior to inflating them, are perfect in shape and stretchiness. But after you completely fill them up and then deflate them again, you get this misshapen, out of sorts looking balloon. Sound familiar? Well the makers of Macrolane assert that they can plump your breasts up to 1 additional cup size in a doctor's office over your lunch hour (30-90 minutes). No surgery required. The catch - you have to receive regular injections (every 12-18 months) to keep the look up. It IS a gel filler. So that begs the question, Where does the gel go if I have to keep getting injections every 12 months? And also, If the gel is absorbed by the body, will there be adverse reactions (cancer, pooling of the gel in other parts of the body?) 10, 15 years down the road? Q-Med AB (interestingly enough - also the makers of Restylane, an approved filler in the US) claims that their product does not obscure mammograms and is safer than breast implants. As of yet, the FDA has not approved Macrolane for use in the United States. MomLogic did not report whether or not Q-Med AB had applied for acceptance of the gel under the FDA. According to MomLogic, the cost of the injections is "roughly $3000." That's alot of moola for the mammos!

If you could have any cosmetic procedure free of charge, which procedure would you have? Or wouldn't you?

Wild Card Wednesday: 30 minute Breast Augmentation