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| Dr. Joel Aronowitz - Plastic Surgery MYTHBUSTERS |
Dr. Joel Aronowitz: Okay. Myths about plastic surgery. Is it true or false that you
have to take out your implant every ten years and change it out because the FDA
said so?
Bridget:
True or false?
Dr. Joel Aronowitz: True or false?
Bridget:
False.
Dr. Joel Aronowitz: False. The FDA does still have that recommendation, but
practically nobody follows it. And there's no reason, if your implants are not
causing you any pain or problems, if you're happy with the shape of your
breast, et cetera, and the size, there's no reason at ten years, eleven years,
eight years, whatever, to change out the implant. It's probably a good idea to
have an MRI at ten years, but I don't recommend an MRI every year either, to
tell if your silicone implant is intact. How do you tell if your saline implant
leaks?
Bridget:
It will deflate.
Dr. Joel Aronowitz: It will deflate.
Bridget:
Was that you deflated?
Dr. Joel Aronowitz: That was me deflating. You've never seen me deflate because I'm
always so upbeat.
Bridget:
But that looks like when a flower….
Dr. Joel Aronowitz: Wilts.
Bridget:
Wilts. Wilts. All right. Anyway, number two what's another number two?
Dr. Joel Aronowitz: Breast implants cause cancer.
Bridget:
False. Well, could be true.
Dr. Joel Aronowitz: Because I'm holding up a hint.
Bridget:
Yeah.
Dr. Joel Aronowitz: What is the hint?
Bridget:
The textured implants can cause a certain cancer.
Dr. Joel Aronowitz: Yeah. Very low, very mild cancer in the sense that there are very,
very few fatalities from it, and it's a type of lymphoma from chronic
inflammation, probably. There have only been a few hundred cases in the entire
world and just a handful of deaths that can be attributed to it, considering
all the millions and millions of women who have breast implants. So breast
cancer, the common kind of breast cancer that women and a small number of men
get intraductal cancer or ductal carcinoma is not associated with having a
breast implant of any kind.
Bridget:
That's like when you said that fact. It was like when you read the test and I
heard it and read it as all implants cause cancer. But you have to be careful
on those true and false tests. What's happening?
Dr. Joel Aronowitz: I'm just trying to get the share.
Bridget:
Do you know what I'm saying?
Dr. Joel Aronowitz: I'm trying to stay out of your…
Bridget:
Anyway.
Dr. Joel Aronowitz: This is why Bridget got into Yale, because she knows how to deal
with the multiple-choice test.
Bridget:
Floats is true and false. Multiple choice is, like, four options. And when it
has all the above, always go with all.
Dr. Joel Aronowitz: What are the wrong answers called?
Bridget:
Huh?
Dr. Joel Aronowitz: What is the wrong answer in a multiple choice called?
Bridget:
I don't know.
Dr. Joel Aronowitz: The distractor.
Bridget:
Oh, and always go with the longest answer.
Dr. Joel Aronowitz: Because the correct answer has to be overqualified.
Bridget:
We're digressing number three.
Dr. Joel Aronowitz: Number three.
Bridget:
Botox.
Dr. Joel Aronowitz: Can Botox move after you inject it like if I go home and I work
out or I hang upside down in my back cave, will the Botox move?
Bridget:
No, it won't move. I would prefer someone not to hang upside down, like,
immediately following, but that's only because it might increase the risk of
bruising.
Dr. Joel Aronowitz: Right. What's bruising caused by?
Bridget:
Bleeding?
Dr. Joel Aronowitz: Yeah, bleeding. When you perforate a small vessel. So if you hold
pressure for how many minutes?
Bridget:
7.
Dr. Joel Aronowitz: 7, 8 minutes. Then the hole in the vessel will seal up, and you
won't have bruising unless you sneeze or something afterward. Okay.
Bridget:
That's great.
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