Breast Implants: Everything You Need to Know [Paperback]

Nancy Pauline Bruning (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1995

This no-nonsense book contains the latest information on breast implants, covering the controversial history of silicone gel implants up to the current global legal settlement, and discussing implant options other than silicone. It also explains how to evaluate the issues and risks of implant surgery and implant removal. Photos and illustrations.

Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

Since the recent furor about breast implants, there has been a greater demand for information on this subject than ever before. Unfortunately, as Bruning points out, the research has been patchy at best. Her excellent book answers all the questions for which we have answers at this time in a straightforward style that will be easy for lay readers to understand. She describes the types of implants that have been used, the problems that have been discovered to date, and the risks involved in removal vs. leaving them in. For a woman contemplating implants, she describes current implant and transplantation technology. An excellent bibliography and list of information and support organizations are appended. Highly recommended for public libraries.
- Susan B. Hagloch, Tuscarawas Cty. P.L., New Philadelphia, Ohio
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 202 pages
• Publisher: Hunter House (CA); 2nd edition (January 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0897931750
• ISBN-13: 978-0897931755
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.3 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,572,329 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Breast Implants: Everything you need to know, March 26, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Breast Implants: Everything You Need to Know (Paperback)

I found this book to be the most comprehensive, current, and unbiased information on the subject of breast implants. I helped me make some very important decisions regarding my health and impending surgery.

I thank the author for her continued research on this subject. Many of us were sold untruthful information regarding implants years ago, and made decisions based on that. Many of us have had health issues since then.

Nancy keeps updating her books, adding any new information. She is one of the very few that empathizes with women who have found themselves in this health-threatening delemma. She stresses both the pros and cons of these surgeries.

I recommend this book to anyone who is considering having breast implant surgery, and also, to those who already have, and who will be needing removal or replacement.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful Resource for Women Considering Implants, January 15, 2010

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Kaitlin (San Francisco) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Breast Implants: Everything You Need to Know (Paperback)

THis book was the best of the number of books I read before deciding to get implants. It was informative without seeming biased and even when presenting the possible dangers of implants the author is even-handed and doesn't try to scare the reader. After reading it I felt I had just sat and had a very thorough discussion with a well-informed expert on the subject. She answered all of my questions and added some info I wouldn't have even known to ask which -- given that I researched the subject for almost a year before getting this book -- was a surprise to me. It was well-worth the purchase in any number of ways. The information was useful and appreciated but reading it also provided a calm and unemotional context within which I could make up my own mind.