I bet that this probably isn't applicable to too many women:
One Israeli woman has received an unexpected boost from her breast implants during the Lebanon war -- the silicone embeds saved her life during a Hezbollah rocket attack, a doctor said.
"This is an extraordinary case, but it's a fact that the silicone implants prevented her from a more serious and deeper wound," Jacky Govrin, of the hospital in Nahariya that treated the woman, told army radio Tuesday.
"The young woman went through surgery two years ago to have a larger chest," he said. "During the war she was wounded in the chest by shrapnel" that got stuck in the implants instead of penetrating further.
The woman did not emerge from her ordeal completely unscathed, however.
"The shrapnel was removed but the implant had to be replaced," Govrin said.
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There are so many comments I could make....
and the right reason is...
They can do the implant exchange through the shrapnel path.
Maybe this explains why the US military was offering free plastic surgery to recruits
Off topic: Are you going to comment on the latest court decision concerning Abraham Cherrix?
Alternative world explanations:
1. She would not have been injured without the implants, but because of their weight, she was slowed down in her escape.
2. She would not have been injured except for the fact that she turned sideways, making her a larger target for the shrapnel.
Yes.
Stay tuned.
There's a market niche here for Kevlar implants...
There's a market niche here for Kevlar implants
Wouldn't it make more sense to do the implants as a ribcage replacement/supplement? I suppose you could do the augmentation at the same time, since you're already there....
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