Maya2001
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from page 147 of this pdf article www.aei-brookings.org/admin/pdffiles/regch5.pdf Silicone has been used to enlarge breasts since at least the 1940s. Ini- tially, silicone oil was directly injected into the breasts. To prevent the sil- icone gel from migrating to other parts of the body, the silicone gel would be deliberately adulterated with other oils or other substances such as petroleum jelly, beeswax, or shellac to cause scarring in the breast area. Japanese prostitutes used silicone to enlarge their breasts, believing that American servicemen preferred large breasts. Direct injections were also widely used by showgirls in Las Vegas, where as many as 40,000 women had silicone injections by 1976. 7 These direct injections of adulterated sil- icone caused serious medical problems as well as deaths. In 1965 the FDA classified silicone injections as a drug regulated under the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, and the FDA has not approved silicone injections for human use or any cosmetic purpose.
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