Can breast implants increase the risk of breast cancer?
I'm 14 and my boobs are really small, they won't ever go into a cleavage, they're only an A. I was very worried that they wouldn't grow much when I get older, so I was thinking of possibly getting breast implants, when I'm older if they haven't grown, to bump me up to a C cup? I don't want to look fake and horrible like Katie Price etc. So can they increase your risk of breast cancer, or does it not make a difference?
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don't worry about that yet! You'll grow a bit more, I'm sure.
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Implants can make it more difficult to detect breast cancer when going for a breast screen. There are specialist machines, but they are not 100% proof either. Surgery is never risk free but the chances of developing breast cancer because of implants is extremely rare if atall. At 14, I was a 34AA. I am now 24 and a 36C. It took until I was 20 for my boobs to stop developing so don't fret, you have plenty of time to grow :-)
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Except for the recent news story suggesting a possible link between breast implants and an increased risk of a rare form of cancer known as anaplastic large cell lymphoma, silicone breast implants have not been linked to the usual ductal adenocarcinoma breast cancer risk From http://www.cancer.gov/newscenter/pressreleases/2000/siliconebreast " In one of the largest studies on the long-term health effects of silicone breast implants, researchers from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) in Bethesda, Md., found no association between breast implants and the subsequent risk of breast cancer. The study is published in the November issue of Cancer Causes and Control.* Breast implants first appeared on the market in 1962."
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I think the jury is still out on that risk. But hey, you are 14 - have a good life with your little breasts! You shouldn't waste four year until you can get something that you may not even really like then. All fourteen year olds are shy about their breasts - that is not only you. But you are supposed to get over it, and then it is really nice. Implants - or thinking about implants all the time - that is so "Gollum-like" if you know that story. Something that you think you get invisible behind, so no one can get you for your vulnerability, but in reality you just become cold and lonely and things that should mean something to you stop doing that, and you miss out on all the nice things that you would find if you were looking for them instead. But every 14-year old have always been worried about something - don't let that get to you too much ;o)
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Honey you are 14 and you are still growing so don't worry so much right now what size you are. Gosh! I was 20 years old before I reached a B cup and then close to 25 before I reached a C. Just wait until you are about 18 or 19 and I bet you will most likely be a size you really like, something that is proportioned to your body and if you still are an A cup then, which I feel certain you won't be then you can decide whether you really want the implants or not. As for implants increasing your risk of breast cancer no one has been able to determine that yet. Texas Mom
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Probably but don't worry! You can grow them yourself and prevent breast cancer at the same time and its free. Well almost! You need to do it every day to keep it going. Nipple stimulation releases prolactin and makes them grow
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