the American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons petitioned the FDA to deregulate silicone implants as a matter of medical necessity, describing small breasts as not just a deformity but a disease: “There is a substantial and enlarging body of medical information and opinion, however, to the effect that these deformities are really a disease which in most patients result in feelings of inadequacy, lack of self-confidence, distortion of body image and a total lack of wellbeing due to a lack of self-perceived femininity. The enlargement of the female breast, is, therefore, often very
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