Sunday, September 14, 2014

Venezuela's newest shortage: breast implants

In this Sept, 4, 2014 photo, a patient is prepped for her breast augmentation at the metropolitan outpatient surgery center in Caracas, Venezuela. Doctors say restrictive currency controls that deprive local businesses of the cash to import foreign goods have caused breast implants approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to disappear. It may not be the gravest shortfall facing the socialist South American country, but surgeons say the issue cuts to the psyche of the image-conscious Venezuelan woman. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos) CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela's chronic shortages have begun to encroach on a cultural cornerstone: the boob job.








via Health News Headlines - Yahoo News http://ift.tt/1y4C6qJ
Posted by at
Labels: ,

No comments:

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)