Breast implant rush leaves Brazil short of silicone
BRASILIA - Plastic surgeons are running out of silicone because so many women want breast implants ahead of the world-famous carnival.
According to online news website Ananova, the rush for implants in Brazil is at record levels, ahead of the carnival which is scheduled to begin on March 1. Advertisement
The website quoted Dr Paulo Matsudo, director of the Brazilian Society of Plastic Surgery, as saying that the demand for breast implants had shown a tremendous increase this year.
'The summer time plus the proximity with the carnival are increasing the demand for silicone breast implants and imports are not sufficient to meet so many requests,' he said.
Perrose Pherthese silicone company spokesman Sandra Guerra said:
'The demand is too high.
'We have lost many sales in the last couple of months because we don't have enough prosthesis.'
Dr Matsudo said a new trend was that more and more Brazilians were looking for buttock silicone implants.
'Brazilians value the buttocks very much. We are doing lots of this kind of surgery as well,' he said.