Wednesday, February 16. 2000 The University Daily Kansan Section A · Page 5 Speaker dispels breast implant myths 2583 By Warisa Chulindra writer@kansan.com Kansan staff writer 10 20 30 40 A few women giggled as they passed around the squishy, gel-filled packs. People gingerly accepted them and, after realizing they were not going to break, squeezed them. About 20 people learned what silicone and saline breast implants felt like last night at Alderson Auditorium in the Kansas Union. John Baeke, a plastic surgeon at Park Place Plastic Surgery in Shawnee, spoke about breast reconstructive surgery and elective breast surgery to a predominately female audience. The presentation was a part of Breast Cancer Fund-raiser 2000, a week-long series of activities at the University of Kansas that alms to raise awareness about the disease. Baeke passed around the implants to dispel the myth that they were not durable and even had an audience member step on an implant to prove his point. "When you've got a guy on top of you," he said, "and you tell him to get off because you're afraid your implants are going to break, that's a pretty sad excuse." Although breast implants have a 3 percent chance of breaking, they are incredibly tough, Baeke said. He also presented a slide show displaying different options of breast reconstructive surgery and elective breast surgery. Baeke said it was important the general surgeon and plastic surgeon worked together so that breast reconstructive surgery could be performed immediately after mastecoties. This way women would not have to wake up and deal with the emotions that accompany not having breasts, he said. "When you've got a guy on top of you and you tell him to get off because you're afraid your implants are going to break, that's a pretty sad excuse." John Baeke Plastic surgeon Suzanne VanAnne, a registered nurse at Park Place Plastic Surgery in Shawnee, said that one out of every eight women would be diagnosed with breast cancer and that the key was early detection. She said it often took a personal experience for people to become aware about breast cancer. Her mother died of breast cancer last year. "I think whenever it hits close to home, you become more aware and more emotional," she said. T. G. Watkins, Olathe sophomore, said he went because he wanted to learn more about breast cancer. He said his grandmother had both her breasts removed during Thanksgiving. However, he said he was disappointed that much of the presentation seemed designed to sell breast implants. John Baeke, a Shawnee plastic surgeon, lectures about breast reconstructive surgery and life after breast cancer. Part of Baeke's presentation last night at Alderson Auditorium included a demonstration of the strength of a breast implant. 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