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Do silicone breasts explode at high altitude? |
Travel Info Do silicone breasts explode at high altitude? Travel Tips No it won't check the article below EXPLODING IMPLANTS Myth: Silicone breast implants will enlarge and eventually explode at high altitude. Experts: Folklorist Heather Joseph-Whitham tells the story of a woman who finds herself becoming uncomfortable during a depressurized local flight, and has her breast implants violently explode on her way to the bathroom mid flight. Dr. Gregory Georgiade, plastic surgeon, has heard the myth but has never heard of a patient encountering such a problem. Dr. Richard Vann of Duke University Medical Centre, a specialist in hyperbaric studies, has experimented with implants in hyperbaric chambers and has seen no patients with complications. Quotable Moments: Adam receiving the package containing the implants: "Jamie, I've got breasts." Action/Results: Adam and Jamie go to a wreckers to find a suitable chamber to simulate altitude in. They find a good size vessel, and while Jamie works at making it airtight Adam creates a female torso out of ballistics gel to suspend the silicone implants in. Once the chamber is ready the boys place the torso inside along with a separate implant in a measuring glass full of water. The single implant will cause the water level to rise if it expands, which will be easy to monitor. They first pressurize the chamber to a level equal to 8,000 feet above sea level, with no change to the implants. They raise the simulated altitude to 30,000 feet and still see no change in either test subjects. Jamie simulates taking the implant on a deep sea dive (in which he nearly loses his hearing when a seal blows on the vacuum chamber) then flying it in a jet, still with no change. The boys declare this myth busted, and end their day with some frivolous food science. Source(s): mythbuster Other Travel Tips don't worry you can take your girl friend on an airplane. me I don't think it will explode...lotsa celebrities fly around you know |
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