The
New York Post reports, "
Venezuela has chronic shortage of breast implants":
Beauty-obsessed Venezuelans face a scarcity of brand-name breast
implants, and women are so desperate that they and their doctors are
turning to devices that are the wrong size or made in China, with less
rigorous quality standards.
Venezuelans once had easy access to implants approved by the US Food
and Drug Administration. But doctors say they are now all but impossible
to find because restrictive currency controls have deprived local
businesses of the cash to import foreign goods. 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...
As Dr. Megan Edison quipped online, "
The problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's breast implants."
