I Had the World's First Boob Job ; in 1962, Young Texan Housewife Timmie Jean Lindsey Was Persuaded to Become a Guinea Pig for a New Operation. Millions of Women Have Since Done the Same, Believing a New Bust Will Bring Them Happiness. But the Chilling Story of Timmie Jean's Life with Implants Is One Every Woman Must Read

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In America's flashy oil capital, Timmie Jean Lindsey is, by her own admission, a lifelong member of the underclass; the kind of unassuming woman who doesn't get a second glance in a city boasting one of the world's highest concentrations of millionaires.

At 75, she still works the night shift at a care home on the Houston outskirts, the latest in a succession of lowly paid jobs she has held down to help support a family that has expanded from ten children to 16 great-grandchildren.

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I Had the World's First Boob Job ; in 1962, Young Texan Housewife Timmie Jean Lindsey Was Persuaded to Become a Guinea Pig for a New Operation. Millions of Women Have Since Done the Same, Believing a New Bust Will Bring Them Happiness. But the Chilling Story of Timmie Jean's Life with Implants Is One Every Woman Must Read

For 45 years, however, Timmie Jean has been the guinea pig in one of the most contentious - and, many would say, dangerous - experiments in medical history. As the first woman to receive silicone breast implants, she has paved the way for more than two million women to undergo surgical enhancements.

A small minority, of course, are cancer survivors. But eight out of ten, like Timmie Jean, were healthy when they underwent a procedure that implanted rubber-encased, gel-filled orbs beneath their skin.

For these women, ranging from film stars to rich housewives and highly paid executives, breast enlargem...

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