When I started advocating, one of the reasons was that in my daughter's group of peers, there were quite a few who already had breast implants or were considering them.
To start, when they get their implants and they're really happy, they then convince somebody else to get it done. Health Canada doesn't have the right information there. Manufacturers are showing them these high-gloss images. On Health Canada's website, they should have pictures of what a lymph node with silicone looks like. What does a really badly ruptured implant look like? They should be encouraged to consider....
Lots of them are very health conscious, very environmentally aware of chemicals, but they're having chemicals implanted within them. I say this because I did it. That was me. I was a fitness nut, and I had these in me. There can be a disconnect.
I think manufacturers and plastic surgeons and Health Canada should have more responsibility for making sure there is an awareness of the reality of breast implants and what can happen, what can go wrong.