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BREAST IMPLANTS. Mary McDonough has been working to educate and inform women about the risks of breast implants for over a twenty five years. She has lobbied Congress as a citizen lobbyist, and worked with the FDA to assure safety and efficacy of devices.
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Nov 1, 2017 · 'Waltons' star Mary McDonough opens up about the health struggle she faced after getting breast implants at 24 and how she has become an activist for women's body image issues.
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Jun 19, 2021 · At 24, Mary Elizabeth McDonough got breast implants, and doctors told her they were safe and would last a lifetime. Unfortunately, it was one of the worst decisions of her life, and the rash that broke out on her back was only the first and least dangerous sign.
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McDonough had spent years as a major character on a popular TV show. But that didn’t count for much when she tried to land new roles after The Waltons ended. “I was typecast as the ‘all-American girl,’” she recalled in her 2011 memoir Lessons From the Mountain. The actor, who had long struggled with her body image, also felt that her looks were hol...
Faced with limited career options, McDonough considered posing for the adult magazine Oui. Many other stars posed for Oui or Playboy (including McDonough’s Waltons co-star Judy Norton), and McDonough felt she should join the club.But when she sat down for the Q&A that would accompany the photo spread, she got nervous when she was quizzed about when...
At first, McDonough was pleased with her new look, though it didn’t change her underlying dissatisfaction with her body. Nor did it lead to more work. Worse, the implants soon began affecting her health. The Waltons star experienced strange rashes, headaches, chronic fatigue, and mysterious pains and muscle aches. She visited a range of doctors, bu...
Eventually, McDonough was diagnosed with lupus, which she believes was caused by the implants. She also feared the implants had harmed her daughter, who had a number of health problems as a child. “If I had been told there was a ‘supposed’ link to autoimmune disease … I never would have considered having implants,” she wrote in her memoir. McDonoug...
Since I went public with my breast implant problems, hundreds of women have contacted me desperate for trustworthy information about breast implants. Like me, they underwent various operations they were told were perfectly safe, then had terrible problems.
Jul 24, 2012 · After appearing on “The Homecoming” as a child, she tried to reinvent herself in a process that included getting breast implants. But over the next decade, her health deteriorated until she ...
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After the series ended, McDonough details how she tried to reinvent herself with artificial help (silicone breast implants) and almost died. Over a period of 10 years her health deteriorated. Following the birth of her daughter, Sydnee, McDonough’s health went up and down and she had flu-like symptoms for years.
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