A west coast surgeon is talking publicly about his patient’s harrowing story of workplace violence, hoping that implant manufacturers will contribute supplies to cover the cost of her reconstructive surgery.

According to the story published on the LATimes website, Lydia Carranza’s breast implant deflated when she was shot in the chest last summer – an incident that claimed the life of her co-worker and left her with disfiguring scars.  When a man opened fire in the dental office where she worked, Lydia was shot twice: “The bullet fragments were millimeters from her heart and her vital organs,” said Dr. Ashkan Ghavami to the LA Times.

A firearms expert speaking to the Times said the deciding factor between life and death for Lydia may have been the presence of her saline breast implant.  Of course he advises readers, “don’t go getting breast enhancements as a means to deflect a possible incoming bullet.”

Read about this on LATimes.com