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MyFreeImplants is a website based on the social networking model. [1]. The service purports to be an alternative to traditional cosmetic surgery financing methods. Models participate on the website with the main goal of raising money to fund a breast augmentation procedure through online donations. The models on the site earn their funding by sending out pictures and videos to men known as "benefactors" and by keeping in contact through messages and chat rooms. This practice may seem controversial to some, but essentially the premise is to encourage men to donate to them. The site is essentially a personal fund-raiser, though critics claim that the girls are "selling themselves" or "selling sex".
The site has been criticised by professional organizations including the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (BAAPS) for tasteless marketing and trivializing a significant surgical procedure.[2] Defenders[who?] of the company maintain the service is no different than other financing methods.
On 11 January 2009 a program was broadcast on the UK channel Virgin 1 called 100 Men own my breasts which predominantly featured the website.
References
- ^ The Houston Press article, "Money For Nothing". 20 April 2006.
- ^ [1]
External links
Categories:- Social networking services
- Virtual communities
- Companies based in Los Angeles, California
- Implants
- Plastic surgery
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