This is the key part of that article that hammered home to the point to me: > However, the benefit of implants to women's subjective well-being is less easily

This is the key part of that article that hammered home to the point to me: > However, the benefit of implants to women's subjective well-being is less easily quantified. As Angell astutely points out, the FDA assumed that the benefits of breast implants were minimal—especially in women who desired implants for aesthetic reasons—and therefore demanded that implant manufacturers demonstrate virtually absolute safety.