Boobjobs...would you get one?

[PrincessFiona]

OK..obviously Matt and Fluffhead are out (I hope!)...but how do you all feel about this topic?

[Meenah]

Personally no. I am about average size 36 B. More importantly, I have seen my sister have breast reconstructive surgery AFTER a mastectomy for breast cancer. I'm happy with the ones I have as long as they are disease free!!!!
Luanne

[Flynn]

No way no how.

Surgery HURTS but more importantly for me personally, having such a procedure is not consistent with how I define myself.

I am specifically commenting on cosmetic procedures....reconstructive work done due to illness or massive injury is a different topic and I think I would at least consider it then.

Probably not (and BF would NEVER let me), but I do go through bouts of insecurity with my breasts. I'm a 34 not-even-A and it really bothers me that a lot of clothes don't fit right. It makes me feel unfeminine sometimes and I get very envious of other women. I think all of this would be outweighed by the risks and pain and cost, but I can't say I never think about it.

[Auspicious]

Implants? No, I'd rather not have a foreign object implanted into my body if I can avoid it. Plus, aesthetically, I think smaller breasts look good. If you look at, say, couture models most of them are not busty.

Reduction? I'd definitely want to do it if I were much larger than my current D (although I think my size works on my 5'10", broad-shouldered frame). I can definitely see how having a rack too large for your frame could have a negative impact on your quality of life. That would be really physically uncomfortable.

Lift? I think it's likely I'd look into this in ten years when I'm done with kids. I already started going a bit National Geographic after I lost seventy pounds in my mid-twenties. I think things are acceptable now, but if the situation deteriorates a lot further after a few rounds of breastfeeding it could be a problem, and I'd be willing to consider a surgical solution. The further south they head, the more physically uncomfortable they are, plus it's just kind of depressing.

I think that people have different limits about what they think is ok regarding cosmetic procedures and that anything above that -- they sort of look down their noses at. Like, "I'd get my nose done but I'd never get implants (or whatever)". Now that teeth whitening and laser eye correction is getting more accessible I think that people's perceptions of what is ok are changing to.

But I don't think I would get implants. Unless it's done well I think it tends to look funny and I don't want bigger breasts anyway. I would consider a little pick me up as breast feeding has taken a toll and push-ups and lifting weights can only do so much. But, like Flynn says, surgery hurts and I'm not sure it would be worth that.

[SueC]

I actually know quite a few people that have gotten them. I'm not commenting specifically on anyone's comments here so far, but whenever I've been in a social situation where breast implants come up, the women who think its vain and shallow are *usually* well endowed. I personally don't think there's anything wrong with making a decision to do something surgically to alter something about your appearance. I used to watch that show Extreme Makeover and it made me really sad to hear these people who had very low self esteem and zero confidence. I didn't feel like they were vain--if the technology is out there for them to fix their nose, their teeth, etc., why shouldn't they use it if it means they can feel better about themselves.

[BonBon]

Nah...I happen to like the smaller breasted look. I don't have a problem with anyone else getting one, but I don't like when women go for the ultra-fake Pam Anderson look. Yech.

Since we are planning on having three :!: more kids, I already told my husband to start saving...I have a feeling these boobies will not be where they are supposed to be anymore. I already see a distinct difference after only having one. Waaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh!

Not for me. For myself, I'm pretty much opposed to all surgery that isn't 'necessary'. So far, I haven't had any, and may that continue! I also don't read fashion magazines, because I want my sense of self-worth to be based on my talents and accomplishments rather than whether I am a size zero with Botox and implants and can afford $6,000 for an Hermes bag. It makes me feel very sad to think of all the underfunded charities out there, while people feel free to plunk down five and six figures to "feel better about themselves", as if that were the only way.

I developed very early, before any of the girls in my class, and received a lot of sexual attention from grown men that I definitely wasn't ready for. So that may have colored my view a little bit too...for me, looking "hot" at a very young age was scary, rather than gratifying.

[Phoebe]

Enlargement? No, I don't think so. I am average size. My mom has. She was always on the small side and after her divorce she went up to a average size.

Reduction? If it caused health problems it may be a possibility.

Breast Lift? I recently saw an older women whose breasts literally hung down to her belly button. DH and I both looked at each other wondering if we say the saw thing. She was fairly proportionate everywhere else. In a case like her's I would definitely get a breast lift.

Jennifer

[DCJenn]

Boob job- Nope.

Non-invasive, non-surgical, non-exercise, non-starving to death way to lose the belly?- sign me up.

Jenn

I forgot to add something:

We shouldn't forget it's SURGERY, with all the attendent risks involved. I know that "Nip/Tuck", "Extreme Makeover", "The Swan", and all those shows on Discovery Health make it look like everyone is doing it and it's perfectly safe and all the "risk talk" is just the media trying to scare everyone, but...

My friend had lasik eye surgery a couple of years ago and the post-op was mishandled. Had she not gone for a second and third opinion, she would have been blind within six months. As it is, she can't distinguish one person from another when they're standing with bright light behind them--they just look like lumpy silhouettes. She has two little kids, five and three--imagine losing your sight and not being able to take care of your children because you wanted to "feel better about yourself".

And a woman who worked for my neighbor the bank president had a tummy tuck, developed a blood clot and died a few weeks later. She was 37 and single. I'm sure she "felt good about herself" after the surgery, up until the point where she died, that is.

What I'm saying is that it's easy to dismiss the risks and warnings when you're hearing about them happening to someone else, far away. It's quite different when you see it happening to people you know.

[Meenah]

I'm with you Jenn. Ignore my previous post, I'll get rid of the belly!!!
Luanne

[mommax3]

Probably not.....mainly because I am a huge wimp and freak out at the thought of getting my blood drawn.

Boob jobs creep me out because the things never move, jiggle, or anything. I wonder what some of these women will look like when they are in their eighties. 8O However, I am not really challenged in that area, or perhaps I am, but in the opposite direction, but nevertheless, as Elizabeth has pointed out, all of this stuff is major surgery, and I figure I have been blessed to avoid surgery thus far in my life......I won't be having any electively.

Sally

[PrincessFiona]

I used to be really strong in the anti plastic surgery dept....now I'm slowly creeping over to the other side. I have an injury from a automobile accident and have had to have a few surgeries over the years (some of the reconstructive/plastic) so I know kind of what it is like...I don't know if I'd go for a boob job...but if the sit-ups don't work....hmmmmm.