The majority of American women are not happy with their breasts, and that makes the majority of women potential customers for the breast augmentation/breast implant industry. Images in the media and in the ads may be the main influence in getting women to believe their breasts are "inadequate" - but breast augmentation websites are happy to feed the fire with their usage of language.
In essence they want to leave the impression that asymmetrical breasts, small breasts, sagging breasts, large areolas, small nipples, etc. are deformities - something supposedly not formed well, out of form - or instances where the breast didn't "fully develop" or is "underdeveloped".
By classifying many of these normal variations in breast shape as breast deformity, the surgeons can then be ready to "correct" these "problems" and "deformities" and "lack of development".
Shouldn't we rather classify breast development in terms of milk ducts and the milk producing cells - the glandular tissue?
Bra industry statistics from a few years back reported that about 60% of women have a bra cup size A or B. In these days of widespread obesity, the average bra cup size has become cup "C" - but we can still understand from those stats that A and B cup sizes are very normal and common. We can NOT in any way call small breasts "underdeveloped".
But the magazine images are at work again... presenting supermodels with augmented breasts as the standard of beauty. Then is no wonder women themselves start considering the normal and the usual breasts as 'small'.
In the US society such a woman is very likely to feel a need for breast implants to look normal - and nobody can blame her for that. The following comment is from such a woman:
Now, if the media culture didn't value breast size to such an extreme, even these women would have it much easier, and not feel such a pressure to have breast implants.
True, this condition is a deformity. But how a person with deformity feels about it, is largely influenced by the society around him/her. Wouldn't we all feel so much better about our bodies without these totally fake media messages?
There is a sad, recent trend concerning teenagers and breast implants: receiving them as a high school graduation gift is becoming more and more popular.
The American Society of Plastic Surgeons officially recommended the augmentation surgery only for teens 18 and older, but is not enforcing this recommendation. So while some surgeons wisely turn away teenagers, others don't.
But the worst of it is perhaps how The American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons wants us to believe that small breasts are a DISEASE! This is what they wrote in their petition to FDA in support of breast implants in 1982:
This would mean (according to the organized plastic surgery) that most women have a disease and are in need of a breast augmentation procedure. The TRUTH is quite contrary. The "small breasts" they are talking about are the average and typical breasts.
Now, a little thinking experiment. Picture a head, hands, and feet to these upper torsos. Imagine it is your sister, your daughter, your mother, your friend - someone you know.
Yet that's exactly what the breast surgery proponents, ads, and media forces try to say to women - not outright or in those words, but in implications and indirectly. If you wouldn't comment on your friend's, sister's, or mother's breasts in such a way, why let the beauty industry and organized plastic surgery tell you that exact message?
You talk about a money-making scheme in a medical community, there you have one! And surgeons doing breast augmentations are faring well. In the year 2002 over 240,000 women got breast implants. In year 2004 it had increased to 334,052 women - a huge increase from 32,607 in 1992.
The public has been led to believe for years that breast implants are safe and that they practically are life-long devices that need no care. That is simply not true - and never has been. Implants do rupture at some point; the more time passes, the more probable it becomes. They will need replaced or removed. The local complication rates are high and within 10-12 years, most women will need at least one additional surgery.
Even the myth of breast implants improving mental health does not hold water. Inameds (a breast implant manufacturer) recent "core study" of silicone breast implants studied complication rates and also evaluated patients' mental health and quality of life before and after receiving breast implants. It was found that on average, women reported poorer health or mental health after implants compared to before. Almost every measure of emotional and physical health, including social relationships and self-esteem, declined after getting breast implants. The only improvements were in self-reported sexual attractiveness.
It is high time we quit believing that an anorectically thin female body with huge 'boobs' is "beautiful" or "ideal". Hopefully you have visited the breast gallery pages on this site and other pages, and can agree that normal and typical female breast varies a lot in size and shape; that most women actually have asymmetrical breasts; that breasts are for breastfeeding and not to make products sell better.
And it isn't enough to just not believe this mentally, because the pictures surrounding you still affect your mind on subconscious level. To spare our daughters, we need to protect them from exposure to most women's magazines, to television soap operas, and other warped presentations of woman's body, and instead provide some healthy materials body-image-wise for the developing minds.
The following comments are from various visitors to www.007b.com, and may or may not agree with the viewpoints presented on this website. The comments are posted here because they might further help and encourage men and women who visit this website; however 007 Breasts is not responsible for this content or any loss/damage caused by reading these.
I enjoyed looking at your site very much and am happy you have devoted the time to putting it up.
I have a comment that I think many people on your site might not agree with, but I wanted to share anyway.
I am now 30 years old and have had breast implants for about 10 years. Before getting the implants, I could not fit into AA cup bras; I suppose I was a AAA, but maybe I was smaller. The woman shown on your site as "almost completely flat-chested" and a AA cup was definitely larger than I was. I had puffy nipples, and that was it. I'm also thin around my entire chest, so you could in fact see my rib cage through my breasts, except directly below the areola. My gynecologist said it wouldn't be clear whether I could produce enough milk until after I'd had children.
I decided to have breast implants not because I felt pressure to look like a Playboy model or be sexier. I don't think there is anything wrong with being flat-chested, but for me, getting implants was a personal decision that I'm happy with. I loved myself before getting implants; I love myself now. I was dissatisfied with how I looked, and I admit I'm vain, but I do love myself. Anyone who really feels like less of a person because of appearance should try to work through that issue, because it can be dangerous.
I think women should love themselves however they look, but I don't think a decision to get plastic surgery is something that should be judged negatively. People seem so much more open to the idea of other plastic surgery (nose jobs, for example) than to breast implants, and I can only think that it's because of the way we feel about breasts sexually. In fact, I think it's a symptom of our society's negative attitudes toward women and sexuality that we are made to feel bad on either side of the implant question. If we don't get implants we're faced with images of so-called perfect breasts. If we do get implants, we're judged for that as well, often by other women. I find that many men like to look at fake breasts but don't actually want the women they are with to have implants. It really sends a conflicting message.
In my case, I was fortunate to know a very nice female surgeon who did a lot of work on mastectomy patients. I wanted to become only an A cup, but she suggested I go to a B cup in case I gained weight later, because she thought my breasts would not develop even with weight gain. Still, my implants were rather small; she had to order them specially, as my size is typically used only for mastectomy patients. I am now about a 32B and am happy with it. I do sometimes look at large-breasted women and feel inadequate, but I think my breasts are pretty cute.
That said, I'd like to offer some advice to women considering implants. It might sound strange, but I wouldn't have gotten implants if I had been even an A cup. I don't judge anyone who would want to do that, but I can tell you that the surgery is quite painful. It won't give you "perfect" breasts, and I've heard that the breasts feel very different and not as nice. (Never having had fatty breast tissue, I couldn't say for certain.) You'll have to have the implants replaced after 10 to 15 years; that's just how it is. And if anything goes wrong and they have to be removed, they may end up looking worse than before. In my case, I didn't have much sensation in my breasts anyway, it wasn't clear that I could ever breastfeed, and "looking worse" and "seeing ribs up to my areolas" were pretty much equivalent to me.
And before I go, I'd just like to make it clear: You should love yourself and not feel like you have to conform to an idealized beauty. But you also shouldn't judge people's actions. I can't tell you how many conversations I've been in with women who commented on how horrible women with breast implants were and how "flat chested" they themselves were, when they were actually a very nice A cup and had no idea that the non-big-breasted gal talking with them had implants!
Thanks,
J
Hi. I'm 13, and in the UK. I think my boobs are too big - they're a 32F. I don't know what that convert to in the US, but my friends are a C cup - if that. I get FAR too much attention from boys, and I'm scared to wear tight shirts because of it. I can never find big enough bras, I have to order online.
Anon
I am a 28-year old male from Germany and I am kind of shocked after visiting your website.
I never liked the way the media presented "big plastic breasts" as something adorable but not just because I never saw a breast in my life that is unpretty... (Actually thats not true... I saw breasts I didn't like: Thoose "plastic tits" on TV.)
I can really understand if someone gets breast surgery after an accident or losing a breast by cancer, but pumping breasts up? Destroying them by surgery? It makes me really sad to read how many woman are even considering this idea.
So if any woman who's uncomfortable with her breasts reads this: Please don't do it not even (or probably especially) if you have AA sized breasts.
(Another sad fact: I had two girlfriends with very small breast who didn't believe me when I told them that I think that they had awesome breasts... How far did we come, that those woman were so unsecure that the didn't even believe their boyfriend about this?)
And a (final) note to breastfeeding: It's great that you fight for this. In Germany it's common and I am really happy about it. It is normal. NOT breastfeeding is a problem....
Keep this great website working...
Julian
I know I have some disadvantages that I have gone on threw life, other than physical image. Maybe that is why it hurts a lot. A lot of times when I look at certain men they turn they're faces away from me after looking at my boobs, I don't think that they are too small, 36B,(maybe my back is the reason of the numbers and letter) they are really tight and nice to me, but that is the body language of a lot of arrogant men, it really makes me really bad, and I cry. I had only a couple of boyfriends and one in particular who made me feel like I did not turn him on, staring at women with large breasts. I still feel the pain of that relashionship and wonder if breasts are really that important to men. Because I did not care that he had a big belly, flat ass, and no musles, I did not even complained. I'm glad he is out of my life. Feedback please.
anonymous
I am 54 years old. My breasts never even begun to develop. I still have the breast the size of a 5 year old. I have worn padded bras all my life, just to look normal, not overly padded. Mainly, bras that I have altered myself, because you cannot find padded bras in the stores anymore. It's just too late now to even think about doing anything different.
Lois
I am 17. I developed very early like around 9, and my breasts were somewhat big for my age,
but for the past 5 years they have sagged. badly. I read your site and see that being
overweight is a cause for this, and i'm scared that after i lose all my weight, "All 120lbs. of it" my breasts will be destroyed and even
worse. I look at surgery as my only hope. I don't want to be another "statistic of young women in our generation obsessed with their
appearance" but i can't stand to look at my breasts and have them be the way they are. i don't feel that it's normal for them to look this way and it makes me cry everyday when i get dressed and see them. The
bras i buy, push up and full coverage, only work at least twice and then they just turn into basically a hammock for my breasts, so they
can sag inside of a BRA! I've read some of the risks and I'm frightened but at the same time want to love my breasts, but how can I
when i think they are so ugly? I feel that they hold me back from true
happiness and expressing myself. I feel stuck. I just need some direction and help. My mom got breast implants and hers seem fine,
she's ok with them, but i can't ask her about them because she gets mad when i do. I just feel stuck. I wanna feel beautiful.
Sincerely,
the girl who just wants to feel beautiful inside and out.
Hi,
On implants. It is too bad your mom doesn't want to talk about it, which
makes me wonder that maybe she isn't truly happy with her decision.
There's one thing with implants, they will first of all take some of the
sensation away from your breasts (skin and possibly nipple will be numb
or partially numb), and then you will be able to somewhat feel/sense the
artificial balls inside you. I strongly doubt you'd be happy with them
either - you'd probably be even less happy with your body then. Maybe
you can compare it to getting a false leg - it might look nice to other
people but it wouldn't feel "natural" for the person wearing it.
On losing weight. Your breasts will lose some fat if you lose weight,
but you won't lose your breasts - you won't lose the milk-making glands,
or the ducts from there.
Don't worry, breasts can sag inside a bra, yep. You're not to only one.
Bras cannot cure sagging, just hide it. You need to look at pictures on
our galleries, all 6 pages of them.
I get the feeling that it isn't your breasts that are keeping you from expressing yourself, but maybe your own
thinking about them is.
Just read some more on our site:
Problems with large breasts -
Small breasts -
Questions.
I experienced pressure from my mother to have a REDUCTION when I was 18. In hindsight I wish I had been strong enough to have told my mom "no". In our society we are so quick to hack up our bodies. Thankfully there wasn't enough damage to my milk ducts to prevent me from nursing my daughter!
Rachel
I am 18 years old, and have suffered with depression, and a constant feeling of self conciousness and paranoia for years. I am known for being very intelligent and rational, yet still i have these uncontrollable emotions and thoughts. All linked to my breast development. Yesterday my consultant at the hospital told me I was congenially undeveloped and that I could have breat surgery on the NHS if i wanted it. I think it was the happiest moment of my life.
yet it feels like a lot of the information on this website is making people like me out to be shallow and to concerned with media stereotypes and hype.
both my sisters are small chested, yet the most beautiful girls I know. I would love to look like either of them. But I am overweight, due to having PCOS, but im working on that, with NO breasts. Nothing. Hence the operation. I feel that this website does not cater for girls like me, and while I am thankful for all the wonderful things I have in my life, such as an amazing family, and boyfriend, general good health and intelligence, I feel that it does not make me a lesser person because I happen to on occassion let my breast size rule how I feel. It is something I cannot help, and I imagine many other girls cant either. Breast augmentation can be an answer for many of us, as it can help to make one aspect of our lives better, just as losing weight could, or studying hard. I realise surgery is far more extreme than those other examples, but to me, it is not a big deal if it will make you happy.
Angie
Thank you so much for this web site. During my whole life the only breast I could ever compare mine with were what I saw in magazines and on the screen. Seeing that I am normal and they are out of the ordinary (breast implants included) was such an eye opener for me. They should actual publish magazines with normal woman from all shapes and sizes. Unfortunately young girls are developing low self-esteem because of what society has dictated to them. Thanks again.
Susan
Thank you for this site. I was searching the web for reasons not to get implants. Most of my searches no matter what I typed in results in plastic surgery websites. I think it's a conspiracy.
wendy
Thank you so much for this web site. During my whole life the only breast I could ever compare mine with were what I saw in magazines and on the screen. Seeing that I am normal and they are out of the ordinary (breast implants included) was such an eye opener for me. They should actual publish magazines with normal woman from all shapes and sizes. Unfortunately young girls are developing low self-esteem because of what society has dictated to them. Thanks again.
Susan
Is there any way to correct tubular breasts without the use of implants? Is there a way an implant could be used to shape the breasts and then be removed later on in life. I have a severe case but do not care about breast size, I am more concerned with breast shape.
kennedy
Search in Google or some other search engine for 'breast form' or 'breast forms'. Those are made of silicone, shaped like a breast, and worn inside bra.
I'm 17, and a 32A. I absolutely love my breasts. I was self-conscious about them at one point in time, but I have successfully changed my mindset. And it is quite empowering, let me tell you.
I think my breasts are beautiful and wouldn't want them any other way. It's not about the fact that they will take longer to sag, or that I don't "need" a bra, or that I'm less prone to creeps. No, they are beautiful because they are, well, me.
I encourage other women and girls to love their breasts (as well as the rest of their body!) no matter what the size. Women are so very beautiful just the way they are.
Margaret
Thank you for your wise and wonderful site. I am a 47 year old mother of four and recently only discovered that I have hypoplastic tuberous breasts. Now I can let go of the guilt and failure I felt at having to supplement my four sons' infant diet with formula. My husband is a wonderful super hot guy who looks like a rock star (no joke!) and he was horrified when I once asked if he would want me to get breast implants. He says my boobs are beautiful and any implants are GROSS. I do NOT consider myself to be deformed. I am tall, slim, healthy, look young for my age and am frequently complimented for my looks. The day they invent a 'cure' for underdeveloped milk glands I would recommend women go for it. Having insufficient breast milk was a heartwrenching experience. But to put plastic pillows into your chest so you can have 'normal' breasts? Ugh! Ladies, get your priorities straight: go on a diet. Take up a hobby. Hug a friend or paint a picture. Don't date morons. Forget your boobs. Leave well enough alone. Stop helping the plastic surgeons retire early! Hugs to all of you!
lara
I am embaressed to think that at 43, I still deal with an overwhelming feeling of being less than adequate due to my smaller breast size. A 34A before pregnancy, I grew to a wopping 36C and nursed my son for nearly 2 years. Being able to nuture my child in the warmth of our bed without having to get up in a cold dark house to prepare formula was one of the most satisfying experiences of my life. I was so proud of my motherhood. And I never felt sexier. Then the relaity of the shrunken boob set it. I am now a 36AA. And the last of my small breasted friends had an augmentation and larger busted, shorter and heavier ladies ( I am 5'9" and 130 lbs.) always makes comments and one even asked my husband what he thougth about augmentation as a casual conversation. I never even discussed my feeelings with her. How dare she! Anyway, th pressure is on and I have been looking at plastic surgery websites for months now. Fortunately, surgery is not a consideration for me unlesss is it life or death. And sometimes it feels that way. Thank goodness for my son who loves me as I am and tells me that I should never consider it. If only I coul find the confidence to know that my husband loves me and my breasts. It has to come from me first. This website is such a help. Thank you.
Your site is so real and healthy. I am just beginning my career as a mental health therapist. Your response to "Samantha", 17 year old with a job and one breast smaller than the other, is poignant, empathic, and honest. Honesty is a value often lost by the media; or if we're lucky, captured in the last 30 seconds of a 7th Heaven episode.
On a more personal level, I am 31-years old and my bust measurement is 32 AA. I suppose that makes me "flat." All of my life I have experienced low self-esteem, envied other women's chests, and even resorted to starving myself to make the rest of my body somehow "match" my tiny top. Still, every man I ever had a relationship with told me I was "sexy" and "beautiful" and that my breasts "didn't matter." And to be honest, when I was with them, size was irrelevant. It only mattered when I had to be around other women and consciously compared myself.
You read the stereotypes; big boobs better sex; please your man....blah blah blah. None of that is true. If it is your fate in this lifetime to experience intimacy and love, you will regardless of what you look like. From ages 13-90+ if all you concern yourself with is glossy magazines, going to the "mall" and "checking people out" then that is what you're life will be like - and that is they kind of people you'll end up with.
If you want more in life, then grab a book and read it. Work until you drop from exhaustion. Be productive. Eat the foods that will make you live longer and feel as good as you did when you were a young kid full of energy. Get a pet you can take care of, clean your house, be neat and clean. Create something. And stay away from mirrors!
Natalia
I am a married woman and fixing to get a divorce because my breast size did not turn him on. Instead he went to porn sites and then attempted to have an affair with his bosses daughter just because they all had much larger breast than me. I want larger breast but not for him. He made me feel unloved and unwanted to the extreme point that i could never let him touch my body again. This has such an impact on my life that i now feel like less than a women and feel that if i had implants that maybe I could feel better about my self image and get a little revenge on him at the same time. Whats a girl to do when all the world is full of images of women who make men think that women like me are less than women and not worth loving, except get implants.
Rosa
Hi- I have to say I love your website and believe that it brings healing to
a lot of women and girls. Whoever you are, I want to thank you for your
fortitude in creating this site.
I do want to comment on one aspect of the website. I think it is important
that we not blame men for this "breast mess" that we are in. Here is a copy
of an article written by Collin McEnroe in 1997 Cosmopolitan magazine and I
think the most important quote in the whole thing is "Men love all breasts
in a sort of idiotic and genial way, but the breasts they love most are
attached to women they adore." I think most young girls grow up believing that if
they do not have perfect breasts they are somehow less womanly and will not
be attractive to a man. This is simply not true as is evidenced by the fact
that most of the women featured on your site are breastfeeding mothers so
some man certainly liked them enough to make children with them!!
So I think it is important that we not blame men for women's self-hatred.
Afterall, most of the fashion magazines have female editors.
Jamie Marr-Castillo
www.breastlift4you.com/ptosis_levels.htm - by the look of that page, everyone, even the "beautiful" ones, needs a breastlift or implant. According to this, we all suffer from a "syndrome" of one sort or another. What horrible rubbish!
I would never get surgery--what on earth is going on? Why do people feel the need to be "perfect" and then also feel the need to be "modest" and "cover up"? Totally baffling.
I have been braless for 6 weeks. Sometimes I think I am sagging but my husband says "no they aren't" and "who cares anyway?" or "your mother has worn one her whole life, did it stop the sagging?" (true, that one). It used to bother me a lot under the overlap of skin, but it doesn't bother me as much now. I wonder what it will be like in summer? It has been getting impossible to find simple thin stretchy cotton bras anymore anyway--it seems everything is "shaper" or "support underwire" or "superbra complete with kevlar" especially as I am a 38 C-D now. Apparently the clothing industry assumes that if you aren't an "A" cup, you want maximum support all the time. And swimsuits are all lined now, too. I finally found a speedo that I could cut the lining out of. It is bizarre--whatever happened to comfort and fast-drying? I did go braless during breastfeeding because it was much easier that way, so it is not completely new to me.
bNice website you have. Thanks.
After pouring over the website for a second time, I feel once again reassured that my small (34A) breasts are not shameful. However, my husband of one year has been unhappy with my breasts since the beginning of our relationship and because of all the images he has seen in his life, he believes that large and perfectly round breasts are the only ones that are desirable. When we make love, he never takes my bra off and has even admitted that it is because he does not like my breasts. This has been devastating because while I think my breasts are beautiful, I have little hope that he ever will. After watching me cry for nearly four hours last night, I think he has realized that something needs to change. I plan on showing him the pictures on this website, but I think he will always prefer fake to real. Because I know what he thinks of my breasts, I am terrified of letting him see me naked. This culture's attitude towards breasts truly makes me sick and I am afraid that it will destroy my marriage.
Margaret
dear 007b.com
i have always been obsessed with my 'small' breast - 34a - i now know i am not 'flat cheasted' and am actually the norm....iv found your site inspiring - im nearly 20 years old and my older brother has harassed me for years about my boobs which has scarred me for life - i only wish there was the acceptance (be it hidden and only availible on the net) of small/average breats here in the UK....people view small breats as a problem, especially due to the popularity of the page 3 spread in the newspapers and celebritys like Jordan and Jodie Marsh whose whole career has arisen because at some point she has been able to afford a hugh breast implant...i know most people have cosmetic surgery because they are totally insecure about themselves, and these people are often the ones who are most aggressive and hostile towards people with small breasts (i use 'people' as many transgender women feel inadequate if they grow aonly small amounts of breast tissue).... i still feel bad about my body and mught do forever, but at least i now have the satisfaction of knowing that there are more people in the world with ''abnormal'' breasts as the media likes to call them, than those with this ideal of perfection....doesn't it makee you more of a woman to accept whats natural than change it to please a man??
von
I'm a 19 year old young woman, And I myself have under developed breast. I don't see anything wrong with women getting "boob jobs" i think if their doing it for themslefs and nobody else then there should be no problem. The only problem with "boob jobs" is when women start getting them for other reason. For example their boyfriend/husband likes big breasted women, or she wants the attention big breasted women get.
Frances
After reading some of these comments, I just feel sad for the hopelessness in the way these girls feel about themselves. A couple of years ago, I breastfed my son for 18 months on only one side (he just rejected the other breast and the milk dried up because I got tired of trying to make him nurse on that side). Needless to say, I became extremely lop-sided. One breast was an A-cup and the other a C or D-cup. There were times when I was tempted to feel self-concious but I just padded one side and hoped noone would notice. And noone did. When I look back at pictures of myself I looked like a beautiful, glowing young mother. I pray that the hope these ladies lack in wanting to correct their bodies is found in the fact that they are loved by the One who created them.
Beth
I'm a happily married 43 year old male, and feel I had to comment on your website after having visited briefly. I wish I could get across to every woman out there who allows her breasts to affect her self esteem in a negative way: let me assure you that most men I know don't REALLY care about your breasts. A good guy knows personality is more important than cup size. Personally, nothing turns me off faster than hearing a woman is considering breast enlargement, regardless if they are completely flat or not... don't let the media dictate your self esteem.
Surgically enhanced breasts are a real turn-off, except perhaps in the case of plastic surgery after treatment for breast cancer or an accident... where plastic surgery for any portion of one's body makes sense to correct self-esteem issues. That said, I personally think it's unecessary in those instances as well, although I understand why some might not feel the same way. Think of it this way: we all collect our scars throughout life. Whether they are simple stretch marks or something more noticable, accept them. We all have them in some form or another. Noone is exempt.
Every woman has an inner and outer beauty that is irrisitable to a good man. Forget about the bad men. Remember that you are feminine and beautiful just they way you are, and a good man will find you if you let him. We are out there, despite what Hollywood might have you believe.
Harry
Just a note to all of the girls out there that are mortified over their "small" breasts. I am 16 and almost a DD, i was in an A in 5th grade, i got teased because of it. Also my breasts arent perky as they would be if i had smaller ones, they sag, and its just going to get worse. I would like smaller breasts, a B would make me happy. Let me spell it out...smaller= less back pain, more attention paid to you as a person and not a pair of boobs, being able to participate in sports or any physical activity without 2 sports bras, dont look top heavy, easier to find shirts that fit, (and of course bras that dont look like ugly frilly plastic milk cartons.) Just learn to be happy with yourself, we all have things we dont especially love about our bodys, but dont let anybody, not a boyfriend, the media, or people at school make you ashamed of what you have.(and if he mentions breast implants for you ask him about testical implants, just more weight to carry around and more to get in the way.It doenst make a person any more a man if they have large testicals or a woman any more feminine if she has large breasts...plain and simple.)
Erika
though i don't exactly feel all at ease i still have found your site helpfull. i'm not sure i'm absolutely happy with my A cups but i guess its better than days long gone.
dollie dear
personally, i think that if someone wants breast implants then nothing should be done to stop them. People who are against this obviously dont know how it feels to be insecure about their breasts. I do, as mine are hypoplastic and i am very insecure about them. People warn me about the risks of having implants but i dont care about them, because to me, my breasts are disgusting and i have never shown them to anyone and so if something did go wrong, then nothing would change. People who are against implants would definitely change their minds if they were in my position.
lauren
I really disagree with the first comment by Lauren. Yes, I am self-conscious, yes I hate how small my breasts are...I'm almost flat...yes I am obsessed with having bigger ones...but NO I still love myself. And would never consider plastic surgery no matter what...even if a guy dumps me because of it.
Ying
It's not fair. I dont want to go through all the trouble of saving up the money and going back every 10-15 yrs for breast implants, but its like I'm forced to since my boobs are soooo pathetic. Why can't I just be normal like everyone else and have a C cup or even a B cup would make my life sooo much better. I'm tired of always being the freaky ugly girl with no boobs
*sighs*
all i know is that i want to love my body, i was born with it therefore it's valid, but everytime i look in the mirror (and i try not to) i want to slash my chest with a rusty blade because i hate it so much. i'm sure i would feel worse with fake breasts tho. still, can't bear looking like this for much longer
emma
i am really upset b'coz of my flat chest.My ex boy friend went away from my life after knowing it. After that i will just can't take chances any more with my life! The repeatation of this incident will makes me bound to commited suiside! This site is good but how can i make myself normal as other normal women? In this mordern world there have no any sucured way which will make our life happy?
churni
I think that this website is good for people who have small breasts and are self concious, but im 16 and have tuberous breasts which means they are different shapes and sizes my left breast is a c cup and my right is an A cup, it has affected me and my confidence, i have seen a plastic surgeon and he is going to perform breast enlargement in 6 months and i feel more reassured that i will be able to live my life to the full and be cofident and wear low cut tops instead of hiding my chest.
so sometimes breast enlargement is nessary
amanda
I think this site is fantastic!
I spent all my youth feeling very uncomfortable about my small breasts (A cup). I wasn't helped by meeting my husband in my twenties, who when i first undressed, told me my breasts were too small, and not in proportion to my tall body! Why did i listen? Why did I stay with this guy??? He spent his life reading porn-mags, and sometimes i'd sneak a look at these pictures of skinny, huge breasted women, and feel hopeless, and depressed. But i also felt angry; i am so sick of the media- world we live in, and the power it has to shape people's ideas. Guys feel they can come up and joke, "What do you need a bra for, Sarah?"
At thirty i had a daughter, and breast-fed her for a year, very successfully, but had to endure comments from folk, like, "I'm surprised you have enough milk". Anyhow, here I am at forty two, and feeling feisty!
I left my husband, and after some time, went on to have a short, but sweet relationship with a man who loved my body! In his words,"It's not the size of the breast that matters; for me it's the nipple ...and you have GORGEOUS nipples!" I threw out my padded bras; what a relief!
I LOVE this site; it's voicing all that I've been feeling, and latterly crusading for. My daughter is nine, and approaching puberty in a culture that has never been so obssessively body-concious. I'm determined to help her feel positive about herself. If only I had been able to see this site when i was in my teens!
Sarah Williamson
hi, i love your website. I am 13 years old and have a flat chest and i hav started my periods. I accept my body the way it is and i think the image that is being created is a really bad one, i think the idea of breasts being useful for feeding a child is the perfect image that should be spread and noone should beleive that breasts are 100% sexual.
amanda
I have found your site to be informative. HOWEVER, one needs to remember that breast augmentation is a personal decision. If a person decides to get breast implants to improve her self-confidence, improve how her clothes fit, balance her body proportions, etc, she should not be criticized for this. It does not mean that she has low self-esteem or that she is stupid. Many educated, smart women without self-esteem issues decide to get breast augmentation for their own reasons. There is nothing wrong with these women, nor is there anything wrong with the qualified, board-certified surgeons who perform these elective operations. These surgeons are in no way "butchers," or any other implication of the sort. Silicone implants, while restricted (not banned) for use in the US, are widely available in most of the world, including the UK, EU, and Australia. The FDA has not been able to conclusively prove, nor disprove a link between silicone implants and disease. Silicone implants are currently available in the US on a restricted basis, pending further availabilty by the FDA. The reason for this restricted basis has been a lack of evidence provided by implant manufacturers. Silicone implants are available for reconstructive purposes, (such as breast cancer reconstruction, breast augmentation revision), as well as women involved in certain silicone implant studies currently in place. Saline implants are currently available on an unrestricted basis for general use in the US. There is too much focus on the "sexuality" of breast augmentation. If a person felt self-conscious because of their large nose, ears that stuck out, etc, and chooses cosmetic surgery to improve their own self-image, I do not think they would receive the same criticism that I see in the comments on this site. Please remember that, while you may not choose breast augmentation for yourself, you cannot speak for everyone else. It is a personal decision, and until you have walked in that person's shoes, you cannot truly understand their reasoning. Nor should they need to justify this. Passing judgement on others simply to make ourselves feel better does not help anything. Please keep this a positive site, with less negativity towards those who make different decisions than ourselves.
Emily
I don't feel that women should have breast implants,and teenaged girls shouldn't even be thiking of it. they should get some counsuling insted. and the Doctor's should have their licences taken away for doing them. The only women who I think should even think about it, are the ones who need reconstruction surgery. From a mans point of view. a real man doesn't care how big your breast are only shallow,ignorant,and perverted men do. And what would you want a man like that for anyway. size doesn't matter. I like women with breast of all shapes and sizes. In fact about 20 odd years ago I was at a nude beach in Point Loma (San Diego Ca)and I met two students from the Christian college up the hill who were topfree on the beach. They had some of the most beautiful breast I have ever seen and they couln't fill up an A cup. There was nothing special about them. Perhaps it was there pride in themselves and their self confidence. For the young girls I have to say this Don't worry about your breast they're fine just the way they are, and don't worry about a little bit of fat around your waist hips etc. It is suppose to be there. It's what helps give you the curves that make you look like a woman. and it is what atracts guys to you. You can be too thin and that can be just as bad as being overwaight. just eat right and don't worry about it. you'll be just fine, and don't be ashamed of your breast or your body. go topfree with pride. Remember we all have flaws even the super models.
Jerry Gautier
The comment about "breasts being 2 mounds of fat" I found funny because that's how I've always seen it. My breasts are not even an A32 and im 19, I know they will not grow because my mom is small and I started having my period at the age of 10. All I want is to be able to wear any shirt I want without feeling uncomfortable. I do not think large breasts are attractive and have always felt smaller ones are nicer to look at. I have a consiltation booked for breast augmentation Feb 17th. I will probably only go for a full B cup, definitaly nothing bigger. I'm still concerned about the pain and I love how having small breats like mine now is so comfortable. I'm still not sure If I'm going to go through with it.
alana
I got your website from an artical in Playboy. The article was explaining the fascination men have for breasts, or atleast trying their best. After browsing through, your site is very interesting and can be a great tool to those breast feeding, getting ready to, or just unhappy with their breasts. I'm fine with mine, but I never understood the whole fascination. I quote this from the Playboy article "Aside from the fact that you like circles and bridges, what compels you to stare at two mounds of fat hanging from you girlfriend's chest?" I just found that halarious ... and your site very interesting!
Donna
Thank you for such a great website! Too many American women waste time and mental effort on worrying about their breast size.
Emily
im really glad that u made this website, im 13 yrs old, and i thought that my breasts were deformed before i came to this website. But now i realize that just because mine may not be as perky or as small or big as my friends or my sisters doesnt mean that there is something wrong with me. thank you alot, you really made me feel better about my self. The reason i thought that they were deformed, was because the color around my nipple area seems big, and they seem to sag alot.
I agree with this article because I am one of these girls who have very small breasts. I have very low self esteem due to the fact that my breasts are very small.
Nessa
Excellent article!! I also like to say that it is very sad these days that women are rated by their breast sizes and that at some point in the past I was one of the males who beleived "Big breast = beauty" but now I'm more mature and know that what I thought was wrong. But I think the entertainment industry should stop glamourizing the "big breast = beauty" theory and pay more attention to the female's NATURAL beauty than artificial cosmetic "beauty".
David
I totally agree with all of your comments, and I am even doing my senior project on the popularity of Cosmetic Surgery, and teenagers. I say that there should be a law that does not allow anyone under the age of 25 to have cosmetic surgery unless it is a medical condition.
Tamara Ilharreguy
Fantastic! I've been depressed about my breasts for some time now, and apart from wanting to do something about them, I just wanted to learn to be happy with myself. This reassuring advice has really helped me. I am 17 and really small, my mum is small too. But I am still considering pills.
Hannah
I really like your articles on who needs breast implants but I'm sorry to say I still don't feel so good. I'm 32 going on 33 I have a flatchest like in grade school. I have severe depression just walking outside to get in my cadillac because there's always a prettier woman or girl passing me by and I have to face it men like boobs to look at. Is there anything that will make me feel better with surgery because I'm looking forward to going to work in nursing home soon. thanks so much for your time,
tig
Hi Tig,
I understand that having a small chest can be embarrassing in this land where big breasts are adored and emphasized to such an extreme... Actually, flat-chested women have breast tissue AND are able to produce milk... so you're NOT lacking in that sense. You are a woman.
And not all men are so totally obsessed about breasts. Maybe you could read some of the visitor comments on our pages Breast obsession and breast gallery and Gallery comments. Especially look for the occasional comments from males.
On the other hand, I want to make sure you know that you are not alone. There's lots of flat-chested women out there - you just often don't know it since they often wear padded bras. Check Flatsy Forum.
And, prettiness is not based on breasts alone... in fact that would be just a small part of it. Maybe you can next time when you see women passing by, look at their face or hair or legs too. Most of us have some kind of imperfection in our body, and I am sure you're not an ugly woman. One of the biggest things in being attractive is a POSITIVE attitude and an open and helping attitude towards our fellow men... people like to be around such people, no matter what size breasts or legs or buttocks.
If you have severe depression, maybe it is NOT only caused by this flat-chestedness. Maybe your brain is lacking some nutrients...? I'm not a doctor and cannot prescribe anything or diagnose anything, AND I don't know what you eat, but you can study these on your own (just search the internet). Maybe L-tryptophan and L-tyrosine and fish oil and flax oil would also help you.
God made breasts years before man made implants. Keep what God gave you unadulterated while you are breast feeing your children. Children born to women who had silicone implants and breast fed are developing the same health problems as their mothers. Manufacturers have known the damage and risk of breast implants for years. They just don't tell you.
Elena
I have never been one to hide my disdain for the
group of plastic surgeons who continue to manipulate
their "doctor" status for very young women to elect
breast augmentation with the promotional enchantment
of fullfilling their romantic dreams far into neverland.
The "do no harm" code has escaped far too many, and
even their associations can not be considered credible,
for they seek to downplay the vast number of side effects
for all women.
In case you do not know, the new FDA Breast Implant
Handbook 2004 was printed this past month (July) and
I received my first box from FDA Consumer affairs in
order to hand out to clinics, schools, government leaders,
meetings on women's health, women's clubs, etc. They
are free. I know that one can download the item from
the FDA website, but I assure you that nothing has the
impact of having the hard copy and placing it in someone's
hands. I only wish that plastic surgeons would do it,
but they simply don't, for it might distract from business,
cause a patient to ask the questions outlined in the
Handbook to have a doctor answer, and give pause too
long for real consideration of the potential debilitations
from elective and even reconstructive surgery with today's
implants.
This past year I asked Mentor to simply state clearly
if their new (or I think they say improved or "modern"
breast implants) have reduced the risks and complications
of the past. GUESS WHAT? Nothing has changed. The risks
and complications are still the same. Simply obtain
your own copy of the new Handbook 2004 and see for
yourself. The list is the same as the first Handbook 2000.
In fact the risks have never changed! The manufacturers
are simply determined to return their same old wears
to damage as many more women as in the past, and they
are succeeding. Incidentally, why don't you ask Blue
Cross Blue Shield or Humana (the biggest of the health
providers) if they will insure anyone or any repeat
surgeries or procedures once a rupture or leak occurs
from an elective augmentation surgery? That first
elective surgery for a young woman is only about $5,000-
$10,000. The next one is yours, baby! And the next one,
and any complications which arise from the implant.
Is it not the biggest risk in one's life to not be
able to get individual coverage from a health provider?
If you have any doubt, get the handbook, use the list
of questions. YOU ask your health provider and
send those questions in a letter (certified return
receipt) for an answer. Don't make a move until you
know the answers in writing! Don't make a move until
you have your doctor clarify in writing the answers
in the Handbook that he/she should answer. Don't be
surprised if he/she (the plastic surgeon) decides not
to operate on you after you begin to ask questions
which can effect your life, and the health of a baby
if one has not had children.
Learn to be glad when a surgeon exposes his/her callous
disregard about being questioned as to their godly skills.
This allows you to walk away!
Believe me, there are plastic surgeons who have
marvelous skills for repairing people with devastating
injuries and deformities. For these doctors, we are
thankful. But the group that brings shame to medicine
and devastation to unsuspectng women, they deserve some
jail time to re-evaluate their damages.
For a copy of the new Handbook 2004,
send an e-mail to Nancy Leonard, FDA Public Health
at NML@CDRH.FDA.GOV
or to e-mail DSMICA@CDRH.FDA.GOV
or write to Glenn Allen, FDA Consumer Affairs,
1350 Piccard Drive
HFZ-210
Rockville, MD 20850
[You can also find it online at http://www.fda.gov/cdrh/breastimplants/indexbip.html.]
NOTE: The FDA pamphlet (Risks of Breast Implants)
for 2004 is also ready this month. It is
a simple little folding item in color and
great for an initial exposure. If it does
not indicate where to get the Handbook,
then print a little slip into the pamphlet
when you order a few dozen (or a box)
and place that slip inside to lead women
and encourage them to READ AND SAVE THEIR LIVES
FROM A WHOLE LOT OF MISERY.
This is totally about being FULLY INFORMED.
If a girl is too stupid or naive to read a booklet
and learn the dangers, then if you love them, sit
them down and read it aloud to them. No plastic
surgeon is willing to do what you are.
Please know that women who have had good health before
elective surgery, especially those who have had silicone
gel filled breast implants, still seem to have diminishing
health from all those problems of the past, namely
fibromyalgia, increased suicides, etc etc etc. There
are so many names affiliated with diminished health,
yet it appears that no one really knows, or has taken
the years needed to concentrate and care. One thing
is evident, the silicone which was used in the past
is still being used today in the gel implants, and
the manufacturers have made every effort to gain
approval from the shortest possible testing.
Just remember that it is paramount to keep all medical
records and inserts from any product placed inside you,
and the exact tags of those products. ONE DAY IN THE
FUTURE YOU WILL NEED THOSE ITEMS IF YOU ELECT BREAST IMPLANTS.
One day you will start to experience symptoms which
are new and painful, and which you never experienced.
One day a doctor in ER will tell you it's in your head,
take this aspirin or prescription and it'll be beeter soon.
One day you will learn that hundreds of thousands of women
all over the world were dismissed by their doctors as
"just women." "You know how they are," they'll say.
"If you have a problem with those implants we'll stick
another pair in there and you'll be good as new," they'll
say.
ONE DAY JUST MAYBE YOU'LL SAY, "Doctor, don't ever
be dismissive of a woman again." AND LEARN TO LEAVE
AND FIND A PROFESSIONAL WHO WILL ASSIST.
I hope you never have to write if you do, but
I'll tell you a few people who will help in Florida.
If you contact me, do it byU.S. mail. I simply don't
trust the breast implant makers and their crowd.
Perhaps Diana Zuckerman in Washington D.C. can assist
with her broad range of friends. Her e-mail is 
Keep track of everything. Call the State Health Department
or send them an e-mail and state your problems and
what you suspect. Tell them the surgeons who worked on
you and the promises they made, and the discussion
which they didn't have with you. PROTECT YOURSELF.
Thank you for your attention. Please know that
families are effected, children are effected, not
just the women who were lead into augmentation when
they had a choice, but simply did not know the facts.
And please, please don't allow the woman who has been
a victim of breast implants to suffer. Too many have
lost their families, killed themselves, and were not
believed. I will never walk away, and know that as
long as I can, I will listen and assist as possible.
You can help by doing your part. Get the handbook
the pamphlet, share them, speak up, speak out, talk
to your health editor at the newspaper, write letters
to the editor. Be strong. Let these folks who would
cause grief in your lives and the lives of your daughers,
wives and Mothers know, "YOU WILL BE EXPOSED."
I am just one man on line tonight, begging each
of you to hold your daugthers close and tell them
all the truths of which you are aware. Do not allow
men and women with medical degrees to reach them
through TV and advertizing and take away their
health based on an illusive image of what others
believe they should look like.
I hold you all dearly...
T. Wade Clegg III
P.O. Box 10513
Panama City, FL 32404
Although some sites are far too pro- Breast Augmentation, this site is the opposite.
It is all very well for someone who has breasts to harp on about how breast size shouldn't matter. HOWEVER if you have no breast tissue then this is a different story. Surely people wouldn't be so quick to judge people who have had their breast removed due to breast cancer. Why should they get breasts and people who naturally have no breasts shouldn't?
At the end of the day, one has to make the choice for oneself, and if one wants to get a Breast Augmentation they shouldn't be condemmed.
Kiwigirl
Condemnation is never good and never helps, and yes, it is an individual choice. No one else knows how someone else feels and what are the reasons behind getting implants. With this website we hope to change people's perception on the breast issue so women would not feel SO much pressure to have perky, big breasts - not even if they're flat-chested. And, unfortunately the implants can have terrible effects on one's health - we hope to save women from that too.
I think this site DOES show that breats come in different shapes and sizes, HOWEVER... I think there exceptions such as shoulder/neck pain... and this is when i am not wearing a bra and standing up really straight! And when i'm wearing one, and this is when i have to struggle a bit to really fit into a bra *rolls eyes* my shoulder/neck REALLY tends to hurt! Call it what you wish but i don't consider it *normal*. Even though this site does reassure me a bit overall it doesn't completely...
After all saggy breats really limits a person to not fit into certain things such as bikinis and strapless dresses. It was considered that (this is my brothers girlfriend that was considered preparing their wedding but canceled it because they do not have the resources right now) the bridesmaids (including me) wear these strapless dresses i felt SO sick to my stomach because i knew i could NEVER fit into such a thing and it made me feel horrible but fortunetly it was all canceled so i never had to mention my embarrassement to her thank god....
Is surgery REALLY NOT permanent? i think in my case since i never want to have children i don't have to worry about that however i know there are other factors to consider such as weight gain...
Because of incredibly self consciousness AND physical pain (i'm a 40D cup by the way) i will NEVER feel good about myself until i have this surgery. Don't get me wrong i expect for breats to sag a little i do not expect them to be high as my chin but too saggy is too saggy in my opinion!
anonymous
Typically the shoulder/neck pain is caused by very large and heavy breasts. So I'm not sure if you're referring to breast reduction surgery, or breast lift. The article on this page is concentrating on breast augmentation surgery, or in other words breast implants. These three are all different. The results of a breast reduction are permanent. With breast lift, the breasts will start sagging again over time. With breast augmentation, one will need further surgeries later on because (1) complications are so common, and (2) the implants are not life-time devices but need replaced or removed at some point.
My teen years I spent much time worrying my breasts were to small... In my twenties I spent much time worrying my breasts were to small.. At 34 yrs. old I found a lump which turned out to be nothing.. Now I think "WOW"! What pretty,HEALTHY,little breasts I have! Both of them are still here... I'm alive and well..Unlike many other women.... So seriously! Was there ever a problem to begin with? No! Don't waste your time thinking about it.. Smiling big time in Michigan,
Jody
I think it is horrible the way these "doctors" (or so they are called) have butchered the breasts of women of all ages. Plastic surgery is a cowardly way to address one's own issues regarding physical insecurity and or lack of body confidence. Women should spend more time on developing and enhancing the person they are rather than on their exterior appearance or namely the size and shape of their breasts. Breasts are a part of the human anatomy for perpetuation of the species. They are there not only for our own pleasure, but to feed our babies. We will all get old, and wrinkled and saggy, and we will all die... these my friends, are the inevitable facts of life (and death.) We should embrace this reality rather than avoid it, or pretend that we can turn back the clock by cutting, tucking, pulling and ultimately maming our bodies. Be proud of what God (whatever you concieve that to be) gave you. Never allow the mainstream media to dictate to you what beauty is... beauty is in the eye of the beholder and we should appreciate and recognize beauty as an inner, not outer strength. The ugly duckling, can always "evolve" eventually into the graceful Swan. Do not interfere with nature, allow life to follow its natural path.
Thanks for the opportunity to voice my opinion...
Heather Melinda
my husband had me look into this because he misses my perky breasts. I nursed both of our children for 1.5 years, but I will stick to working out. Thank you so much
mary gilbert
I'm a 16 year old who is still in high school. I was embarassed all the time because I have small breasts. It runs in my family, and all my friends have large breasts. I was afraid to wear bathing suits, dresses, tank tops, and pretty much and cute shirt. But because of this site I have a new confidence in myself. I play volleyball, soccer, surf, snowboard, and love dancing. But my small breasts held me back, and yes I did think ALL THE TIME about getting implants. All the girls on my teams had nice large breasts and they bragged about them and showed them off in revealing shirts. Now that I really think about it, it is the people who mark you for your breast size who need to grow up. THANKS!
~*~*Gillian*~*~
I agree with this 100%. Since adolescence, I have had asymmetrical breasts. Now I am a mother of 2 children, and have been happily married for almost 10 years. It doesn't bother my husband at all. I think that people should be content with what God gave them. Asymmetrical breasts aren't painful like invasive implants, and their side effects. Keep up the good work with this site!
Jessica
I think women no matter what size breast they have, all look attractive, and should not ever have surgery on their breast (Way too risky). Stay with your natural self (IMPLANTS ARE NOT NECESSARY). I am a 33 year old male and think all women should be looked at as human beings and NOT meat factories.
john doe
I learned the hard way. I got saline implants in july of 2003. My breasts looked fabulous, but the pain in my crease would not go away. I could not work or even do simple things. The pain got so bad that I had to have them removed 10 weeks later. I had them under the muscle which was reccomended. I had two major surgeries in 10 weeks. It is now Feb 2004 and I am still recovering and still have pain. My breasts are totally numb and may be this way permanently. I am now back in the gym and can do some exercise. My pectoral muscle will never be the same. I was never told that it was possible to have pain of that magnitude. I thought I was going to die. Luckily my breasts are not deformed and look ok. I was duped into believing that this would make my life better. If I would have known that I would have an incredible amount of pain, I would have run for the hills. Of course the Dr. got a lot of money to maim me and got away with this like all of them do. If you are even thinking about getting implants, please forget it. All those celebrities that have them will be having or have had many problems and will continue to do so in the years to come. And they do slosh and saline does not feel real at all. They were pretty hard and unnatural too. And mine were only 10 weeks old.
Jan
I just wanted to thank you for your wonderful site. I breastfed my 2 kids for a year each. Recently lost over 40 lbs. and my belly and breasts "deflated". I recently had a tummy tuck and have now been obsessing over my breasts. I actually have a date booked for surgery, despite the fact that I always said I would never put anything fake into my body. After much resistance from family members about this surgery and reading your site -I finally woke up - I was in a 2 week "fog" over this - and I finally woke up! Why would I want to put something fake and dangerous in my body that would have to come out a few times in my life time??? My husband loves me just the way I am - I would actually do this just to look good in a bathing suit and feel like I can keep up with celebrities??? I have been in such a horrible state over this - I have been feeling like I was inadequate because I have sagging breasts with loose skin and I am only 34 and the rest of me looks great. It is normal for a woman who has breast fed for 2 years to look like this! The women with implants should feel inadequate because they are fake!!!!! I can understand women who have cancer and want reconstruction - but young girls who are 20 and no kids yet - that do this just to be bigger - are going to feel very sorry in the future! Your site has helped me to accept my breasts - be thankful I am healthy and beautiful even with saggy boobs - and I am cancelling my surgery first thing tomorrow!!!! THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Angela
The reactions, without more, that I've seen from many doctors tell me that there is a serious problem in the medical community. Whether it is a knee jerk distrust of consumer/patients and the "L" word, or it is a deliberate cover up I don't know. But if I survive surgery and all of this, I'll never have implants again. No matter what. I now have 2 20-year old ruptured implants and multiple autoimmune problems, at a time I recently graduated from law school and should be starting a second career.
Sometimes rage is justifiable. This is one of those times.
Oh, the surgeon who did the implants had his licensed revoked in 1994. I tracked him down and talked to him. This last summer and fall has been a nightmare.
There is so much more I could say. I also had a father die of mesothelioma (40 years after exposure to asbestos, in a summer job, unrelatd to his career) and a cousin did from toxic poisoning from her work as a mech. engineer at Rocky Flats Nuclear plant. And now I am experiencing this.
This should say something about how happy I am with the kinds of 'tests' that provide 'no evidence to show danger....".
well, if there is little or no significant data and shoddy correlation studies than I imagine this is a true statement.
Jean Winters
Hi, this is a great site which I forwarded to my two daughters. One is breastfeeding my first grandchild, my other daughter is pregnant. I have fought to make them self-confindent, and I have tried to teach my sons about what is normal and natural. I myself are very proud of my sagging breasts, because I have feeded all my 4 children. When we talk about silicone, we always just joke. When I asked my youngest son what he would think about to have a mom with silicone in her breast, he answered "I would send you back to the doctor to take out the silicone. I want you like God has created you." Thanks again for a great site!!
Johanna
I just wanted to say that I think this website was informative but really did not hit the mark. I myself have the tuberous breast condition, and no person who has this condition can honestly say that they feel 100% about themselves. I believe that in every single thing, such as surgery, there is good and bad. I have spent countless hours praying for 'normal' breasts, and that is the best thing about this site- although I don't have a fatal disease or disorder that controls each aspect of my life, I do have one that makes me not take small things for granted. Too often women make 'boob jobs' seem like something that isn't a big deal, and that anybody and everybody should have to make themselves feel good. Women with great breasts that want to be 'perfect' daily fill surgeons' offices to make their breasts as impecable as possible, when in reality it is not the breasts that need fixing but their own inner selves.
I have not decided whether or not I will have surgery when I am older or not, but I do know one thing- breats size does not matter at all and doesn't limit a person to accomplishing less than what they wanted. I am certainly not going to feel sorry for myself at all and let media pressure take hold of my life, but I will do what is necessary to make myself feel like a woman, and if that means surgery, I think that that is beautiful. Nobody with a congenital disease should ever feel bad about correcting their problem. Not all surgery is done out of spite, but out of love for themselves.
Jaclyn
Great site! I wish I could say, with all the force and expression I can use, to every woman considering breast surgery: "Don't do it! Your breasts are beautiful just the way they are!"
Jochanaan
Thank YOU.
All should see this! I wish I knew 20 years ago what I know now.
mollybloom
I had severe complications from breast implants and had them removed after only 10 weeks. I was ripped off to the tune of 7 grand. I still have the pain and will for a while. What magazines and TV do to all of us women is a crime and I fell for it hook, line and sinker. Get the word out. And men's mags should be outlawed. Porn should be illegal. Thanks for caring.
Janet
Thank you for a wonderful website! I hope women considering implants get the message! After almost forty years, the long term effects of having breast implants hardly been studied! After getting sick as a result of breast implants, the size/shape/presense of breasts becomes immaterial! A healthy life is the only thing that matters!
Rogene
Justice will prevail when men who got penile implants end up with rotten privates. Congress will act overnight then.
Pooky
