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ORIGINAL: losttreasure

Seeing a few of the responses in marieToo's post, I'm now curious to see what the majority of opinions here are on the matter of breast augmentation.

Over the years I was always against any type of body modification for merely aesthetic reasons... liposuction, nose jobs and breast implants seemed more along the lines of self-mutilation rather than body enhancement. 

My opinions mellowed a bit in my "old age" and I began to consider that if making a change in one's body made them feel better about themselves, then perhaps it wasn't all bad.  I even reached a point where I thought that perhaps I might even consider breast augmentation for myself to restore a more youthful lift to breasts that had seen better days before nursing three babies.

However, in the past year or so I've noticed a great number of woman who have had breast implants... from the average grocery store clerk to high fashion models... and to be honest, I can't say that I like the looks of them.  I can see where they greatly enhance the appeal of the emaciated model, especially if she is modeling swimsuits or underwear.   Though I do think it's a bit deceptive... leading young men and women to believe that there's something wrong with a girl if she doesn't possess "Barbarella" boobs but have a rail thin body.

At any rate, I've come full circle... at least concerning breast implants... and have decided that I can live with a bit of a droop.  Being honest with myself, I have very nice breasts... they might be a little lower than they were when I was twenty, but damn... at least they aren't up around my neck and look like they will pop at any moment.

How do you feel about breast implants?

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ORIGINAL: losttreasure
How do you feel about breast implants?

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ORIGINAL: Morrigel
Let's be honest--if you told a man that he needed to flay open his ballsack and have a couple of baggies of silicone sewn up into it in order to make himself more attractive to women?  And that this would likely increase his risk of cancer, as well as the amount of money he'd make as a stripper?

He'd slowly back toward the nearest exit and then have you committed.  It mystifies me that women don't do the same.

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ORIGINAL: losttreasure

Seeing a few of the responses in marieToo's post, I'm now curious to see what the majority of opinions here are on the matter of breast augmentation.

Over the years I was always against any type of body modification for merely aesthetic reasons... liposuction, nose jobs and breast implants seemed more along the lines of self-mutilation rather than body enhancement. 

My opinions mellowed a bit in my "old age" and I began to consider that if making a change in one's body made them feel better about themselves, then perhaps it wasn't all bad.  I even reached a point where I thought that perhaps I might even consider breast augmentation for myself to restore a more youthful lift to breasts that had seen better days before nursing three babies.

However, in the past year or so I've noticed a great number of woman who have had breast implants... from the average grocery store clerk to high fashion models... and to be honest, I can't say that I like the looks of them.  I can see where they greatly enhance the appeal of the emaciated model, especially if she is modeling swimsuits or underwear.   Though I do think it's a bit deceptive... leading young men and women to believe that there's something wrong with a girl if she doesn't possess "Barbarella" boobs but have a rail thin body.

At any rate, I've come full circle... at least concerning breast implants... and have decided that I can live with a bit of a droop.  Being honest with myself, I have very nice breasts... they might be a little lower than they were when I was twenty, but damn... at least they aren't up around my neck and look like they will pop at any moment.

How do you feel about breast implants?

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ORIGINAL: Morrigel

Let's be honest--if you told a man that he needed to flay open his ballsack and have a couple of baggies of silicone sewn up into it in order to make himself more attractive to women?  And that this would likely increase his risk of cancer, as well as the amount of money he'd make as a stripper?

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ORIGINAL: Morrigel

Let's be honest--if you told a man that he needed to flay open his ballsack and have a couple of baggies of silicone sewn up into it in order to make himself more attractive to women?  And that this would likely increase his risk of cancer, as well as the amount of money he'd make as a stripper?

--M

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ORIGINAL: eyesopened

When i was 24 and weighed a mere 100lbs i tried on a gorgeous evening gown for a special event.  There was saggy flapping air-pockets in the dress where the breasts were supposed to go....it wasn't designed for fried-egg titties, just average titties.   i cried and cried in the dressing room.  i talked to a brillant surgeon who told me that he works within the frame and structure of the existing form, that the size he would make me would be larger than a B and slightly less than a C. He was also ahead of his time, using only saline implants, not silicone.  nearly 30 years later i've breast-fed two children, had clean mammograms, don't look like a freak and have never once regretted my decision to boost my own self-esteem.  i was might have been more attractive as a skinny flat-chested 24 year old but i feel more beautiful today.