Has anyone had a breast enlargement on the nhs in the last few years

[nobreasts]

Hi I have no breasts
It's impacted my bf of my children
I am healthy on the lower end of BMI
Have no breasts
GP in agreement
Have had babies so not particuarly a sex dissorder
Genuinely no breasts

Very upset

Have asked for an enlargement with nhs but Gp said he's never encountered and unsure how to go further thru this with NHS

Any advice appreciated

But an enlargement would not enable you to breastfeed. Tbh, I don't think it should be funded on the NHS given that so many people who have life threatening illnesses and conditions cannot access treatment.

also, how tall are you, OP, at not even 38kg. Even for a short person, this is very little. You sound potentially seriously underweight. Is there something else going on?

No I took it differently. It was more a physical, medical need and wasn’t allowed so surely the opposite would be true.

I don’t discount how this is very hard for the OP and currently (however we feel about it) it is classed as cosmetic surgery so no I don’t think this should be covered by the NHS.

Its hard to reconcile cosmetic surgery when many can name many they know who have had to wait too long for cancer treatment, or are waiting on a surgery to change and improve their life (knee replacement for example).

As others have said, if this is a MH issue (which sounds like it is from the OP) then counselling would be far more affective.

Agreed.

This is cosmetic and shouldn’t be funded on the NHS. Who do you think you are?

I have small, poorly shaped breasts. The root is very wide with minimal projection. I also have pectus excavatum (hollow chest). So what? I am so much more than my breasts (or my body at all). Would my friends value me more if I had bigger breasts? Would my husband love me more? It’s never bothered me particularly and now that I’m older there are benefits to having small breasts. There’s a certain elegance to them, particularly when we are slim.

Respectfully I would suggest that the issue is a confidence issue rather than a breast issue.

Wow so many people on here not getting the impact of having no breasts on the woman’s mental health. I would much rather my contribution to the public purse went towards your case OP than to the gluttons getting free weight loss injections under the tier 3 weight management programme.

OP my sister in law had one developed breast and the other was flat. It affected her MH and eventually she was provided with the surgery.

The solution to improving poor mental health because of a small breasts is surely to improve one’s self esteem first before trying to get surgical procedures done.
Weight loss jobs save the NHS money in the long run

Absolutely. It should always be the case that other options are exhausted before surgery, as is with all other surgical procedures that exist in our NHS. Counselling and therapies tend to work on irrational thoughts and it’s not really irrational to feel unwomanly due to a lack of breasts. I do believe surgery should be an option though. Yes I agree weight loss injections might save money in the long run. But this is money we wouldn’t have to spend on the first place if people took ownership and accountability of their own bodies. It’s also yet to be seen how much they will actually save in the long run. Many people are expected to go back to being overweight once they stop taking them.

Unfortunately this isn't a life, death or public health situation. The money you contribute to the NHS is there in case of life threatening or public health treatment for you AND your children, not for elective or cosmetic surgeries. It is however something you can fix by saving up yourself for implants. I don't believe you can compare to cancer reconstruction - in one situation there was something there that was healthy that had to be removed due to life threatening cancer, in yours it was never there and you are healthy. No its not ideal for you and no I'm sure it affects you but you can fix it if you want to - save up or take out a loan, job done. There are lots of people in the same boat who can't get the treatment they require and those are people who NEED it, yours isn't a need, it's a want. I'm sorry if that sounds harsh but it is the bottom line - if you do not have implants you can still be healthy and live. That's the distinction.

My disgust is ready. Having worked in the NHS for 29 years I feel qualified to be disgusted.

Please have therapy and learn to love your amazing body OP

I get it. I had very little breast tissue and eventually had a breast augmentation (private). Been great for my confidence

Surely it's 'just cosmetic' after cancer surgery?

Surely it's the ones who chose to have them removed to save their lives that should be paying as they had all their treatment free

Women born without breasts in the first place are at least equally deserving?

You can still be healthy & live after a mastectomy!

Having a breast enlargement/reconstruction after mastectomy is purely cosmetic.

Why is it different to someone born without breasts?

It should be equal & based on psychological need.

If anything someone who has breasts well into adult hood has been able to develop an identity as a woman. Someone born without breasts will have likely suffered hugely throughout important teenage years & hugely affected.

You have raised a great point. For some reason there’s the recognition that women who have had a mastectomy won’t be able to learn to love their bodies through a few therapy sessions. But not the recognition that a woman who has not developed them and probably been very unhappy for maybe a decade or more should learn to love a chest that makes them feel and look like a 10 year old girl.

Op if you can get them done on the NHS or save up to go private, do it. It’s the best thing I did. Had mine for 12 years up to now and never regretted it once. Worth the 4.5k I paid. And remember you can get this surgery on finance.

Zombie thread from August last year.

It’s not a bad thing to change something you don’t like but equally you should expect to pay for that yourself. So many thousands of women have a boob job, could you imagine how much that would cost the nhs if everyone didn’t pay and just had the nhs pay?

Just noticed the date this thread was made. Did you have the surgery Op?

I’ve worked in the nhs for 10 years and I still got my boobs done on the nhs lol. Bore off xoxo

bore off 🤣🤣🤣 says it all. See ya

I got nhs breast implants for the same reason as you. No breasts at all. I had an incomplete puberty, a recognised medical problem and got them. They referred me to their cosmetic surgeons and was granted them. I got them in 2012. The belief that its only breast cancer survivors that gets them is wrong, and to be perfectly honest stems from people's jealousy. The psychological impact of not having breasts is a real issue. Don't give up.