Has anyone ever had a Boob job

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..or breast augmentation if you're picky lol .. just wondering what you thought of it? Seriously considering having one done.

@Rtmhwales you are spot on 😊.

Women getting boob jobs "for themselves" are really a bit Stepford wives. It is purely to appeal to the male gaze. The first silicon type boob jobs were on Japanese prostitutes in the war to appeal to US soldiers - engine coolant was directly injected into their breasts and many died from gangrene and infection. Also inserted into women's breasts "for themselves" has been sea sponges, cartilage, ivory and glass balls. Ok so we've now moved on to the infantalising and harmless sounding gummy bears, but women are still putting themselves at risk so that they can look a very prescribed way for men.
Read some of plastic surgeon Patrick malluci's research papers - him and his colleague have "discovered" the exact proportions a woman's breasts should be. How ridiculous. It makes me so sad that so many women still feel they need to mutilate their bodies to feel attractive.

patrickmallucci.com/perfect-breast/

You're defensiveness gave you away!

Woman to woman....

If it's truly perkiness you're concerned with as long as they aren't like spaniels ears it can generally be sorted with exercise. To me surgery is a last resort and what you're describing sounds akin to an overweight person having liposuction instead of dieting and exercising.....

If you've tried uplift exercises already you would be better with an uplift and possibly very small implant to reposition the breast.

What concerns me is the research you are doing seems to be asking strangers on the internet and looking at copious before and after pictures...

You will never end up with an identical result because you are
anatomically unidentical to the individual in the picture. Only a surgeon can give you a rough projection of the finished result.

I don't think it helps a person to make a clear unbiased decision with someone waving cash on your face saying they will pay, as from your tone you still don't seem certain.

If you're dead set on going ahead then consult with multiple UK surgeons to ensure you get the best.

Good luck with whatever you decide

@2019willbegreat are you seriously assuming that you speak for everyone when you say that women just get them to please men? My husband loves my big boobs but I want them reduced as they're uncomfortably big, misshaped due to breastfeeding and I don't feel confident in myself. This is purely being done for my own comfort and so that I can look at my chest and not feel embarrassed.

Not everyone is a man pleaser and it's utterly ridiculous for you to suggest it.

@Mrsmummy90 .. mines has said to me manys of times that he likes me the way I am and doesn't want me to have fake anything in my body.. but I don't care, I want it for ME.. so deffo not a man pleaser here either . But what would I know I'm just a han sex doll over here 😂💕 It's such an old fashioned statement to say 🤦.. why would it ever be for men? Yes it's a bonus if your partner then enjoys them too but definitely wouldn't make my decision based on their opinion of it. Women can do what they like with their own bodies and what makes them feel happy within themselves. Just like some women like to cause agro and arguments from a basic straight forward question 🤔😂.

Trust me, when people say stuff like that on here, it says more about them than it does about you.

@Mrsmummy90 - your situation is completely different. You acknowledge your husband loves your big boobs (aka the male gaze....why are big boobs better than small?) but they are uncomfortable so you wish a reduction - but you are not having a foreign body inserted into your breasts for no medical reason. How many people have said to you that you are crazy for having a reduction, they are jealous etc? Be honest.

You say yourself that large breasts are uncomfortable yet you seem to be encouraging other women to have what you want to get rid of?

I just cannot believe that any woman truly believes a boob job is for her.

@2019willbegreat .. I have also said multiple times my partner is happy with my body also and stating the fact that it's for my own personal reasons why I want one. I don't know why you are bothered it's weird to be honest.

@Hello....yeah you say your partner is happy with your body...But also that he will "enjoy them"...But will you enjoy them if you lose sensation to your nipples (the erogenous zone which for which size is completey irrelevant) or end up with multiple corrective surgeries and scarring? Or a seroma which leaks fluid for years. Or a neurotic nipple.

I encourage you to look websites where women post where their surgeries have gone wrong and they have been left with terrible scars.

Also - your partner is happy but is prepared to risk your life for non essential surgery (people do die under anaesthetic and post operative complications) .

It's not weird I am bothered. I just hate to see women being moulded to suit mens preferences. And as a health care professional, I hate to see the NHS pick up the pieces of the boob jobs gone wrong.

I went for a consultation at a reputable hospital and was really put off. Most of the photos looked poor and unnatural results.

The surgeon glossed over the risks and was eager to sell to me. He had no regard for the numbness I was keen to avoid.

He did make clear though that results are limited by time and no guarantees, I would probably need them done again in ten years.

I ignored all the schmoozy emails they sent to entice me to surgery. I realised I'm not willing to risk my life on unnecessary and expensive surgery, my kids need me alive and well!

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@hello.....genuine question....If not for men/too look "good", why do you need different/"better" breasts?

You seem to be arguing with yourself op...

If my other half said to me they weren't happy with their stomach say, I would train with them at the gym and boost their self esteem not hand them the cash for a tummy tuck.

You don't seem to have properly consulted a surgeon and are preoccupied with before and after pictures, which as I said previously doesnt give an accurate projection of your individual result.

Making a decision regarding surgery after fixating on other people's before and after pictures isn't very bright for the reasons previously outlined; you need to see if your expectations can be met the and desired result is achievable on you, or even if the perceived problem could be fixed with exercise.

Before you go ahead, if you in theory changed your mind and that you want 6k worth of clothes or furniture instead would he still be as forthcoming with the cash?

Again, good luck with whatever you decide and insist on a UK surgeon.

I had mine done as I was slim with a defined waist, hips and bottom. Just zero boobs. I felt clothes looked odd and I wouldn't wear certain things.

So I got them done. Was no big deal. I paid for it myself and didn't care what any man in my life thought.

My surgeon wouldn't do them too big as I had a small frame. Now I look in proportion.

I don't have to wear a bra still with strappy tops, I can still run and they don't get in the way.

They improved my self confidence, so to me it was money well spent. I've never once regretted having them done.

And it's not like being unhappy with your stomach. No amount of exercise is going to turn no breast tissue, into breast tissue.

If I was unhappy with my bum, I'd do squats, not get surgery. But not everything can be fixed without it.

I had a boob job in 2004 when it was all the rage. I weigh 8 stone and have a small frame but my e cup boobs were out of proportion.
After a few years, I really questioned my motivation for having this operation. It didn’t make me any more attractive to men, in fact the only men who were attracted to this were boorish types I wouldn’t have been interested anyway. And let’s face it, we do have this op to make ourselves more attractive to men however much this is dressed up with other reasons.

10 years after my op I was becoming seriously unwell. I was losing weight, my skin was terrible and people kept asking if I was ill. I had blood tests and my doctor thought I had liver cancer (because of tumour markers). Eventually I had the implants removed and within weeks the colour had returned to my cheeks, I stopped losing weight and my blood tests became normal. I now enjoy good health.

I would strongly advise anyone considering this to think again. I’m 56 now and realise good health is priceless! There is nothing wrong with small boobs. There is so much we can do to improve our looks without resorting to surgery.

2019 I don’t really know how else to say this, but you’re wrong.

I’m not going to explain my reasons for getting them as I don’t need to and your comment is ignorant. But just know you’re wrong.

2019 Why would people want tattoos or piercings or other forms of body modification? It's personal preference on how THEY want to look.

Just because I'm saying big breasts are uncomfortable on me, I'm not saying they would be on everyone because I don't necessarily hold the view that what's right for me is right for everyone.

Please, get your head out of the 1940's and understand that people like to feel good about themselves FOR THEMSELVES.

The position of your breasts is partly determined by muscle and also the weight of existing tissue, so yes they can be lifted to an extent with resistance exercises.

Chesneyhawkes your scenario is entirely different...Op has said the perceived issue is the position of her breasts not lack of breast tissue.

Your issue was different in that you had lack of tissue. Size obviously cannot be changed with exercise as the breast tissue is composed of fat but positioning certainly can.

Discuss with professional only after all other options are exhausted is my stance.

I agree. If I had of been even a small B cup I wouldn't have bothered. But I was struggling to fill an A 😬

@offside....I am not ignorant. In my professional life, I have worked with many women whose lives have been decimated by non essential surgery to look good "for themselves". I ask again....why is having "perky "boobs better than droopy? Who decided? Not women, that's for sure. I don't ever remember feeling like my friends wouldn't like me if my boobs weren't big/perky. Or a child complaining that their mothers boobs were "saggy" from breastfeeding.

I am genuinely asking why a woman thinks having "good boobs" is the making of them. Is that really our benchmark as Women,?

why is having "perky "boobs better than droopy? Who decided? Not women

Because it feels uncomfortable having boob touch my skin. Hope this helps.

I do remember watching an episode of The Real Housewives of Cheshire and around the table were 8 women all of whom had had breast implants . At least 3 of them had had terrible problems. One completely lost her nipples and one had terrible terrible scarring and multiple operations to try and fix them. So that was a high percentage of things going wrong.

I also remember the footballers wife who had four children and I think she had some plastic surgery to fix her body but then caught an infection and ended up dying a few years later because of it. I just remember her interview before she died where she really regretted having had unnecessary surgery and she was leaving her four children motherless because of her vanity. I don't think I would dare to have any unnecessary surgery just in case things went wrong because they do seem to have quite a risk factor.

@Mrsmummy.....the difference is piercings and tatoos do not carry the risks to health/ life that major surgery does.

Fostering a healthy self esteem and exhausting tangible options before a 'quick fix' I wouldn't say there's anything 1940s about that just healthy and logical?

Since when have you needed stitches, anesthetic and downtime for tattoos or piercings? Incomparable.