Mommy Wants Her Body Back

the title reads more older women are getting breast surgery, I'm not old but have taken the idea of getting breast implants into consideration for when i'm older (yes maybe I am vain). I've never done any research or put much thought into it since I didn't think it would be necessary yet. After reading all the risks on plastic surgery and all the women that have had problems with them I'm not even going to consider having breast implants anymore. So thank you.

I see so many of you thinkng that berast surgery is pure vanity and foolish to boot. But as a 40 something year old divorced mother who suffered from severe breast asymmetry (>1 cup size) after pregnancy and weight loss, I can tell you that psychological well-being is as important as physical well-being. I won't say that my divorce was caused by my differently sozed breasts, but i will tell you that my ex was completely disgusted by them. So you tell yourself that there are better people out there that will accept you exactly as you are. It is very, very difficult to maintain a healthy self-esteem when rejection follows immediately after you (finally) become physically intimate with someone. And I never kept my 'difference' a secret. It was talked about long before anyone ever saw me shirtless. So after careful selction I now have two evenly sozed breasts, both the same size as my larger pre-surgery breast. I also have a caring, supportive, long-term partner who is aware of my surgery and what prompted it and he is able to admit that had he met me pre-surgery, he might not have stayed.
So before you automatically call all of us 'vain', ill-informed or selfish I think you should examine what you would do if you were in my shoes.

I see so many of you thinkng that berast surgery is pure vanity and foolish to boot. But as a 40 something year old divorced mother who suffered from severe breast asymmetry (>1 cup size) after pregnancy and weight loss, I can tell you that psychological well-being is as important as physical well-being. I won't say that my divorce was caused by my differently sozed breasts, but i will tell you that my ex was completely disgusted by them. So you tell yourself that there are better people out there that will accept you exactly as you are. It is very, very difficult to maintain a healthy self-esteem when rejection follows immediately after you (finally) become physically intimate with someone. And I never kept my 'difference' a secret. It was talked about long before anyone ever saw me shirtless. So after careful selction I now have two evenly sozed breasts, both the same size as my larger pre-surgery breast. I also have a caring, supportive, long-term partner who is aware of my surgery and what prompted it and he is able to admit that had he met me pre-surgery, he might not have stayed.
So before you automatically call all of us 'vain', ill-informed or selfish I think you should examine what you would do if you were in my shoes.

I see so many of you thinkng that berast surgery is pure vanity and foolish to boot. But as a 40 something year old divorced mother who suffered from severe breast asymmetry (>1 cup size) after pregnancy and weight loss, I can tell you that psychological well-being is as important as physical well-being. I won't say that my divorce was caused by my differently sozed breasts, but i will tell you that my ex was completely disgusted by them. So you tell yourself that there are better people out there that will accept you exactly as you are. It is very, very difficult to maintain a healthy self-esteem when rejection follows immediately after you (finally) become physically intimate with someone. And I never kept my 'difference' a secret. It was talked about long before anyone ever saw me shirtless. So after careful selction I now have two evenly sozed breasts, both the same size as my larger pre-surgery breast. I also have a caring, supportive, long-term partner who is aware of my surgery and what prompted it and he is able to admit that had he met me pre-surgery, he might not have stayed.
So before you automatically call all of us 'vain', ill-informed or selfish I think you should examine what you would do if you were in my shoes.

As a divorced over 40 female who suffered from sever asymmetry, I can tell you that breast augmentation surgery is a purely personal decision. I am a medical professional so I know and evaluated all of the risks, but faced with the facts of having my ego take the blow of rejection after my boyfriend(s) caught sight of my (1 cup size) differently sized breasts, psychological well-being is as important as physical. I'm sure many of you out there will characterize me as vain, but this was not a decision undertaken lightly, nor did I drastically alter my body; I now have to perfectly normal looking breasts both the same size as my larger pre-operative breast and also have a wonderful, caring and supportive partner with whom I was fully honest and shared the details of my surgery long before we were physically intimate.

As I am taking my anatomy class, I am learning how perfectly ordered your body is, depositing something foreign into it because of vanity is absolutely purposeless, some foreign things your body will attack and try to remove like a stillborn fetus.....This is absolutely ridiculous and eventually when even more studies are done we will find out exactly what diseases that implants can cause. I feel that these procedures are a waste of time and money and foolish! And he people getting them are selfish and will never be happy but always feel they need to be better in another area.....sad......maybe we should build schools in other countries for impoverished children instead of spending money pumping up our lips, breasts,etc..pure selfishness and too much damn money in this country flying around.

LOL There are no safe implants. Just check the chemical composition of the SILICONE implant bag they fill with hospital grade saline. Also check it's permeability. Some saline permeates out while some bodily fluid seeps in for a lovely bacterial haven. Most docs won't show you the old implants after your redo for this reason. There's yuck growing in them. Then check the bag of hospital grade saline. It has an expiration date and safe storage temperature. It's far lower/shorter than 98.6 degrees for five to fifteen years. You'd have to be a boob to surgically stuff these things in your body. You can't trust the FDA or the Docs. Neither would tell you what I just did. Always do your own research.

Im a 31 year old mother of 3 and i just had breast augmentation done in January. I opted to have the surgery for me and only me. After having my daughter and it being my 3rd pregnancy it left me with absolutely no volume in my breast. I researched for over 2 years for the right surgeon, this surgery has not only made me happier person but my husband has supported the decision 100%. I feel if you have this surgery to better your self for only you then it is well worth it. Don't do it to make your spouse happy, your partner or anyone else. There is nothing cosmetic about this surgery in my situation. I did it to make my breasts look normal like i did prior to having children. People who are haters of this just need to do more research, breast augmention just might not be for you but it was for me. I'm very happy with the results!

If a woman really wants implants, or a "lift", that's her business. I can't stand the new media hype about how women's bodies are ruined by having children. There's a "triple" surgery now, called the "Mommy Job".
Again, it's a woman's individual choice, but I've seen real media pressure come to bear recently on a mother's body. Are we not content with destroying teenage girls?

i am sorry but i had implants and i want to warn women about the illnesses and the price you pay with your health after getting implants. i had my implants removed in november of this year after having saline implants under the muscle .for 9 years...i went from experiencing dizziness, numbeness of hands, feet, everywhere. i developed water retention in my whole body, hair loss, i put on an enormouse amount of weight i mean the list goes on and on. ..i went to see every doctor in the book and was never diagnosed with anything. I feel alot better but it will be awhile before i start to feel like myself again. please ladies implants are not what they are made out to be whether saline or silicone they are both dangerous. are you ready for the amount of money that you will have to spend on future surgeries to either have them removed or to have them replaced because they do not last a lifetime so you will definitely have to have atleast an additonal surgery for what i mentioned. Not to mention if you have complications that would require additonal surgery.......it never ends all you will do is continuing to make these plastic surgeons and implant manufacturing companies flilthy rich and all at the cost of your health. i wish i would of been happier with myself i would of saved16,000 in both breast aumentation and breast explant surgery instead my 16,000 was probably the down payment on the house of my ps.
oh how i regret my decision....but i am so happy to be rid of those toxic bags that doctors to this day will call SAFE!!!

This story seems little more than a thinly veiled sales pitch for cosmetic breast surgery. Where's the critical evaluation? Where's the dissenting viewpoint? Sure, the last line or two raise a question or two. But how many readers will read the whole thing? This is a clear example of the kind of "journalism" that looks a lot more like "consumerism".