Mommy Wants Her Body Back

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  • Posted By: blam @ 12/17/2007 10:24:31 PM

    I used to work for Dow Corning until the class action lawsuit by silicone implant victims who got sick. We were all told then silicone implants were safe. Silicone is an inert chemical, we were told, and we all believed it like a bunch of robots. Myself and thousands of other Dow employees got laid off shortly after the lawsuit, no doubl as a result of company financial ruin. Now, they are telling us saline implants are equally safe. It is only salt water, we are told. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.

  • Posted By: jaynemagee @ 12/17/2007 9:06:33 PM

    Do some of you people re-read your comments after you write them? How embarassed you must be after you realize how TOTALLY IDIOTIC some of them sound!! I mean, give me a break -- "breast implants drive the feminists crazy" -- that's ridiculous! The women who have sounded off negatively here have to remember one thing -- IT'S NOT THEIR BODY!! And don't pass judgment on someone else just b/c they decide to enhance their breasts!! What makes you the decider of what is or is not "vain" -- one must not judge other people who they KNOW NOTHING ABOUT!

    • Posted By: wikiman @ 12/17/2007 9:12:17 PM

      Hooray and well said. Gooby doo, no offense ment, I am sure your a kind person and what you say is heartfelt.

  • Posted By: lileddie @ 12/17/2007 10:00:42 PM

    we humans have always tried to be more attractive to the opposite sex. We are not alone nor did we dream this idea up yesterday. It is just as important to be accepted well by the opposite sex and should be looked upon as a basic neccessity. All members of the animal kingdom us included do it all the time without knowing it. Some folks say it is vain, is it then vain to brush your teeth, comb your hair, have good posture and manners.. think about it

    • Posted By: Barkingkitty @ 12/17/2007 10:22:56 PM

      Basic hygiene is VERY different from surgical procedures to enhance appearance. While I agree with your point that we, as members of the animal kingdom have been trying to make ourselves more attractive for years, I find fault with you lumping surgical procedures in with those that are not physically invasive. Good posture, brushing hair and teeth - even using hair color, make-up, jewelry and perfume - I can accept all of those. But to surgically enhance the body to make us more attractive and accepted by the opposite sex? Totally different ideas, only one of which carries the potential surgical risk as well as the potential side affects associated with the introduction of a foreign substance into the body.

  • Posted By: jaynemagee @ 12/17/2007 9:45:03 PM

    WOW! goobydoo is MALE! With most of the comments you posted, I thought for sure you were a woman -- Where do you get off? Or perhaps that's the problem here ... LOL ... you say things like "The women are doing this for vain reasons, nothing else and that is sad" -- HOW WOULD YOU EVEN KNOW????? LOO-WHO-WHO-WHO-SER!!!

    • Posted By: goobydoo @ 12/17/2007 9:48:58 PM

      Give me a non-vain reason. Can you?

      • Posted By: jaynemagee @ 12/17/2007 9:58:16 PM

        Gooby, you're missing the point here -- I don't need to give you a non-vain reason BECAUSE IT'S NONE OF MY CONCERN! NOR IS IT YOUR CONCERN! YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE BREASTS -- HOW CAN YOU POSSIBLY PASS JUDGMENT ON WHAT IS OR IS NOT VAIN, OR WHAT WILL OR WILL NOT BOOST A WOMAN'S SELF-ESTEEM! WHAT A LOSER!

        NOBODY WANTS TO HEAR YOUR COMMENTS ANYMORE! BESIDES, YOUR A MAN -- GO POST COMMENTS IN SOME MALE ENHANCEMENT CHATROOM.

        • Posted By: goobydoo @ 12/17/2007 10:21:38 PM

          I have simply put that it negatively impacts our youth. I care about our children and how their lives are going to be like. I am not trying to make judements or decisions for anyone.

  • Posted By: Señora @ 12/17/2007 10:19:11 PM

    I had breast augmentation 10 years ago and have regretted it ever since. I have no feelings on any part of my chest area and it has really had an impact on my sex life. I would not recommend it to anyone.

  • Posted By: mufipoo @ 12/17/2007 6:33:39 PM

    WELL SAID!!! Thats all I have to say! You are absolutly right. To my understanding men like squeezing soft breasts not trying to man handle a basketball!!!! Thats not a turn on when you have a rock solid mass stuffed into your chest, Talk about stuffington bear factory! Not to mention if you put a flash light up against some of the fake breasts you can actually see the bag, YUCK!!

    • Posted By: treyaj @ 12/17/2007 6:45:11 PM

      Implants inserted by a competent plastic surgeon are not a "rock solid mass" stuffed into your chest". Implant surgery successfully done creates totally life like breasts, both in appearance and feel.

      • Posted By: mufipoo @ 12/17/2007 7:07:25 PM

        Yeah sure! They look and feel like cocunuts! Breasts are supposed to move and jiggle not be completely stiff and ROCK SOLID! But seriously girls where is your cofindence? You seriously have to stuff bags in your chest to feel good about yourself, Its pathetic!!! I love my b cup breast they fit my body and they move and you can actually squeeze them.. Ha ha My husband just said he would hate to make love to a basketball it would be a turn off!!!! lol Good luck hopfully in your future your BAGS dont look horrible and cause a health problem!

        • Posted By: srmzeus11 @ 12/17/2007 10:14:46 PM

          If artificial breasts are that hard and firm, they were not done properly. There is no way encapsulated saline or silicon fluid should be hard. They will be more firm if the implant is put under the muscle tissue as opposed to on top.

  • Posted By: UDGRAD2007 @ 12/17/2007 10:14:10 PM

    . I had a breast reduction in September of 2001. Unfortunately, the surgeon did not take me down to the size that we had agreed upon pre-surgery. The reason I needed a breast reduction was because post--pregnancy my breasts were HUGE, and the weight on my shoulders and back was making me extremely uncomfortable, and the migraines were excruciating. I waited for a few years to see if my breasts shrunk any after I lost a bunch of weight...but no luck.

    Then, I had liposuction done on my breasts on December 22, 2005 by a doctor who was only certified to practice Internal Medicine, and was practicing plastic surgery without any formal education/training in the field. Since then, the complications are horrid, and I wish that I would have just left my breasts alone and would have been happy with what God gave me.

    I knew that I would never get my size 6/8 pre-pregnancy body back after two pregnancies, but I didn't want to look like a balloon that was ready to burst up top either. For all those women out there who are wishing for more up top, or to have a reduction done...my heartfelt advice to you is this. Unless it is medically necessary for you to undergo ANY plastic procedure I recommend you forgo it and be happy with what God gave you. Regardless of how large/small a woman is up top...you are beautiful just the way you are. Don't mess with what God gave you.

  • Posted By: lolaray @ 12/17/2007 9:56:22 PM

    Whoops I meant that this article seems to be another one that pretends to be "news" but in reality it's only purpose is to try to persuade the masses to spend more money on superfluous items that contribute to the degradation of society and the physical environment.

    • Posted By: saving-sevon @ 12/17/2007 10:13:51 PM

      I completely agree. Actually, that explains it all.

  • Posted By: Bevken @ 12/17/2007 10:12:51 PM

    I've seen too many people that i know and love fight breast cancer. They had to unwillingly lose a breast, or both. It is for this reason that I can never understand why a healthy woman, no matter what size breasts she has, going under the knife willingly to enlarge breasts that are perfectly healthy. Lets gain some perspective people. Do breasts really make the woman or is it what is inside? [I can say this as a small chested woman, and believe me, my fiance does just fine with what he has to work with.)

  • Posted By: chagenstudio@hotmail.com @ 12/17/2007 6:33:07 PM

    I'm surprised that no one in this article mentions lifting light wieghts as a means to firm, beautiful breasts. When I was 48 I noticed that my yoga and walking daily wasn't helping my aging breasts. I started lifting light wieghts (2-3 lbs) and added moderate push ups. Although a gradual process, I gained strength and increased the number of lifting set and increase the difficulty of my push up. I increase the size of my breasts significantly - 36B to 38C. Most importantly, the muscles from my shoulders to my breasts and under my arms to the sides of my breasts have filled out so the skin has smoothed. After nursing two children and at 50, my breasts are firmer and more beautiful than ever. Take your time and take care of your body naturally.

    • Posted By: Shuttsjer @ 12/17/2007 7:00:17 PM

      I believe this is the best answer to getting better and bigger breasts. Why not do a little lifting and exercising. It will help firm up your breast and the rest of your body and give you the confidence that you're looking for, more than expensive surgery will. Save your money for a well deserved vacation or something else you've always wanted. Be happy and enjoy what you've got, not everyone cares about breasts. We will love you no matter what.

      • Posted By: srmzeus11 @ 12/17/2007 10:12:43 PM

        This post is totally misleading. Working out the pectoral muscles is likely to make your breasts smaller as opposed to larger, as the fatty tissue is replaced by lean muscle. They would look firmer and sit higher as those muscles get tighter and pull them up. The breast size may have gone from 36b to 38 due to bigger muscles since you measure all the way around the body, but there is no way the cup size increased from b to c. Complete fiction.

  • Posted By: lolaray @ 12/17/2007 10:10:26 PM

    There's an alternative answer for elderly women who still have a high libido. Vibrators. They cost a lot less and they love you and pleasure you irregardless of how you look. I mean if a man likes you more for your fake boobs, then they're not really after affection are they?

  • Posted By: Barkingkitty @ 12/17/2007 10:08:21 PM

    It boggles my mind how many women refer to their pre-baby bodies as "normal." The implication is, of course, that their post-baby bodies are abnormal. Our bodies - just like our minds and wisdom, our spirit and our experience, all change as we get older and have babies - as it SHOULD be! Get over this need to grab for your youth, ladies. Embrace the here and now, and stop the surgical enhancements to try and recapture your "former glory." Appreciate who you are and what you look like right now; you've earned the right! . My bet is that most women wouldn't want to change their wisdom or experience for what they had in their earlier years; why then, so obsessed with the physical appearance?

  • Posted By: jacy-e @ 12/17/2007 8:19:20 PM

    MAN, Americas *** up! Our media tells us, the culture of "mind-less consumer whores" that the more supreficial the woman is the more beautiful she is also. dont get me wrong, if you can think... at all, let alone for your self, and decide you wanna do something, by all means go straight ahead. As for me, Im not sacraficing my body or my peace of mind by chasing after your impossible standerds!

    • Posted By: prettyinpink @ 12/17/2007 8:28:29 PM

      My standard is a handful...am I asking too much?

      • Posted By: jacy-e @ 12/17/2007 8:36:38 PM

        as i said, you should be asking your self, that question... not me or any one else in this world.

        • Posted By: twoatatime @ 12/17/2007 8:51:14 PM

          Ok. Then a handful is not asking too much.

          • Posted By: Bevken @ 12/17/2007 10:08:20 PM

            I heard more than a mouthful was wasted. And i'm sticking to that. I'm 26 years old, been pressured by the media, taunted by boys at school, but I love my body (my breasts are barely a B cup). They are feminine, natural, and don't get in the way when i swing a golf club!

  • Posted By: angelwilco @ 12/17/2007 10:03:18 PM

    check-out Explantation.com or some of the many other web-sites dedicated to women who have gotten terribly ill from these toxic bags as they call them. Scary-

  • Posted By: FreeTibet @ 12/17/2007 10:02:18 PM

    Perhaps we should be angered by the increasingly disturbing societal messaging targeted at females and moved to action to do something about it. Perhaps, we should extend compassion and examine the drivers behind the undercurrent of growing narcissism that's fueling much of the demand for body alteration services and then address those issue head on.

  • Posted By: newsweek99 @ 12/17/2007 9:15:38 PM

    From some of the responses posted here, it seems to be generally populated with chauvinist males.
    Just to set the mood here, I am a male and I like women. Not to say that I go around and ogle their bodies or look for new adventures, because I already have a loving wife.
    Some of you seem to believe that a woman is just an object that is void of self- image or esteem.
    The women that are getting breast argumentation are not exclusively doing so to please some man or attract attention to them selves. The principal reason is to regain some of the wonder of youth that age has taken from her.
    This remark is directed to those male skeptics that have posted negative remarks regarding something that you evidently know nothing about.
    Mentally suppose yourself in a position where your chauvinist balls should just shrivel up and disappear and old faithful should develop into something less dependable. If there were some medical procedure that could restore that 20-year-old resilience, you would be on the first flight and first in line to get it. Fortunately, there is Viagra, but that is just a crutch to substitute for what is lost.
    Take that to another level, let???s suppose that your nose should collapse and close the opening then turn a paler shade of gray. You could still function, but your face would be grotesque. Now, wouldn???t you seek out a doctor that could fix it?
    Walk a mile in her shoes before you start berating and thrashing how someone is living.
    Be careful what you wish for ~ Et cetera ~ Et cetera
    JRT

    • Posted By: goobydoo @ 12/17/2007 9:28:59 PM

      So are you saying that all these women are walking around with their breasts exposed and everyone is grossed out by them. Your examples don't work. Not all men would run out to get some procedure done. That is shallow of you to say so. The women are doing this for vain reasons, nothing else and that is sad.

      • Posted By: right-on @ 12/17/2007 9:47:37 PM

        do you know every woman in the world,how the heck do you know why woman are getting implants,there are alot of reasons,keep your opinions to yourself,i think everyone is tired of reading your comments!!!!!!!!!!!

        • Posted By: goobydoo @ 12/17/2007 9:59:01 PM

          No, just the ones that know that I am right and don't like it. How about you stop posting against me and find somthing useful to say.

  • Posted By: MyWorld @ 12/17/2007 9:58:57 PM

    I have taken time to read most of the comments here about boobs reconstruction or augmentation whatever you call it, and going by many of them it is obvious that WE (women who do boobs augmentation and men who like them and want their women to augment their boobs) are all slaves to the ephemeral. Very soon we would be opting for leg replacement to make us have slimmer and sexy legs, or head reconstruction to shape our heads into the "right" form. We all should be sadden and mortified by this craze for the artificial and insubstantial. Instead of focusing on the tangible, the person we are inside, we are focusing on the insubstantial, the physical. It is really very sad and pathetic. And I don???t think this is an issue of freedom or women liberation movement, or women having the right to do whatever they want with their bodies. As far as I am concerned it is a matter of values, an issue of fallen morals and misplacement of priorities and what is most important in life. It is not just about boobs argumentation or cosmetic/plastic surgery it is an issue of corrupted value system.

  • Posted By: MyWorld @ 12/17/2007 9:57:39 PM

    I have taken time to read most of the comments here about boobs reconstruction or augmentation whatever you call it, and going by many of them it is obvious that WE (women who do boobs augmentation and men who like them and want their women to augment their boobs) are all slaves to the ephemeral. Very soon we would be opting for leg replacement to make us have slimmer and sexy legs, or head reconstruction to shape our heads into the "right" form. We all should be sadden and mortified by this craze for the artificial and insubstantial. Instead of focusing on the tangible, the person we are inside, we are focusing on the insubstantial, the physical. It is really very sad and pathetic. And I don???t think this is an issue of freedom or women liberation movement, or women having the right to do whatever they want with their bodies. As far as I am concerned it is a matter of values, an issue of fallen morals and misplacement of priorities and what is most important in life. It is not just about boobs argumentation or cosmetic/plastic surgery it is an issue of corrupted value system.

  • Posted By: lileddie @ 12/17/2007 9:54:20 PM

    opposite sexes have always strived to be attractive to members of the opposite sex. this goes from humans right on down the animal chain deer,birds,etc.. so I see nothing wrong with people trying to better themselves by whatever means to feel and be more attractive.

  • Posted By: titi @ 12/17/2007 9:52:01 PM

    We're in 21 century! The century with lots of changing and improving, together with the succesfful overcome of technology with help so much for the human being.
    "Are we getting to the point where there's no such thing as natural aging?" asks Diana Zuckerman, president of the National Research Center for Women and Families. "So you have a baby and you no longer look 20. Is that so hard to deal with?" This is not the point. The point it we just want to look better and happier.Period!! We don't harm anybody so we don't care what other think about us because this is our body and this is our choice, so go for it if we want it. There is not wrong about a women at her 40 want to look younger like her 20.

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