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Old 06-28-2012, 10:06 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Default Breast Implants - love them or regret them?

Post on another board got me thinking...

For those of you ladies who have them:
- why did you get them?
- do you love them?
- do you regret getting them?
- how have they affected your self-esteem?
- have they improved your life/sex life?
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Old 06-28-2012, 11:43 AM   #2 (permalink)
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First off I think that Cosmetic Surgery is a personal matter and nobody has a right to judge a woman for it if it makes her feel better about herself.

I don't have anything against breast implants and I have considered them myself since they are alot saggier after breast feeding and I am 145 lbs and only a 36C.

Here is a reason why I think it is a personal choice:

1) I have 2 girlfriends who had 34Ds growing up. They were confident, the envy of alot of us since they had a small waist as well. After they breast fed their children they went down to a B cup. They lost volume and perkiness on their breasts. Are we to judge them for wanting what they previously had?

2) Another friend of mine is a size A and is incredibly insecure. She also has large areola too. Are we to judge if she wants to go bigger to make her breasts proportional?

3) Let's face it, due to hormones, most teen girls are bigger breasted than previous generations of girls. A size C or D is quite common nowadays in high school so if a woman is smaller than alot of 13 or 14 year olds, how can't she feel insecure? I am sure most men would feel insecure if they knew freshman boys had a bigger penis then them too.

We all have our opinions but I think it is left up to the individual and let them make the decision.
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Old 06-28-2012, 11:49 AM   #3 (permalink)
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My best friend got them. They improved her self esteem so much that she finally got the nerve to leave her crappy husband.

Her new boyfriend is enjoying them now.
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Post on another board got me thinking...

For those of you ladies who have them:
- why did you get them?
- do you love them?
- do you regret getting them?
- how have they affected your self-esteem?
- have they improved your life/sex life?
i got them bc my exh loved big breasts and my barely b-cups weren't enough.i got tired of seeing him look longingly at the big breasted gals and make pa comments about my breasts

i don't hate them as much as I used to but I am not a fan of them.

I regret it.everytime i shop for shirts,bras,bathing suits...i regret them.

i've always had a healthy self esteem except for that lapse when i went into crazyland and let my ********* ex make me feel like less than a woman bc i didn't have bodacious tatas.
my breasts don't dictate my self esteem. so i'm fine on that.

my breasts don't dictate how good or bad my sex life is. if i had no breasts I'd still be rocking a kick a$$ sex life ;-)
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for what it's worth, I don't care what other women choose to do with their body.it's their choice.implants can be great for many women...just not for me.
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That's my point. My friend got them because her husband and I quote didn't like her being a member of the "itty bitty titty club" so she got them done then realized her husband was an ass who didn't love her for who she was so she left him.
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My best friend got them. They improved her self esteem so much that she finally got the nerve to leave her crappy husband.

Her new boyfriend is enjoying them now.
If the wife wants new boobs the odds your marriage is in danger increases drastically. Sex ranking goes up per the MMSP and so does the wandering eyes.
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Maybe I am old school, but fake anything is unappealing. Does that make me a naturalist?
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If the wife wants new boobs the odds your marriage is in danger increases drastically. Sex ranking goes up per the MMSP and so does the wandering eyes.
My husband said the same thing. When I told him she was getting them done he said "she'll leave him soon".

He was right.
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Post on another board got me thinking...

For those of you ladies who have them:
- why did you get them?
- do you love them?
- do you regret getting them?
- how have they affected your self-esteem?
- have they improved your life/sex life?
LOVE THEM! Went from a small B to a large/full C.

I got them to make my body more proportionate and make me feel better about myself. I was not married at the time, so I didn't do it for ANY man...........just me!! One of the best decisions of my life.

Will never regret getting them, and would do it all over if I had to.

My self-esteem greatly impoved afterwards.

My sex life has always been goood, before and after.

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Two of my friends have saline implants but they got it for reasons you don't ever want to face. They got breast cancer at a young age. The implants were done as part of the reconstruction after their mastectomies. They seem pleased with the results. One friend even allowed me to touch them as part of a public service about the importance of mammograms. It felt pretty natural.

The other person I know who has them looks good with hers. She's a workout fanatic. Very toned everywhere but low body fat percentage. The implants look nice on her. I think she went with silicone implants.

None of them left their spouses after getting implants.

If women want implants, they've been informed of the surgical risks and they have the money to spend on the procedure, I say go for it. Make sure you do it for you, not someone else. It's a drastic body modification, but I don't have a problem with the procedure itself.
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Old 06-28-2012, 12:28 PM   #13 (permalink)
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To re-focus the question...

What would have helped in your decision-making process before getting them to help you better understand whether you would love them or regret them?

For example, I bet if you got them to please a man, you might regret them. If you got them because of your low self-esteem and/or body image then maybe you love them. Just guessing here.
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It's so hard to say how you'll feel about something like this. You never truly know what it'll be like until you do it.

I think your chances for regret are higher if you're doing it for someone else of course. but even if you're doing it for you, it might backfire and make you feel worse bc having bigger breasts didn't magically fix your self esteem issues.
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It's so hard to say how you'll feel about something like this. You never truly know what it'll be like until you do it.

I think your chances for regret are higher if you're doing it for someone else of course. but even if you're doing it for you, it might backfire and make you feel worse bc having bigger breasts didn't magically fix your self esteem issues.
Absolutely agree - that's why I'd love to get women's opinions on this - why they did it and whether they love/regret them to see if there's a pattern there.

Souther Wife - it seems you did it for self esteem issues and love them, but Scarlet, sounds like you did it for another and regret them - correct?

Also, still looking for definition on MMSP please.
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