Opinions please: Why do women get breast implants?

Lisa1971

I decided not to touch this with a ten foot pole...

I have a 12' pole you can borrow.

You never cease to crack me up!:laugh:

grrrlface

I have thought about doing it to feel better about myself! Certainly not crossed my mind that it would be to impress anyone else.

970Mikaela1

I decided not to touch this with a ten foot pole...

I have a 12' pole you can borrow.

Lolol i have a pole......

acknan

Equating boob jobs with low self-esteem and not wanting to be smart isn't exactly being a pal to women. It's tearing them down and demoralizing them for their motivations.

Cheers on this! We each have our own road to walk and we shouldn't judge from either perspective. We all do things to feel more attractive- both for ourselves and for others and that's okay!

RandiLandCHANGED

I'll be getting them as a reward to myself for all my hard work. For nursing three babies, and then losing the combined total of 215lbs I gained during my pregnancies. Motherhood has not been kind to that area. I used to have bigger breasts and now I don't. I want them back!

jnichel

I decided not to touch this with a ten foot pole...

I have a 12' pole you can borrow.

You never cease to crack me up!:laugh:

Imagine if I put a feather on the end of that 12' pole. I could crack people up in a large circular area.

jnichel

I'll be getting them as a reward to myself for all my hard work. For nursing three babies, and then losing the combined total of 215lbs I gained during my pregnancies. Motherhood has not been kind to that area. I used to have bigger breasts and now I don't. I want them back!

My wife was thinking like this before the breast cancer. Three kids, gravity.....she didn't necessarily want to get implants for size (as she was already on the larger size), but to perk them up. Or, as she put it, "So I don't have to tuck them in my pants anymore."

RobfromLakewood

I'm glad most (but not all) people have shied away from the idea that women are doing this to repair their low self-esteem or because their reasoning is deemed shallow. One of the primary factors people are on this site is to feel better about how they look. I am forever grateful that I've been able to reduce my body size and physically challenge myself as I am approaching 50. But I'd be lying if I said i don't like both the reflection in the mirror and the way people interact with me with the weight loss. I think it's human, not shallow to enjoy this. If a woman feels better about herself and experiences these same things, more power to her.

I would also add, that while I am proud of the work I put in, if my insurance covered lap-band surgery, I would have done that in a heartbeat. But cr@ppy insurance I had, I needed to hit the gym, bike and diet.

Cp731

I,have about $3000 saved up so far. Im doing this for me, I have been blessed w/ a child and my body did not return the favor, if that makes sense. I'm getting a lift, and implants. Im hoping my the end of the year.

kettcon

For the same reason why women lose weight, wear make-up, get their hair done, etc.... because it makes them feel good. Surgery is just more invasive than the above. This is not being shallow. I'm still the same person as I was before: wife, mother, good friend, etc., but with a bigger chest! I have no aspirations to become a stripper, porn star or reality star which is, unfortunately, the stigmatized view society has on women who get implants.

BeachGingerOnTheRocks

I can only speak to one scenario, as my wife had both her breasts removed due to cancer. She thought about not getting implants; our kids are well beyond the breast feeding stage, and no more will be coming...ever; it was more surgery and she had already been through a lot; and I was going to support her either way. In the end, she decided to have the reconstruction/implants because A) the insurance paid for it and she didn't want to have people staring at her and giving her the, "oh, you poor woman" look.

I don't think you're going to get one definite answer though, as some women do it to feel better about themselves, so do it to repair/rebuild, some do it to please someone else, etc. Different people, different circumstances, different results.

^My reason. I got mine in a two-step process with the bilateral mastectomy after chemo.

Life gave me poison lemons. I traded them for two small grapefruits.

quirkytizzy

^My reason. I got mine in a two-step process with the bilateral mastectomy after chemo.

Life gave me poison lemons. I traded them for two small grapefruits.

This is an awesome way to put it.

stumblinthrulife

Surely "women" aren't one homogenous mass with a single motivation?

I would imagine that every woman has a different motivation. Some will do it to feel better about themselves. Some will do it for attention. Some will do it for a particular man. I'm sure the motivations are endless and varied.

HardRockCamaro

Just as women probably have many reasons for getting the, contrary to what some have said, not all men like them.
I don't. I prefer natural, and don't care if that means flat, small, large or in-between.

diodelcibo

Confidence and aesthetics I think would be be on most's list.

whierd

Confidence and aesthetics I think would be be on most's list.

Your thighs are like tree trunks.

Adrini

I've heard of some women who do to get a richer man, and some who just want bigger tits. Though as a woman who has them I have to say I don't see the appeal.

WTF7

Ther are many reasons to get a boob job- hopefully for the right reason for them. Other than that - who cares!?

skinnyinnotime

For themselves.

Feeling pressure from others...how many times I've read on here 'real' women have curves blah blah blah

diodelcibo

Confidence and aesthetics I think would be be on most's list.

Your thighs are like tree trunks.

False, tree trunks are like my thighs.