Boob job!

I think women should start being more supportive of each other, even if you don't always agree with anothers choice. This is about a personal issue....Breasts are personal and a very important vital role in being a woman and feeling womanly. It has to do with the visual, but more importantly the spiritual feeling of being a woman. At least for me. Maybe it isn't for everyone and some might be comfortable living with the un comfort of what I live everyday. I won't be forcing my issues on them. I commend any woman who does her research and has the guts to go through with it because it is not an easy step to take.

Just know that it is not as simple as people are led to believe. You have to have the implants replaced every 10 years. You can get heavy scar tissue in there and lumpy breasts. Also, you will probably need a breast lift to get optimal results (or the implant will be like a baseball in a tube sock...LOL)...and the lift causes more scarring on the breast than just implants. Otherwise, it can do a lot for your self image and if you want it, just go with all information. Tummy tuck...most people I know who had one are thrilled with them. Healing is hard, this is a very big operation and you have recovery time involved. Scar is not pretty, but it is low down. Can be improved by cortisone shots and lasers after it heals if it looks bad. Everyone I know who had it says they would definitely do it again.

I find it really sad when women want to get breast implants and other cosmetic surgery. *sigh* You are buying into society's expectations that women need to forever be young, and they need to have big tits (which is hilarious considering breast feeding is nearly taboo in our culture, so they are really supposed to be big fat bags that are just for looks). It's silly, I think we should all focus on being healthy, and letting our body look however it is and be proud of it. I look up to women who rock what they have instead of rush to the knife to be how they think they are "supposed to look." You had babies, you were a mommy. In my opinion, you shouldn't want to look like you did in highschool, you should want to rock yourself because that is your badge of honor, your battle scars.

I mean good for you if you want to do something that rewards yourself for accomplishing your (amazing!!) goal, but I have a hard time thinking that undergoing expensive SURGERY to look how society (I know, I know, you tell yourself it is "for you") wants you to look.

Sorry to be harsh.

It's the moral (and societal) issues I have when women get big beach ball boobs, even before they have kids (like that idiot famous person who got them and then was upset because she couldn't breast feed afterwards, it's like, Duh! You mess around in there with foreign objects enough and they aren't going to work properly!!) so that they are "attractive." There is nothing wrong with having little pert boobs. And I realize now that is not what you are adressing.

So I take back what I said about conforming to society, it's ok for you to want to go back to where you want to be, as long as you aren't wanting to "fix" yourself into something totally new. It was a bit naive of me to not understand where you are coming from, escpecially since I haven't had kids. And I know you don't need approval from me, I am just apologizing mostly.

Moral issues? LOL. Getting aesthetics confused with morals... isn't that difficult to do? Wow.

Yes, I consider changing your body (as in, what God gave you) drastically is a moral issue. Getting a boob job is not necessarily just aesthetics. It is a big, invasive deal, it's not like dyeing your hair. I personally beleive that you should rock and be proud of what you were given, and not try "fix" it unless there is something wrong (ie: getting reduction surgery because your back is being damaged etc). In the original poster's case, like I outlined, she really isn't trying to "fix" HERSELF, she is trying to "fix" CHANGES to her body brought on by challenging events taking a toll. That is why I consider it a more aesthetic issue (more like upkeep) than a moral issue, and why I consider getting beach ball breast implants because you aren't happy with your cute pert ones (as in, CHANGING your body drastically) a moral issue.