For women there are so many options to change their appearance, whether it is make-up or plastic surgery. But as the plastic surgery trend seems to be on the rise, we dove into the brasserie of life and figured out what we felt. Natural breast or silicone ones, the answer was up to us. Should women subject themselves to surgery or leave the boobies as they are?
Au Naturale
Brooklyn Schlote
Breast augmentations, otherwise known as breast implants, are something that should be left to the Playboy Bunnies. Women mostly get breast implants to make them feel beautiful and like a real woman, but to me the risk is too high. Some get implants to reverse the sagging that time has forced on them, but what they need to realize is, replacing your implants after five years is a must to reduce sagging. Ironic, as this is what women after the “perfect set” are trying to avoid and are spending about as much money for a community college education.
Why waste the time it takes to recover and the money for something easily fixed with a Victoria’s Secret Wonder Bra? If I was reaching up a girl’s shirt, the last thing I’d want to feel is Malibu Barbie’s chest hidden under her blouse or breasts pointed so high up on your chest they look they are trying to put Batman’s signal in the sky.
The risk of surgery is not worth the feeling of having watermelons stuffed in your bra, and they feel the same too. And some doctor’s claim to have “natural” feeling implants, but what’s natural about silicone or saline in your chest? Exactly, nothing. Implants look anything but natural and impose the stereotype that all the women are good for is a trophy rack. One of the risks of implants is leaking. If a tear or a nick occurs in your implant, your chest could be filled with silicone.
Tears, nicks and bursting can happen from a car accident, a hard fall or even your doctors performing a biopsy. Contrary to popular belief, breast implants do not cause breast cancer, but they can make it more difficult to detect breast cancer because they can hide tumors. Mammograms can’t see through the implants, and recent research indicates doctors will miss the tumors of half of the augmented women who have breast cancer.
Another risk of implants is a change in nipple sensation. This is can be caused by stretching of the skin by the implant, not the incision site. Temporary changes are fairly common and usually resolve after six months however, 70% of women experience no change. Sometimes it is permanent, with 20% experiencing diminished sensitivity or numbness, and 10% found that sensations were enhanced. This may affect breast feeding or sexual arousal. Just when you thought it would make you feel sexier, your nipples could be feeling nothing at all.
The idea of implants giving women beauty is preposterous. I respect the choice that women make when it comes to their own well-being and how they look. But if a dangerous surgery is what it takes to make a woman feel beautiful and good about herself, maybe it’s time to take a look at your surrounding influences. Being beautiful to a woman should not involve how many CC’s are in her chest, but how she carries herself. Dangerous surgery, costly silicone and jeers that could result are not the answer. Self-love is.
Implants
Dale Krause
From oo to OO.
In this century of changes where beauty is stylized to fit every occasion, women customize everything about themselves; from dye in their hair to the makeup they apply to accentuate their eyes. Now, if a woman is unhappy with her mammaries, she can undergo an upgrade for a premium price.
Breast augmentation seems to be a pretty hot topic in this day and age and depending on the material used, a new pair of cans can cost anywhere from $1000 to an outrageous fee of $3, 885, according to the American Society for Aesthetic Surgery.
In an almost entirely male-driven society where ads and commercials push the envelope for the sexy appeal of the plush female form, it’s a simple assessment that the natural body is not taken into account in regards to how beautiful imperfections of every aspect can be; whether the imperfection be anything from nose to fingers to breasts. But breast implants actually have some positive pushes other than simply enhancing that skewed ideology of modern day sex appeal.
For one, the implants could actually boost confidence. It’s been reported that women with small breasts sometimes feel that their bodies lack balance and this creates worry with the thought of attractive appearance.
Another positive repercussion of pillowing the bosom is that an implant can add perk to breasts that have lost shape and become, for lack of a better term, saggy. The implants will then cause lift to the form and eliminate any pear-shaped body symmetry.
For the most part, getting implants is medically safe. The FDA approved gel breast implants for women who are 22 and older on November 2006. For extra measure, the FDA requires makers of implants to study 80,000 women with breast implants for a minimum of 10 years.
This topic swims with controversy of course, and the final reason rests solely on the fence.
At one point it was reported that going under the knife for breast implants could be used to help aid in reconstructive surgery for patients who have had to endure the awful experience of breast cancer. But, due to a release by the FDA on January 26, 2011, stated that there could be a possible link between saline or silicone gel breast implants to anaplastic large cell lymphoma. Lymphoma (ALCL) is a very rare form of cancer. The FD, in an effort to inform potential implantees of the possible and unknown risks will be working with implant manufacturers throughout the year to update their product labeling materials.
However, be assured, that ALCL is fairly rare. ALCL is found in breast tissue only about 3 out of every 100 million women nationwide without breast implants, according to the National Cancer Institute.
In any case, the body is a fragile thing and falsified beauty is nothing more than a personal preference. The old cliché “money can’t buy happiness” has always resonated deeply with me, but if a woman with a pair of 34 A’s wants to hulk to a 34 C cup, then be my guest; stuff your brazier with cash. Just remember that it’s all material.