I look around me and see more and more women with breast implants every day. Most of the results look great, especially in terms of the way they fill out clothing.
It's really the risk of complications and a less than perfect end result that leave me feeling squeamish. To put it simply I don't want to have surgery full stop. Especially, if I can avoid it.
A quick google search reveals a "breast augumentation patient education source" http://www.justbreastimplants.com/risks/. It’s a site designed to inform of the possible risks associated with breast surgery. The medical terms contained on the drop down menu are enough to cause a rupture in my brain, let alone my breasts:
* Bottoming out - Isn't that what happens to the economy sometimes?
* Capsular Contracture - Are we talking Star Wars?
* Gel Bleeding – Hmm… sounds nice
* Extrusion - Sounds like something dental related
* Symmastia - Groovy
* Hematoma - Another one of those words
* Seroma - And yet... another one of those words
* Mondor's Cord - I don't even want to know
*Necrosis - Will my boobs become a little neurotic?
* Breast implant rippling - Reminds me of raspberry ripple icecream
* Rupture/Deflation - Yay, my breasts might explode like balloons!
Add to that a "loss of sensation". So then, might I end up with some nice and icy, yet, presumably perky breasts? Sure, they will look good... too bad that I mightn’t be able to feel them!
The chance of success for breast augmentation depends on the amount of breast tissue that you have as well as the shape and contour of the breasts. A bad result is usually the result of a botched procedure performed by an unskilled or inexperienced plastic surgeon.
Even top surgeons mess up from time to time (think Tori Spelling and Tara Reid). Even with the best conditions there is always the chance of leaking and rupturing.
The biggest problem for me is that no implants are permanent. They require additional surgeries for their upkeep during a lifetime. For someone scared of hospitals and who can't even upkeep a manicure this poses a significant problem. I just don't feel like undergoing all that pain.
The most natural result of all methods is sub muscular (under the muscle) although this incurs a longer recovery period and is the most painful at the beginning.
I may be a wimp. I know that. But, forgive me - I just don't feel like being cut up and potentially winding up with some wonky, lacerated bazookas just because I feel my natural state could always do with some tweaking.
I think women who do undergo breast augmentation are incredibly brave but it's a worrying expectation. When so many women are walking around with large, round breasts (the obvious result of surgery) doesn't it increase the feeling among those that don't have implants that maybe they are missing out on the memo - that implants are better than au natural?
