It has always been gospel to me that I would never ever ever consider breast implants. Iām just not that person. Iāve mentally rehearsed the reasons multiple times.
āNo way I could spend money on something so superficial when there are people in the world who canāt feed themselves. Plus, augmentation is expensive, and beauty shouldnāt only be accessible to the rich. It would be disloyal to all other small-breasted women too! I canāt desert their ranks and tilt the average size upwards. And I canāt capitulate toāand be complicit ināthe ridiculous idea that possessing breasts of a certain shape and size is an integral part of being a woman.āThen there are the more personal reasonsā¦
āIāve got heaps of smarts and other virtues, and thatās why someone should be with me. Anyone who likes me because Iām āhotā is missing the point of me, so it doesnāt matter what I look like. Iāve always valued the genuine over the fake anyway, whatās natural over whatās artificial. I just want to be me, and to be loved as such. Iād never be with anyone who finds my lack of breasts a deal-breaker, so itās a useful filter to apply. At the same time, Iām already lucky in how attractive I am. I usually get the men I wantāso clearly Iām doing just fine. Without augmentation.ā
But, Dan, theyāre really small. They disappear when Iām underneath someone, and theyāre these little droopy triangles when Iām on top. I fantasize about having the kind of boobs that are worth unveiling, that might even yield that moment of admiring speechlessness the first time I unbutton. (Or is that only in the movies?) As it is, Iām super self-conscious. I donāt feel sexy. My minuscule breasts are probably part of the reason I prefer sex drunk. What are your views on cosmetic surgery? Iāve never thought of myself as being the kind of person who would consider it. But Iām no longer sure that the authentic/fake dichotomy is as relevant to life as Iād assumed. And realistically I spend money on frivolous shit all the time.
Shallowness Makes A Lady Lousy
My views on cosmetic surgery: Our bodies are ours to use, and ours to use upāor alter, if we so choose.
My cutting to the chase: If you want bigger boobs, SMALL, feel free to get bigger boobs. Preferences are personal. Some people love big boobs (on themselves or others), some people love small boobs (ditto), some people have no strong preference one way or the other (ditto some more). There's a scene in Fleabag where Phoebe Waller-Bridge's character is lusted after for her tiny boobs, with a man hornily rattling off, "Theyāre so fucking tiny. Theyāre hardly even there. Where the fuck even are they?" (Kind of the opposite of "admiring speechlessness," I know, but close to the impact you're looking for and with the breasts you have now.) Other guys get off on being smothered by monster tits. But while one person's (or the majority of one gender's) preferences for your body shouldn't take precedent over your own preferences, SMALL, you're allowed to have your own preferences and your own reasons for having them and you're allowed to make changes to your own body for your own reasons. And it seems you've already made a decision: You want bigger boobs. So do it? Maybe? After consulting with a physician? After talking to shrink? To work through your conflicted feelings/motivations? And definitely after acquainting yourself with the possible side effects?
People from all walks of life get cosmetic surgery for reasons big and small. Of course, talking about plastic surgery can get messy. We encourage women to strive for unrealistic bodies and also disparage women for getting plastic surgery to achieve them. So, in a "damned if you do and damned if you don't" dilemma, SMALL, what do you do? You do what you wantāand what you want doesn't sound unrealistic or unachievable. You just want a set. You're the only person living in your body (unless you're posessed or something, which you aren't (right?))āand like a tattoo, a gigantic ear gauge, a cock piercing or worse, the decision is ultimately and finally yours to make. Interrogate your motives, think it through, side effects, etc., but if you decide to do this... you have my (wholly unnecessary) blessing.
Some thoughts: Boob jobs require maintenance, a thing often overlooked before cosmetic surgery. They'll need to be replaced about every decade. (A mother of one my Tech-Savvy At-Risk Youth didn't replace her breast implants for almost twenty years. She suffered an almost-fatal leak that landed her in the ER three times. It's rare, but it can happen.) Also, a no-brainer, but breast implants feel different from natural breasts, so work with a good, patient doc who'll find you an implant you'll love. And again... there are risks.
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