Fake Boobs — Are They Worth It?
Last night I watched a digitally recorded episode of The Office. Branch Manager Michael Scott (played by Steve Carrell) had broken up with his DIstrict Manager girlfriend, Jan, because she was angry, mean, controlling, manipulative, condescending, etc. Two weeks later, she walks in with a new set of fake boobs, and Michael caves completely. Forgetting their plethora of problems, he dives back into the sack with her simply out of fascination with her new bulging breasts. Everyone else around The Office notices too, of course, and all kinds of comments are made, both positive and negative, the funniest being Creed’s response: “I like ‘em au-naturale, Baby! Swing Low, Sweet Chariot!”
This show reminded me of a Facebook inquiry I recently received, and this gal (I’ll call her Karen) really wanted advice as to what she should do. She was contemplating breast implants because she’d caught her husband repeatedly looking at pornography portraying tall, thin women with really big breasts. She bemoaned, “I’m tall and thin, but I only have B’s, and I’d really like to have DD’s!”
It reminded me of the funny card I saw in a Papyrus store recently, explaining the real meaning behind bra sizes: A=almost boobs, B=barely boobs, C=cup-full-of-boobs, D=damn!, DD=double-damn!, E=enormous!
I replied to Karen that I think the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence. While I wouldn’t describe myself as “tall & thin” necessarily, I do wear a DD bra. And I’ve longed to have breast reduction surgery at times (until I learned there’s a high risk of nerve damage). I see magazine pictures with fit & trim women and their perky B-cup breasts and I think, “I’m relatively fit & trim, so why do I have to lug these jugs around?” The answer? Genetics. My mother was blessed in the breast department, and my grandmother, well, let’s just say she was generously endowed! But in Heaven, when I get my new body, I want B-cups!
I wouldn’t throw a stone at women for getting breast enhancement surgery if that’s truly a driving desire of their hearts. I’ve known a couple of women who got breast implants because they were so flat they didn’t fill their blouse or lingerie out at all. “The flaps just lay there against my rib cage! It doesn’t feel sexy at all to feel like a pre-pubescent girl!” one exclaimed. I never blamed her or thought she was vain for simply wanting to look and feel better in their clothes.
But I’ve also known women who really regret getting breast implants. One said, “I just wanted my husband’s attention, but now I’ve got EVERY man’s attention! It’s overwhelming, exhausting, and degrading.” Another said, “I think I got mine too large. I’ve been told that I look promiscuous, and I hate that.” Yet another had hers surgically removed after six months because once the initial fascination wore off, she found them difficult to hide from the public’s view, a burden during exercise, and a distraction to both the men and women in her office. “I gave them too much to talk about, and I hated feeling like everyone was whispering behind my back about my boob job, so I took them out.” She also bemoaned, “I’ve spent enough money on plastic surgery, bigger bras & clothes, reversal surgery, and smaller bras & clothes to finance most of my son’s college education, and that’s money I can never recooperate or invest more wisely. I’m kicking myself.”
Maybe it’s just easy for me to say, “Fake boobs aren’t worth it!” because I’ve been naturally blessed. Perhaps I’d feel differently if I wasn’t. But again, I wish most days that I didn’t have this much of them. I told my husband about the Facebook inquiry, and asked, “Do you wish I had B-boobs instead of DD-boobs?” It was a dangerous question, I know, but he tiptoed through the landmine beautifully. He said, “Well, I’ve never had B-boobs, so I don’t know. I love your boobs just the way they are. All men should love their wives’ boobs just because they belong to HER.”
Yeah. I liked that. Beyond that rack of boobage, whether large or small, silicone or au-naturale, lies a heart yearning for unconditional love… for acceptance and affirmation… for attention and affection. Is THAT what women are paying thousands of dollars for when they get breast implants? My guess is you can’t put a price tag on these things. The insecurities and relational issues we have BEFORE surgery will only remain (and even escalate) after surgery.
Karen (the Facebook inquiry) wanted lots of advice about whether she should go through with breast implants or not, so please offer your own loving words of wisdom. What would YOUR advice be if a woman posed such a question to you?
Wishing you much confidence in your cups, whether they sag or overflow!
Shannon
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Bemoaning my small size (BC, before children), my friend used to tell me, “More than a handful is a waste!”
I guess I would urge her to be extremely cautious about implants just for cosmetic as opposed to reconstructive surgery.
Sex appeal to me is more about, attitude that body part sizes.
I just remembered a book I read years ago, maybe in the 70′s by a man named Maxwell Maltz- “Psycho-Cybernetics.” I believe he was a plastic surgeon, and he became fascinated with trying to understand why his patients after surgery still had the same negative self image they did before surgery. I believe his conclusion was that self image was more about your internal thoughts than external looks.
Before I gained a lot of weight (and before giving birth to three kids), I wore a size B cup. The joke in my family was my sister took after my mom (big boobs) and I took after my dad. Sometime it would bother me, not having a lot to look at and no cleveage. But, now that I wear a D cup, sometimes I wish I was back to a B. They get in the way when I am trying to exercise and play with my kids. My advice is just be happy where you are with what you have. The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.
I Peter 3:3-4 answers the question perfectly.God created everything about you, and if He wanted something different for you,He would’ve created you that way.Instead of a “standard of beauty” coming from porn,our “standard of beauty” (as believers) comes not from man, but from our Creator.I understand the desire as a woman to be attractive to your man,but my desire to honor my Savior is of far more importance.The Lord also calls us to be good stewards of our finances, and isn’t this surgery expensive? The issue here isn’t “throwing stones” at a woman who desires this,but are we supposed to follow every desire we have? We live in a fallen world,and while i may have the “desire” to be intimate with my boyfriend,I chose obedience (abstinence)over that desire until marriage.(That’s very hard at times, but it’s His desire and His will for my life).Obedience is protection, and if you obey the Lord in this or any other area, He will bless you.
I believe that I am blessed with my body: I am tall, skinny, and wear size C. I do not show off my breasts, neither hide them; I wear clothes those properly cover me. However, I get a lot (in my opinion) unwelcome attention from men.
I would advise this woman to try wearing push-up bras first and see if she likes the attention and to see how her husband would react. Also, she should talk to her husband, but it may backfire – he might insist on doing the boobs.
I think that cosmetics and clothes are enough to enhance our appearance. Do not do anything that involves surgery unless it will improve your health.
Hold the phone.
She’s wanting to get implants because she caught her hubby looking at women with large breasts? Am I the only one that sees something wrong with that, in itself?
Does she believe that getting those DD’s will make her husband stop wanting to look at porn? If so, then her plan will backfire.
They need to get help to put an end to his unhealthy addiction, as I’m sure you’ve already discussed with her.
I’ve heard from more than one man, that they don’t want their wives to be like the women in the pornography they look at. On the contrary, I’ve also heard a few men say they DO want their wives to look more like a porn star.
Either way, I truly do not believe her getting implants will make him stop watching porn or make her feel better about herself.
Healing needs to be done within. If, after they have worked on things, she still feels the longing to increase her bust size, then I say go for it!
I’ve struggled with this ever since I was about 15. I think I’m a 32/34 full A cup.
Whenever I see movies where women have full, firm, round breasts, I have always desired to have those on MY chest. To be able to look in the mirror and say “I have beautiful breasts.”
I’ve learned over the years that how I feel within always determines how I see myself. When I feel good about myself, I’ve found myself thinking I have a beautifully shaped, delicate, nicely rounded, pretty chest.
On days when I’m feeling down and out, I feel extremely negative about my breasts. They look flat, small, ill-shaped, uneven, puny, non-sexy, unattractive and any other negative adjective that could be applied to them.
I used to swear up and down that I was going to get implants to become a full C cup.
I eventually realized I was comparing myself wayyyy too much to girls with different body shapes.
I needed to realize that God gave me MY body. He gave it to ME. He didn’t give it to anybody else.
As silly as this sounds, I like to imagine God sculpted my body out of clay. He paid close attention to every detail, using all the tools he needed to make sure it was breathtakingly perfect.
Why should I doubt it’s beauty? As long as I take care of my body and keep it happy and healthy, then I feel confident in the beauty that he’s given me.
As of now, that’s my personal decision. I don’t think it’s wrong for people to get implants or botox, and I don’t judge them for it either. Power to them! I just hope they are doing it for good reasons.