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RE Ethics; No doubt, this can be obtained in places where it is not prohibited. I would assume that these implants can be removed in the future, although there would likely be some life long side effects, but this is still considered something reversable. What we need is not.

I think I’m going to be sick.

A cynic would think that the ethics committee turn a blind eye because of the S-e-x connotation. But only a cynic would think that of course…

I can tell you now, that poor woman must be in agony all the time. I’m a naturally skinny, petite girl, with what my friends affectionately refer to as “porno boobies.” I have 30E breasts and I have constant backpain. My posture is all wrong and my spine is deformed and my shoulders are rounded due to the size of them.

In my opinion, she’s deliberately deforming herself, and causing herself pain to reach her own aesthetic ideal. Similar to the way people think of us.

How is it fair that she can do that t herself, and cause lasting damage, and we can’t?

Just the practicalities of it amaze me. I’m a 36DD (and would get a reduction in a heartbeat if I could afford it) and finding bras/shirts/whatever that fit and don’t cost a fortune is a royal pain. Not to mention that clothing designers seem to think that if a person has big boobs they want to show them off. Modesty seems to be disallowed if the girls are large!

I’m really lucky that so far I haven’t had any back issues but I don’t expect that to last forever. (OK, I have back issues… but they aren’t boob related, they’re either BIID related or sciatica related)

It is interesting that at worst people would probably think of her as a bit odd, or maybe misguided. Quite differently than how most people think of us and what we want.

I find it weird how we end up discussing these things online but anyway…I’m happy with my breast size, I have no idea what it actually is, I’ve never been measured. If I were ever offered cosmetic surgery I’d just have them evened up a little bit because one looks grossly out of proportion compared to the other one…wow there went one of the most uncomfortable things to talk about on my list.

Yep, all seems to me to be weird and unbalanced…

@Sophie, you’ve never been measured? Forgive my guy’s naivete, but how do you purchase bras if you don’t know your size??? I’m puzzled…

Sean the vast majority of women never get measured from what I hear. One just experiments. ;~)

@Sean I’ve never been measured - women have a fantastic ability just to guesstimate their size by looking at the physical size and shape of the bra. Ladies know how big their boobs are. ;)

One of my OCD driven behaviours concerns bras. My collection of around 140 is neatly organised in drawers according to style and color. Based on this, I’d have to say that measurements don’t mean much.

For starters there is no universal agreement as to exactly what it is you are supposed to measure. Some systems use overbust measurement to determine band size, while others use underbust measurement. Some say your band size is your underbust measurement as measured. Others say to add a certain number of inches to the underbust measurement to determine band size. This additional number may be a constant, or it may be a variable that is dependent on the underbust measurement.

Then there are the variables which are dependent on the breasts themselves. There is vertical placement on the chest as well as intermammary distance. Also, breasts of a given volume will vary dramatically in shape between individuals. None of these is taken into account in the measurements.

Besides all this, the actual cup size and band size, of bras that are nominally the same size, vary quite significantly between different manufacturers and different styles. Thus I have 38Bs that are a bit tight, and 36Bs that are rather loose.

A friend of mine can only get bras to fit appropriately if she buys a band size that is too small, and then uses bra extenders.

Another friend recently had breast reduction surgery on account of the negative impact on a long standing minor C5-C7 injury. She showed me the post-op results, and we were discussing what bra size she might need when things have settled down. We agreed that taking measurements was pointless, and it would be better just to take a guess and experiment from there. I made my guess.

Although I would prefer my boobs to be a bit bigger, there is no way I would ever consider augmentation surgery. Nevertheless, I reserve the right not to pass judgement on anybody who wishes to have breast modification surgery or on the surgeons involved.

You have been told Sean! I just try on whatever bras look right in the shop and buy em.

Different countries also have different clothes sizes. The US has a tendency to use “flattering” sizes (like 0 and 2) whereas in NZ normal sizes for clothing ranges from 12 to 20.

Ha! Sophie don’t get me started on clothing sizes!

For some reason guys get to have pants/shirts that are an actual measurement. And girls get these random numbers that vary from designer to designer. It’ll even change within a specific brand if you go between “petite/normal/tall”. Soooo frustrating. I’d rather be able to just pick something up and know it’ll fit, I don’t really care what the number on the tag says!