Breast Reduction - Breast implants - Testimonial

Size does matter: seeking the ideal size, a woman reduced her breasts when they were excessively large and filled them with implants when they became saggy after loosing weight and giving birth.

OTTAWA - There are certainly worse things in the world than big breasts, but at 19, I heated the fact that the over-the-shoulder-boulder-holders I had to wear had big thick straps, and looked nothing like the cute, sexy, sequin-studded bras other girls were sporting. If anything, emotionally, my breasts made me feel unwomanly, more like a slave to my biology, which produced me to be objectified by wandering sights.

As I grew up, I obsessed about concealing my oversized headlights. They pushed through sweaters, bubbled out of sundresses and were painful after long runs. I felt that my breasts were a disability, from burdensome backaches to stinging stares: physical discomfort that sometimes required me to wear more than one support bra at a time; emotional agony every time I was judged - both by men or women - all due to my genes, all due to double Ds on my 5-foot-2 body.

Breasts have power to make people feel bad or good. By the time I reached 20, mi breasts had already been making me feel bad for years, and so I went to have them reduced by a plastic surgeon.

Patricia Berbari, a cosmetic surgeon in Gatineau , Quebec , says four reasons prompt women to opt for breast reduction surgery:
Social problems, such as being unable to find clothes that fit because of the discrepancy between chest and waist sizes; Physical ailments, such as neck or back pain, rashes or irritation, and headaches; An inability to take part in sports because the breasts are too heavy and big; Cosmetics, because very large breasts can be droopy and unsightly.

For a while, I loved my new, B breasts - the freedom I had to move, the clothes I could buy, the inconspicuousness I could experience wearing a fitted white T-shirt. The recovery from a breast reduction is painful and there are scars, but for those who want the physical and emotional weight lifted, the discomfort can be worth it.

In time, I lost a few dress sizes and had two children - something not kind to breasts, especially to those that have already been reduced. The result: bags of A-cup skin.

I wanted to fill a champagne glass again. It doesn't mean I regret the reduction 10 years ago- once again, and although my husband will appreciate it, I'm doing this for me, to like the way I look and feel. And so last week, I went under the knife again.

While silicone gel implants are now approved for use here, and are said to look and feel more like real breasts, I prefered saline implants.

The surgery went well. The confidence I've gained goes far beyond having 630CC restored to my chest. Now my breasts look more beautiful than I ever expected.

Source: The Globe and Mail, Dec. 2, 2006

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