Breast impants..again..

WinksRN · Jan 14, 2007

Hello everyone!I posted about breast implants about a year ago,but was wanting to know if anyone has any new information or personal experiences that they would like to share.I am still seriously considering getting breast implants, and enjoy hearing about postive and negative experiences from anyone that is willing to share their personal experiences. Thank you to everyone in advance! =)

I have nothing against them,I considered them myself,,WHO says we have to give in to gravity,as long as old rich men can buy beautiful young women, Ima get implants when i get old. I love how I look nowand although i know in time I will age, body can still stay in shape one way or the other.

Elephant Shoe · Jan 14, 2007

For years I always wanted implants. That is until I worked in the OR.

With any surgery there is a risk. A risk with a GA and the risk of possible complications. Why take unnessesary risk?

Once you have implants, you open yourself up to a lifetime of surgeries. Those babies will last , maybe ten years, if you are lucky. They may make it to ten years but the possibility of not having a leak, hardening of one or the other is a chance I do not want to take.

I am a A cup and my husband has no problem with my little ones. If I want, I can wear a padded bra or bathing suit.

Once I got older my priorities have changed and I cherish my health. :nurse:

wildmountainchild · Jan 15, 2007

As far as the health issue goes....recent studies have shown that people who've had plastic surgery actually LIVE LONGER than those without it. The researchers think it has to do w/ the positive aspects of being happier with yourself.

It annoys me when people react so negatively to talk about plastic surgery. Everyone modiefies themselves to fit into societal norms of beauty: Do you shave your legs? That's modification. Color your hair (you could have an allergic reaction). How about braces? Painful, risky, expensive....and everyone does it! Wear makeup? This is a big one for me.....to all those who are so judgemental about boob jobs....why are you wearing blush, lipstick, mascara etc.? If not for self-esteem issues and to make yourself more attractive to the opposite sex.

If you are really for "accepting yourself as you are", then don't shave, wear makeup, get lasik (glasses work fine and are much safer), fix your busted front tooth, or color your gray.

Of course it would be nice if no one had self-esteem issues but in reality everyone has them. Everyone has touchy subjects that emerge as personality flaws (gee...do you think being harshly critical of someone's personal decision to modify thier body might represent a hidden self-esteem issue...I wonder). No one is perfect and the fact that no one is perfect is directly related to no one having perfect self-esteem.

I plan on getting a nose job for graduation from nursing school. I always joke that I'm going to have a nose warming party. Am I doing it so men will like me more...No. Because I'm crippled w/ doubt about my appearance....No. I'm doing it because I think I'll look better, the same reason I had braces as a teen. For the record my husband doesn't want me to, but, it's about ME, not him.

I think the real reason people get so angry and critical about plastic surgery is because they realize that (for better or worse) pretty people get a bigger piece of the pie. Study after study has shown that the more attractive you are, the more you fit the societal ideal of beauty, the better jobs you get, the more money you make, the more people like you and the smarter people think you are. Why would anyone blame someone for wanting a piece of that pie?

If you're going to be critical, be critical of yourself for being nicer to the good looking young buck than you are to the average joe. You may say you treat everyone the same.....but you don't, no one does, and that's what makes it worth it to make yourself better looking (make-up, braces, shaving, boob job).

So far I'm plastic surgery free. But I do color my hair (I'm not a natural blond), get waxed, and wear deodorant......I like to look nice so that I feel good. I don't think 18 yo should get boob jobs, but I've seen teens who've gotten nose jobs that have literally changed thier lives for the better. No one should have to live w/ a huge, hooked, humped, nose on a tiny delicate face if they don't want to. Thier lives will have definite rewards b/c of thier smaller noses. Philosophically right.....heck no! Socially prudent.....you bet.

If a better nose or a more proportionate body will help you feel better about yourself, get a better job, and get paid more. Go for it!

Marie_LPN, RN, LPN, RN · Jan 15, 2007

How about braces? Painful, risky, expensive....and everyone does it!

And not always about looks, FYI, some people get braces to correct the alignment of their teeth that is causing biting and jaw problems.

....why are you wearing blush, lipstick, mascara etc.? If not for self-esteem issues and to make yourself more attractive to the opposite sex.

Oh i don't think so. I wear makeup because i like how i look with it, and not for anyone else or any other reason. I look fine with or without makeup, has nothing to do with my self-esteem.

My issues with breast implants, and any other plastic surgery lies with the fact that some (did not say all) people do not do any of it for themselves.

wildmountainchild · Jan 15, 2007

And not always about looks, FYI, some people get braces to correct the alignment of their teeth that is causing biting and jaw problems.
And some people get breast implants to correct tuberous breast, assymetrical breasts, and the afore-mentioned post mastectomy recovery.
Oh i don't think so. I wear makeup because i like how i look with it, and not for anyone else or any other reason. I look fine with or without makeup, has nothing to do with my self-esteem.
That was actually my point exactly. But, just to play devil's advocate....if you look fine without make-up, why wear it? I personally think I look BETTER w/ make-up. That's why wear it.
My issues with breast implants, and any other plastic surgery lies with the fact that some (did not say all) people do not do any of it for themselves.

I'm sure this is true but I think considering the cost these people are in the minority. And the media makes it appear everyone who gets implants get the huge ones but I think the people who get most of them are post breast feeding moms who just want thier old boobs back.

tictac · Jan 15, 2007

As far as the health issue goes....recent studies have shown that people who've had plastic surgery actually LIVE LONGER than those without it. The researchers think it has to do w/ the positive aspects of being happier with yourself.
It annoys me when people react so negatively to talk about plastic surgery. Everyone modiefies themselves to fit into societal norms of beauty: Do you shave your legs? That's modification. Color your hair (you could have an allergic reaction). How about braces? Painful, risky, expensive....and everyone does it! Wear makeup? This is a big one for me.....to all those who are so judgemental about boob jobs....why are you wearing blush, lipstick, mascara etc.? If not for self-esteem issues and to make yourself more attractive to the opposite sex.
If you are really for "accepting yourself as you are", then don't shave, wear makeup, get lasik (glasses work fine and are much safer), fix your busted front tooth, or color your gray.
Of course it would be nice if no one had self-esteem issues but in reality everyone has them. Everyone has touchy subjects that emerge as personality flaws (gee...do you think being harshly critical of someone's personal decision to modify thier body might represent a hidden self-esteem issue...I wonder). No one is perfect and the fact that no one is perfect is directly related to no one having perfect self-esteem.
I plan on getting a nose job for graduation from nursing school. I always joke that I'm going to have a nose warming party. Am I doing it so men will like me more...No. Because I'm crippled w/ doubt about my appearance....No. I'm doing it because I think I'll look better, the same reason I had braces as a teen. For the record my husband doesn't want me to, but, it's about ME, not him.
I think the real reason people get so angry and critical about plastic surgery is because they realize that (for better or worse) pretty people get a bigger piece of the pie. Study after study has shown that the more attractive you are, the more you fit the societal ideal of beauty, the better jobs you get, the more money you make, the more people like you and the smarter people think you are. Why would anyone blame someone for wanting a piece of that pie?
If you're going to be critical, be critical of yourself for being nicer to the good looking young buck than you are to the average joe. You may say you treat everyone the same.....but you don't, no one does, and that's what makes it worth it to make yourself better looking (make-up, braces, shaving, boob job).
So far I'm plastic surgery free. But I do color my hair (I'm not a natural blond), get waxed, and wear deodorant......I like to look nice so that I feel good. I don't think 18 yo should get boob jobs, but I've seen teens who've gotten nose jobs that have literally changed thier lives for the better. No one should have to live w/ a huge, hooked, humped, nose on a tiny delicate face if they don't want to. Thier lives will have definite rewards b/c of thier smaller noses. Philosophically right.....heck no! Socially prudent.....you bet.
If a better nose or a more proportionate body will help you feel better about yourself, get a better job, and get paid more. Go for it!

I agree with everything you said. Bravo. :yeah:

Elephant Shoe · Jan 15, 2007

people who've had plastic surgery actually LIVE LONGER than those without it.

I would love to see a reference for that one. (Cosmopolitian does not count).

I do not see how "wearing makeup, using deodorant, coloring your hair or shaving your legs" has anything to do with the risks of surgery. :lol2:

I am talking about the risks of a general anaesthetic or going under the knife.

If you think that looking good is going to get you a higher paying job, nursing is not for you. In the real world the "pretty ones get chewed up and spit out as a nurse when they don't know what the hell they are doing, and should."

Have a look at www.or.live.com to see how a nose job is done.

Marie_LPN, RN, LPN, RN · Jan 15, 2007

I would love to see a reference for that one. (Cosmopolitian does not count).

So would i.

Marie_LPN, RN, LPN, RN · Jan 15, 2007

Have a look at www.or.live.com to see how a nose job is done.

I've assisted on them and i'd still get one done, not for looks (although the outside would look a little different), but i's not just my septum that's affecting breathing through the right side of my nose.

Chisel, hammer, CRUNCH! :lol2:

moongirl · Jan 15, 2007

I'm sure this is true but I think considering the cost these people are in the minority. And the media makes it appear everyone who gets implants get the huge ones but I think the people who get most of them are post breast feeding moms who just want thier old boobs back.

that would be ME !!!!!!!!!!!!

mine are headed WAAAAY south d/t when I was nursing I was a 38D!

now.. they are...not :)

look BARELY passable at 40- but at 50 they are going to be :barf01:

I would like to get them looking better, and not totally for my hubby- but for ME- I dont like looking at them, so I would think he really doesn't either

Indy, LPN, LVN · Jan 15, 2007

I have issues with surgery. Any surgery. I've had a necessary surgery that I wound up taking all day and most of the night to recover from; outpatient turned into inpatient, there were breathing and waking up issues.

So I really don't fancy being put under, unless my life depends on it. Yes, my ex did consider me a huge hypocrite (sp?) for having a tattoo yet not willing to see a positive side to plastic surgery. Ah, well, whatever. He was quite biased against tattoos, and profoundly believed that salt doesn't raise blood pressure, oh yes and smoking does nothing to other people, just the smoker. :uhoh3:

I'm quite endowed and have had lots of things about my body that I'd like to be different. I'd like to be taller; I'm not the shortest nurse in my facility but I have to carry around a stick in my clipboard to reach certain things. I'd like perky boobs, some muscle/skin tone in my tummy (2 kids), and oh yes, I surely would like to breathe better (small nose, constantly congested), and my eyesight is crap.

I've made my peace mostly, with my eyesight. Saw a video of the lasik procedure and even though I'm getting close to bifocals, I really enjoy my glasses. I'm gonna get me some of those beaded glasses strings to go with my bifocals when I get 'em!

I did try nursing shoes with a heel and after a year of constantly turning my ankle in dansko's I've had enough of that. I'll settle for being fast and carrying a stick around, and knowing the location of all the step stools.

I can exercise more for my tummy. Really. I might even try that someday; currently I count 30 hours a week of running around like a monkey with my tail on fire as exercise. My legs are starting to look really nice!

Perky boobs. Ahh, I know there's lift surgeries. I've seen pictures. My neck and upper back say mean things to me at least once a week about the extra weight they're carrying. I happen to enjoy them the way they are; they served my two kids well, currently I enjoy the fact that they do so much for my husband. I'm really reluctant to have them operated on. I think, if they threatened my life, I'd be more willing to go under and have 'em removed. And what then? Yeah, I think I'd want something there, but I'd surely rather it be some body fat off my tummy than anything else. Hmm. Maybe I'll just keep my little jiggly tummy the way it is.

I've taken care of quite a few post mastectomy ladies in their 80's and 90's. All of the ones who were not completely demented and talked about it, said they missed their boobs. From my perspective, they didn't differ much in appearance from ladies their age who were au naturel, at similar body weights. Do the 18 year olds of today realize that we're all gonna look like crap if we're lucky to live long enough?

WinksRN · Jan 15, 2007

I would love to see a reference for that one. (Cosmopolitian does not count).
I do not see how "wearing makeup, using deodorant, coloring your hair or shaving your legs" has anything to do with the risks of surgery.
I am talking about the risks of a general anaesthetic or going under the knife.
If you think that looking good is going to get you a higher paying job, nursing is not for you. In the real world the "pretty ones get chewed up and spit out as a nurse when they don't know what the hell they are doing, and should."
Have a look at www.or.live.com to see how a nose job is done.

This thread is funny, I want implants, because I love clothes and the type of tops i wanna wear would be perfect if it werent for my flat ta ta's but i am not setting a goal to get it nor am I thinking this much into this. But if someone wanted to pay for me to get them,,Hecky yea I would. get a small 34 c that is.