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"Cosmetic Breast Enlargements Are Making a Comeback "

By Denise Grady

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Why the resurgence? Plastic surgeons say the interest never died. There have always been women who wanted bigger breasts, but many were scared away by reports that silicone might be unsafe.

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Many women want implants because their breasts shrank and sagged after childbirth.

One, a 31-year-old mother of two young children from Wayne, N.J., who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said she had always been "small-chested," but developed "big, beautiful breasts" during pregnancy and nursing. Once she stopped breastfeeding, though, they became smaller than ever. She wanted the big ones back.

"I felt really depressed," she said. "I felt inadequate when I was intimate with my husband. It was nothing he did. I just didn't feel feminine."

Trying on clothes, especially bathing suits, she thought she looked downright masculine. Once, hoping to look good in a strapless gown, she resorted to using masking tape to try to create cleavage.

Implants took her from an A cup to a C. The operation was more painful than she had expected, and recovery took longer, but she thinks it was worth it. "Our sex life is so much better because I feel so much better about myself," she said. "I feel sexy and I guess my husband picks up on that. I buy sexy lingerie all the time where before I never did." She has even created a Web site (www.implantinfo.com)  to help other women get information about implants.

Although [the site] also provides reference services, such as how to locate a plastic surgeon, how to check credentials and printable lists of questions to ask your doctor, the biggest draw is the lively conversation among site visitors.

June/July 2001

Muscle and Fitness Hers
lists ImplantInfo.com along with the FDA and the American Society of Plastic Surgeons as a recommended resource about breast augmentation.

The story, like dozens on the ImplantInfo website, describes how Nicole felt before breast surgery and echoes the emotions of the thousands of women who "meet" on Nicole's discussion boards each day.