A Personal Decision...

What Made Me Choose Breast Augmentation

Breast augmentation had always seemed like something that either porn stars or celebrities did. It was something out of reach for the average mortal. It was something that carried a lot of risk, namely all that stuff in the news years ago. It wasn't until a few years ago that I actually went in for it myself. I won't go into all the gory details of what it took to find the right surgeon. But there was so much misinformation I had to sift through. In fact, it wasn't misinformation as much as the kind of stuff that tried to stick a knife to your own body image. It made you feel inadequate, not enough, like a child. Offers of magically increased bust sizes, or some garbage about "how implants saved my life." All trite, but they all struck the same chord. They all sent a shock to your self-image to make you fee insecure. In terms of how they differed, it was only a matter of how far they took it. That's also why I'd been put off by breast augmentation. The people who went in for it were fools. Then it happened. I talked with someone who had done it.

I won't mention who it was. Suffice to say, it was someone close to me. They had just undergone the procedure. I was a little incredulous at first, to say the least. She was the last person I'd ever thought who'd go in for it. Not because she already looked beautiful. She was always someone who seemed like she had what it took to get by in this world. She was someone who wouldn't take stupid risks. The kind of person who wasn't unsure about her body, felt comfortable with who she was. This is what first got me thinking about how I felt about breast augmentation. That's when I thought of myself in her shoes. That's when I thought about going in for it myself.

It was a big change for me. Not a complete transformation, but getting to feel better with how I looked. After all, this wasn't something I was just going to shed. This was surgery.

Since then, having had breast augmentation has its ups and downs. Whatever the case, the point is that I feel happier with how I look. It's not just with how my body looks to other people, but how I look for myself.