fnyunj wrote:Of the three women I know who have had the opposite done (augmentation), not a single one of them looks "presentable" naked. They all look fabulous, in the confines of a bra and blouse. Scars, unevenness, etc. There's a lot of "bargain-basement" implants going on here, in the $3000-$5000 price range. Stripper-quality implant jobs are generally a lot more, (apparently).
Of the... Eight, I think... Women I know who've had augmentations done, only one looks anything like less than "presentable" naked, and at least five look fekking awesome... Of course, none of us went to the least expensive place we could find, either.
fnyunj wrote:Of the three women I know who had the augmentations done, they are all quite pleased. None of them really give a crap how they look naked. They're all about how they look in public. No matter how we try to be grown up, as a culture, and not treat women as sex objects, there will always be women (and men) for whom, physical appearance is a very important part of confidence and psychological well being. I may find the whole concept of breast augmentation, or reduction, distasteful - but I've seen the results; personality-wise. For women who have a self-confidence or body image issue, it's really a profound effect that no amount of happy-pills or counseling can match.
I agree completely... Ninety-eight and three quarters percent, guaranteed, as Dr. Suess would say. I can sit here and know, as deeply as the day is long, that it's what's inside that counts, and the physical doesn't matter, and breasts are an ass-stupid measure of personal worth, and on and on and on and blah, blah, blah... And I'd be hard pressed to lie convincingly if I told you there was any feeling I've ever had in my life that rivaled the feeling I felt when I first saw myself in the mirror, in a nice white a-shirt, after I got mine done.
Minor inconvenience isn't a reason to go cutting yourself apart. Especially when that would lessen your absolute psychological control over the opposite sex. 
