We’ve created a monster with breast enlargement surgery – now men expect perfect boobs every time, says Ulrika Jonsson
I’M shocked the boob job is 60.
It’s almost become a standard procedure – anyone unhappy with their breasts will “get them done”.
It has, no doubt, revived and reshaped women’s bodies and, perhaps more importantly, their image of themselves.
I understand how debilitating it can be to have a body part that has blighted aspects of your life.
After enduring my boobs during puberty and childbirth, at 41 I had them reduced.
It was my best ever decision.
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I’m not here to pour scorn on those women who have chosen to have bigger breasts, but I wonder if we haven’t created a monster in our pursuit of perfection.
I think of the many women who regret having made theirs so big.
I think of the next generation of women who carry the burden of breast perfection.
I think of all the men who have come to presume every woman to have perfectly shaped, pert knockers.
And I think how this often first foray into cosmetic surgery may lead some women to alter everything about them that they don’t like.
