I’m begging strangers to pay for my boob job – at 24 I’m in my prime & need a big bust, I won’t wait till I’m old & grey
WHEN Lucy Doig, 24, welcomed her daughter in the autumn of 2019, she thought this might finally be the time her boobs would grow.
After battling with a flat chest since her teenage years, she knew that if her postpartum hormones didn’t deliver some cleavage, she’d have to consider a boob job.
But with breast implant surgery costs around £3,500 to £8,000, according to the NHS, going under the knife has always been out of the mum-of-one’s budget.
That’s why she set up a GoFundMe page to accept donations from strangers towards her dream rack.
“I’ve always wanted a boob job,” Lucy, from Kent, tells Fabulous.
“When I was about 16-years-old, I remember thinking, ‘if my boobs don’t grow, I’m getting a boob job’.
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“My mum always told me I’d be fine and that they’d get bigger, but when I got to about 20-years-old, I realised they’re not coming in.
“Then after I had my daughter, I realised they’re definitely not coming in.”
Lucy, who is currently out of work, just over a week ago, with a target amount of £7,500.
She so far has received one donation of £10, but knows the remaining £7,490 will roll in soon enough.
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“I didn’t want to come across as the type of person who was begging people, but then I actually just thought, ‘if I explain myself, then people will know I’m not being a beg’,” she says.
“If people still decide I am being one, that’s their opinion and they can stick it, because people are eventually going to donate.
“I love everything about being a woman, so the more feminine I can be, I want to be. It’s sad if you look in the mirror and don’t feel like a woman - it hurts.”
Lucy has “never even had lip filler”, so her breast augmentation surgery would be her first rodeo in the world of plastic surgery.
“Whilst I love myself to the core, I would like to be able to look in the mirror and see myself the way I want to,” she writes in the description of her fundraiser.
“I hope to be able to do this at a time when I’m still young and in my prime, rather than spend years of my life saving until I’m old and grey.”
When it comes to the actual procedure, she’s planning to just tell the surgeon: “Make me as big as you possibly can.”
I'm not striving for [boobs as big as] Katie Price!
Lucy Doig
That being said, the mum-of-one assured that she’s “not striving for Katie Price”.
She jokes: “But I’ve heard surgeries can get addictive, so you never know what’s going to happen.”
Lucy doesn’t know what her current bra size is, but says her dream cup would be a D.
In the UK, the average bra size is 36D and that this has increased from 34B in the last couple of years.
In comparison to the rest of Europe, the UK has big mammary glands, with 57% of women having a D cup or larger.
Facts about breast enlargement
There are some circumstances where you might be able to get breast enlargement on the NHS – for example, if you have very uneven breasts or no breasts, a congenital defect, psychological distress or after major injury or illness.
There are two types of implants, made of silicone or saline and silicone are the most common in the UK.
Aurora Clinics UK estimates that 30,000 to 40,000 women receive breast implants each year.
Breast implants do not last a lifetime, some women may need further surgery after about 10 years.
“I’d be happy with a D cup but I know that’s not possible,” Lucy tells.
“Where I’m so skinny, I don’t think my skin will stretch over enough.
“I don’t wear bras at all - there’s no point. I’ve never even been measured.
“If you were to see me from the side, there is literally nothing there.”
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And while Lucy’s barely-there boobs have been a source of insecurity throughout her life, she’s managed to use humour to come to terms with them.
“You can imagine the jokes in our house on pancake day,” she laughs.
