Bigger Breasts for Boomers - has anybody read this?

Littlewitch X · 12-17-2007, 05:37 PM

Found this article on the Newsweek.
Thought it was interesting & would like to share with you ladies

http://www.newsweek.com/id/78042?GT1=10645

Mommy Wants Her Body Back

More older women are getting breast surgery than ever before, in the hopes of reclaiming their pre-pregnancy figures.

Dena Scott never had large breasts. But as she grew older, they grew … smaller. "The aging and childbearing take their toll on you," says the Lafayette, La., mother of two. "You start losing tissue." Still, the 47-year-old brushed off any thought of getting implants. Her husband never complained about her breasts, and having surgery to enlarge them seemed expensive, inconvenient—"something other people do." Or so she thought.

Turns out it's precisely women like Scott who are opting to have breast augmentation surgery in growing numbers. It was the most popular cosmetic procedure in America last year—and nearly one-third of the patients were 40 or older, a 17 percent increase from the year before. "That's staggering," says Dr. Richard A. D'Amico, president of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. Yet he expects the numbers to be even larger this year.

Why the increase? Some of the new patients are women who have lost several pounds, often through bariatric surgery, and want to compensate for the weight lost in their breasts. (The number of annual weight-loss surgeries in the United States has nearly doubled since 2003, and typical patients are in their late 30s.) But much of the recent rise can be attributed to the heavy marketing of so-called "mommy makeovers": a breast lift or augmentation, or a tummy tuck—or a combination of the three—which surgeons say help women reclaim their pre-pregnancy bodies. That's what Scott was after when she decided to consider surgery this year. She ended up getting saline implants for her breasts. Her new D-cup figure makes her feel younger, she says. And after her friends saw the results, several say they are considering implants too.

Dr. Walter Erhardt, the last president of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons and a practicing surgeon in Albany, Ga., for 27 years, says "far and away" the majority of patients today who are undergoing breast enlargement—or "rejuvenation" surgery, as he calls it—are women like Scott, who are married with kids. "These women don't approach this so much as cosmetic surgery but as reconstructive surgery."

That was certainly true for Kristin Chase, a 45-year-old mother of four who lives in Chicago. Before she had surgery she felt that her breasts had become "empty sacks" after nursing four kids. With the implants, she went up to a generous 36B, the same size she'd been before having kids. "Now I look like a woman with normal breasts," she says.

Many, like Scott and Chase, are in their 40s by the time they decide to go under the knife. Some women wait until their kids are out of the house—or, at least, out of grade school—because of the cost and recovery time required (a breast augmentation averages $3,600, a breast lift is about $4,200, and a tummy tuck about $5,000). But age is also a factor. After age 40, the changes in the breasts become more pronounced, as fatty tissue begins to replace the supportive, fibrous tissue known as the stroma, and skin starts to sag more—regardless of whether a woman has had kids, and nursed them, or not. (In fact, a small study presented in October by Dr. Brian Rinker, a surgeon at the University of Kentucky, found that breastfeeding alone didn't appear to have an effect on the shape of a woman's breasts. However, it did find that the number of pregnancies and age were "significant risk factors" for "an increased degree of breast sagging.")

"Between having children and getting older, the breast tissue is going to change," says Dr. Iffath Hoskins, chair of the department of obstetrics and gynecology at Lutheran Medical Center in New York City. "And women today are more aware of their cosmetic issues and the choices they have to address them."

Surgery is a pretty drastic option, with the pain, risks and recovery time that come with it. For now, the majority of women still seem more likely to invest in a new bra than a new pair of breasts. Though the number of breast surgery patients is increasing, they remain a small percentage of the total population (about 329,000 women underwent breast augmentation procedures last year). But the trendline is clear—and to some observers it's worrisome. "Are we getting to the point where there's no such thing as natural aging?" asks Diana Zuckerman, president of the National Research Center for Women and Families. "So you have a baby and you no longer look 20. Is that so hard to deal with?" For a small but growing number of women, the answer, it seems, is yes.

© 2007 Newsweek, Inc.

30yrTuneup · 12-18-2007, 07:59 AM

Yes! I read it while waiting for my post op appointment! Also, it is featured on AOL today... how timely, right??

Boobs-a-Bouncin · 12-18-2007, 08:34 AM

Thanks for posting the article- it is interesting.

angiedee · 12-18-2007, 11:02 AM

I read this! I love what the article said about how women 40+ are approaching this breast augmentation surgery as "reconstructive", not just plastic surgery. I definitely felt that way. And while the ps was "reconstructing" what I had, they added in quite a bit more! Yay!!!

KathyS · 12-18-2007, 11:19 AM

It doesn't surprise me at all. I'm almost 32 yrs old and had mine done recently. I've met many older women who are getting things done to help revive their youthful looks. I think it's fabulous!

jayne · 12-18-2007, 12:30 PM

I think this is because 40 is not considered so old anymore, when I was 16 I thought 40 was virtually dead!! ... I am touching 40 shortly and it doesn't seem so old suddenly!, my kids have left home ( after me spending 20 years catering to their every whim) I have just gone back to full time work, I feel like my time is just beginning and why shouldn't I have a new bod to go with it? I'm gonna grab back my twenties before its too late!!! x x

hotmamaof4 · 12-18-2007, 01:29 PM

I read this article yesterday, too -it was on the front page of MSN. I agree with a lot of women who just want to get their body back after having kids (I have four kids, and with each one my boobs got smaller!). I think it's awesome that more and more women are investing in their own happiness and making themselves a priority!

jodyt · 12-18-2007, 04:51 PM

great article thanks for posting it. its really nice to see a possitive media thing about breast augmentation well not just that really but women reclaiming the right to be happy with themselves

Littlewitch X · 12-21-2007, 06:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jayne

I think this is because 40 is not considered so old anymore, when I was 16 I thought 40 was virtually dead!! ... I am touching 40 shortly and it doesn't seem so old suddenly!, my kids have left home ( after me spending 20 years catering to their every whim) I have just gone back to full time work, I feel like my time is just beginning and why shouldn't I have a new bod to go with it? I'm gonna grab back my twenties before its too late!!! x x

LOL, I was thinking the same way when I was 16...seriously!
I thought getting 40 is something sooo unimaginable & unreal.
Yeah, virtually dead was so precise to how I was feeling about coming to 40s...and now...LMAO.

I totally totally agree.
My time is just beginning & I got a body, well...boobs, that I've always wanted eversince my early teens...yaaay!!!

marbleeyes · 12-21-2007, 12:04 PM

yep I read this one too, I thought it was very interesting. I think ost women of all ages now pay more attention to looking youthful and this is just one more way of "upgrading"

Littlewitch X · 12-22-2007, 10:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 30yrTuneup

Yes! I read it while waiting for my post op appointment! Also, it is featured on AOL today... how timely, right??

Oh yes, definitely, big time

Doesn't it make you feel more comfortable??

I agree with jodyt. I am glad to see a positive article on older(ahem!) ladies getting breast augmentation in general.

The truth is, not all about crazy hollywood thing anymore, it is more about one's happiness.

neats59 · 12-10-2008, 06:37 PM

Yay for us 40 something year olds. I am 49 and am 5 days Post op. I feel terrific. I cannot wait to buy a new bikini for my pool this coming summer. I am ready to show off those beautiful boobies. I have waited 10 plus years for these.

BlondLady · 12-11-2008, 08:16 AM

Yes yay for us 40 yr olds and older!! Having my done tomorrow!!

Mom-of-5 · 12-11-2008, 09:50 AM

Thanks for sharing the article. I am approaching 40 and will be leaving for my breast augmentation in less than 1 HOUR!!! I have had 5 kids, all breastfed, and I agree that for me it isn't plastic surgery, it is reconstruction! I just want to get back what got sucked out of me!

BlondLady · 12-11-2008, 11:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mom-of-5

Thanks for sharing the article. I am approaching 40 and will be leaving for my breast augmentation in less than 1 HOUR!!! I have had 5 kids, all breastfed, and I agree that for me it isn't plastic surgery, it is reconstruction! I just want to get back what got sucked out of me!

Good luck and let us know how you are doing. Mine is in the morning and i am full of nerves but something i always wanted.

Storm · 12-11-2008, 01:45 PM

Does this mean if it is reconstructive the insurance will pay. LOL...

neats59 · 12-21-2008, 10:36 PM

Hey blondlady. I hope you are recovering well. Neats59

12-17-2007, 05:37 PM	#1
Littlewitch X 8 years and still counting, yaay! Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Alohaland Posts: 950 Thanks: 202 Thanked 330 Times in 294 Posts	Bigger Breasts for Boomers - has anybody read this? Found this article on the Newsweek. Thought it was interesting & would like to share with you ladies http://www.newsweek.com/id/78042?GT1=10645 Mommy Wants Her Body Back More older women are getting breast surgery than ever before, in the hopes of reclaiming their pre-pregnancy figures. Dena Scott never had large breasts. But as she grew older, they grew … smaller. "The aging and childbearing take their toll on you," says the Lafayette, La., mother of two. "You start losing tissue." Still, the 47-year-old brushed off any thought of getting implants. Her husband never complained about her breasts, and having surgery to enlarge them seemed expensive, inconvenient—"something other people do." Or so she thought. Turns out it's precisely women like Scott who are opting to have breast augmentation surgery in growing numbers. It was the most popular cosmetic procedure in America last year—and nearly one-third of the patients were 40 or older, a 17 percent increase from the year before. "That's staggering," says Dr. Richard A. D'Amico, president of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. Yet he expects the numbers to be even larger this year. Why the increase? Some of the new patients are women who have lost several pounds, often through bariatric surgery, and want to compensate for the weight lost in their breasts. (The number of annual weight-loss surgeries in the United States has nearly doubled since 2003, and typical patients are in their late 30s.) But much of the recent rise can be attributed to the heavy marketing of so-called "mommy makeovers": a breast lift or augmentation, or a tummy tuck—or a combination of the three—which surgeons say help women reclaim their pre-pregnancy bodies. That's what Scott was after when she decided to consider surgery this year. She ended up getting saline implants for her breasts. Her new D-cup figure makes her feel younger, she says. And after her friends saw the results, several say they are considering implants too. Dr. Walter Erhardt, the last president of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons and a practicing surgeon in Albany, Ga., for 27 years, says "far and away" the majority of patients today who are undergoing breast enlargement—or "rejuvenation" surgery, as he calls it—are women like Scott, who are married with kids. "These women don't approach this so much as cosmetic surgery but as reconstructive surgery." That was certainly true for Kristin Chase, a 45-year-old mother of four who lives in Chicago. Before she had surgery she felt that her breasts had become "empty sacks" after nursing four kids. With the implants, she went up to a generous 36B, the same size she'd been before having kids. "Now I look like a woman with normal breasts," she says. Many, like Scott and Chase, are in their 40s by the time they decide to go under the knife. Some women wait until their kids are out of the house—or, at least, out of grade school—because of the cost and recovery time required (a breast augmentation averages $3,600, a breast lift is about $4,200, and a tummy tuck about $5,000). But age is also a factor. After age 40, the changes in the breasts become more pronounced, as fatty tissue begins to replace the supportive, fibrous tissue known as the stroma, and skin starts to sag more—regardless of whether a woman has had kids, and nursed them, or not. (In fact, a small study presented in October by Dr. Brian Rinker, a surgeon at the University of Kentucky, found that breastfeeding alone didn't appear to have an effect on the shape of a woman's breasts. However, it did find that the number of pregnancies and age were "significant risk factors" for "an increased degree of breast sagging.") "Between having children and getting older, the breast tissue is going to change," says Dr. Iffath Hoskins, chair of the department of obstetrics and gynecology at Lutheran Medical Center in New York City. "And women today are more aware of their cosmetic issues and the choices they have to address them." Surgery is a pretty drastic option, with the pain, risks and recovery time that come with it. For now, the majority of women still seem more likely to invest in a new bra than a new pair of breasts. Though the number of breast surgery patients is increasing, they remain a small percentage of the total population (about 329,000 women underwent breast augmentation procedures last year). But the trendline is clear—and to some observers it's worrisome. "Are we getting to the point where there's no such thing as natural aging?" asks Diana Zuckerman, president of the National Research Center for Women and Families. "So you have a baby and you no longer look 20. Is that so hard to deal with?" For a small but growing number of women, the answer, it seems, is yes. © 2007 Newsweek, Inc. __________________ 34A to 34D - 315cc(L) 300cc(R) Mentor Saline Round Smooth HP Transax - Under June 7, 2002 Dr. Thomas DeWire FR only accepted from ladies with pix & #s of posts, Mahalo!

12-18-2007, 07:59 AM	#2
30yrTuneup Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Boca Raton, Florida Posts: 61 Thanks: 3 Thanked 43 Times in 21 Posts	Read it in PS waiting room! Yes! I read it while waiting for my post op appointment! Also, it is featured on AOL today... how timely, right??

12-18-2007, 08:34 AM	#3
Boobs-a-Bouncin Join Date: May 2007 Location: New York Posts: 791 Thanks: 618 Thanked 343 Times in 298 Posts	Thanks for posting the article- it is interesting. __________________ Dr. Troy Andreasen

12-21-2007, 12:04 PM	#10
marbleeyes Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: London Ontario Posts: 112 Thanks: 5 Thanked 24 Times in 23 Posts	yep I read this one too, I thought it was very interesting. I think ost women of all ages now pay more attention to looking youthful and this is just one more way of "upgrading" __________________ Surgery date December 6, 2007 375cc's gummi bear implants over muscle

12-11-2008, 08:16 AM	#13
BlondLady Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Angola,New York Posts: 540 Thanks: 170 Thanked 179 Times in 165 Posts	Yes yay for us 40 yr olds and older!! Having my done tomorrow!! __________________ -

12-18-2007, 11:02 AM	#4
angiedee Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: portland, oregon Posts: 1,050 Thanks: 335 Thanked 467 Times in 409 Posts	I read this! I love what the article said about how women 40+ are approaching this breast augmentation surgery as "reconstructive", not just plastic surgery. I definitely felt that way. And while the ps was "reconstructing" what I had, they added in quite a bit more! Yay!!!

12-18-2007, 11:19 AM	#5
KathyS mommy2boys Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Greensboro, North Carolina Posts: 434 Thanks: 198 Thanked 163 Times in 153 Posts	It doesn't surprise me at all. I'm almost 32 yrs old and had mine done recently. I've met many older women who are getting things done to help revive their youthful looks. I think it's fabulous!

12-18-2007, 12:30 PM	#6
jayne Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Northants Posts: 1,274 Thanks: 39 Thanked 511 Times in 463 Posts	I think this is because 40 is not considered so old anymore, when I was 16 I thought 40 was virtually dead!! ... I am touching 40 shortly and it doesn't seem so old suddenly!, my kids have left home ( after me spending 20 years catering to their every whim) I have just gone back to full time work, I feel like my time is just beginning and why shouldn't I have a new bod to go with it? I'm gonna grab back my twenties before its too late!!! x x

12-18-2007, 01:29 PM	#7
hotmamaof4 Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Paradise, California Posts: 282 Thanks: 109 Thanked 108 Times in 102 Posts	I read this article yesterday, too -it was on the front page of MSN. I agree with a lot of women who just want to get their body back after having kids (I have four kids, and with each one my boobs got smaller!). I think it's awesome that more and more women are investing in their own happiness and making themselves a priority!

12-18-2007, 04:51 PM	#8
jodyt Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: salisbury,england Posts: 1,309 Thanks: 421 Thanked 323 Times in 232 Posts	great article thanks for posting it. its really nice to see a possitive media thing about breast augmentation well not just that really but women reclaiming the right to be happy with themselves

12-10-2008, 06:37 PM	#12
neats59 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Desert Hills Arizona Posts: 138 Thanks: 50 Thanked 48 Times in 43 Posts	Yay for us 40 something year olds. I am 49 and am 5 days Post op. I feel terrific. I cannot wait to buy a new bikini for my pool this coming summer. I am ready to show off those beautiful boobies. I have waited 10 plus years for these.

12-11-2008, 09:50 AM	#14
Mom-of-5 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Maple Grove/Minnesota Posts: 301 Thanks: 94 Thanked 146 Times in 130 Posts	Thanks for sharing the article. I am approaching 40 and will be leaving for my breast augmentation in less than 1 HOUR!!! I have had 5 kids, all breastfed, and I agree that for me it isn't plastic surgery, it is reconstruction! I just want to get back what got sucked out of me! __________________ Surgery Date: December 11, 2008 5'6" 135 lbs. pre breast augmentation: right: deflated AAA, left: deflated A CC: right: 400 HP, left: 296 Mod +

12-11-2008, 01:45 PM	#16
Storm Bright Shing Star Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 2,769 Thanks: 410 Thanked 1,050 Times in 911 Posts	Does this mean if it is reconstructive the insurance will pay. LOL...

12-21-2008, 10:36 PM	#17
neats59 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Desert Hills Arizona Posts: 138 Thanks: 50 Thanked 48 Times in 43 Posts	Hey blondlady. I hope you are recovering well. Neats59

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