Do you consider your breast augmentation "reconstructive" or cosmetic?

[beckybee]

Originally Posted by Hmmmm

Weellll...I can't say 're-constructive' cos I've never had anything to lose! So cosmetic and constructive. :-d

thanks for the laugh! I guess mine have been reconstructed and constructed.

[Gypsyrose]

Cosmetic..but I did breastfead two children for a total of 25 months... so a bit reconstructive...hahahhahahaha

[NuBubies2009]

it was reconstructive TO ME because i was trying to restore what i used to have--
it was a reclamation! a restoration!

anyone who has seen my albums can clearly see what I mean..
losing my breasts is the same as never having them at all, because i felt like I was having an identity crisis... you reach for what was there for years and then it is just gone....


and nothing in your wardrobe fits anymore.. and you feel like you were robbed of your feminity.. your womanhood...you feel ashamed when you see yourself in the mirror.. you dont take your shirt off during sex... you look at old pictures and then look at what is left and think " who is this woman? what happened!"
thats just how I personally feel.

[deelicious]

definitely reconstructive... i absolutely hated what i had before.

[Amanda77]

Originally Posted by Ivy

I chose, reconstructive. After having two children and nursing I was left with rocks in socks. It wasn't appealing to me, so I had it fixed.

I would have chose cosmetic if I actually liked my breasts and was just going for a size change.

For me it was a little of both I guess, reconstructive and cosmetic. I reconstructed and added a little while I was at it.

Yup, that's me too! My FH used to laugh at me cos I would call mine 'monkey boobs' ( you know when you see the mummy gorillas with the little saggy boobies?) After I got mine done and a couple of months later we saw the before pic, I think both of us were nearly sick! How embarrassing!

[frackspal]

Definitly cosmetic, i just dont like small boobs and i wanted mine bigger

[lilmomma8147]

Mine is definitely cosmetic. I have always wanted bigger boobs, but I was not blessed like others in my family...I was huge after having my daughter and completely deflated...I want that fullness back.

[Admin]

Cosmetic for me. It was nothing more than a size change.

[Daninagy]

Cosmetic!!! I guess mine were fine before just very small.

[HotPinkZebras]

Purely cosmetic. My boobs were fine small...i just wanted BIGGER!

[CAINAZ]

Reconstructive. I lost 48 pounds and had breastfed 4 kids. After my weight loss, I had 2 empty sacks on my chest. No tissue at all.

My next surgery is cosmetic. We are fixing a minor complication I had and going a tad bit bigger in the process.

[hairgirl]

reconstrusctive!!! I nursed 4 babies by the time I was 24 lost 60lbs in my 30's. I was left w/hanging baskets on my chest. My babies are grown & now its time for me to have boobs!

[Staveriee]

I would definately say reconstructive...I had tuberous boobies, I was a borderline 32B and had absolutely 0 lower pole fullness and not only that one was way bigger than the other so I had no choice but to get a breast augmentation in order to straighten things out. So yea, I did need a little maintenance.

[blondebombshell]

My breasts look NOTHING like what they did before any breast augmentation!

[Barbara Ann]

Cosmetic for me ~ size change only.

[beckybee]

I was trolling the polls and saw mine.

It's good to hear everyone's stories and how we each view our breast augmentation.

Thanks for answering everyone!

[Amy_J]

I consider mine reconstructive. Just look at my album.

[blondetothebone]

Mine was cosmetic. I was pretty much flat as a board and way too self conscious about them. I just wanted BOOBS!

[chickie32]

Originally Posted by beckybee

I thought I would post a poll asking you how you "view" your breast augmentation. Was it truly reconstructive, cosmetic, or do you consider it reconstructive due to the nature of your natural breasts (i.e. saggy from breastfeeding, assymetrical etc.)? I know what my answer is.

reconstructive by definition is when something is built *after* it was taken away, such as a masectomy so w/that said, and while breast augmentation's were first done on cancer patients and masectomy patients, all others are then considered 'purely cosmetic'

hth!

[(.Y.)LACEY(.Y.)]

Originally Posted by NuBubies2009

it was reconstructive TO ME because i was trying to restore what i used to have--
it was a reclamation! a restoration!

anyone who has seen my albums can clearly see what I mean..
losing my breasts is the same as never having them at all, because i felt like I was having an identity crisis... you reach for what was there for years and then it is just gone....


and nothing in your wardrobe fits anymore.. and you feel like you were robbed of your feminity.. your womanhood...you feel ashamed when you see yourself in the mirror.. you dont take your shirt off during sex... you look at old pictures and then look at what is left and think " who is this woman? what happened!"
thats just how I personally feel.

Yup thats me exactly.. even the part in your siggy about having pumped for your tube fed preemies (only one of mine was tube fed, but the other took a really small bottle cause she had a weak latch)!
I felt it was definitely reconstructive. It was embarrassing to take off my shit and have little BAGS of nothing with nipples that should be on big boobs!

My husband was happy with my body like it was.. but I know he probably missed my old boobs...if for no other reason than that i was more comfortable with my body and willing to leave the lights on (and top off) when we had sex before I lost them.