Have just read article by Bethan Cole in Daily Mail 01.08.2008 - you can find it on the Daily Mail website. She wrote of her concern that breast surgery (implants) was increasingly treated as a casual cosmetic process and judged the results as universally “weird and vulgar”.
She went on to say “I have no issue with the woman who has had a mastectomy, or the woman whose breasts abnormally did not develop at puberty…”. So it’s ok for us to be weird and vulgar - how generous!
On the one hand I am grateful to the women seeking cosmetic breast surgery - their quest for physical perfection has driven the development of the plastic surgery techniques that I have benefited from. However, it is sad that the values of our society drive people to such extreme measures.
Another fine example of someone commenting on something that they know absolutely nothing about. I got away with a WLE and wouldn’t dream of presuming I knew anything about the effects of a mastectomy, I don’t suppose she meant it to sound this way but that is very emmotive language to use. People need to understand the difference between reconstruction and cosmetic surgery and not put the two in the same pot.
Misha - did you get to the YWG on Thursday, my plans changed about 3 times but still couldn’t make it but am hoping to go to the August meet.
AJxxx
Hi AJ
Yes, I did go along to YWG. There were 5 of us there (2 newbies) and it was a good to have a chat with others who understand. In fact it was the first time I’d been into the city in the evening since my op, so quite a good confidence boost as well. I believe the August meeting (at Jo’s house) is being moved to 21st. I’m hoping to go along.
Regards
Misha
I added a comment to that article - there are quite a lot of comments, so mine was about 12.50 pm and from Sally in SE London.
Sallyxx