Breast implants have now been with us for over fifty years and they are likely to be with us for at least another fifty years and longer. Their popularity has never been higher in the U.S. with over 300,000 breast augmentations performed in 2012, making it the number one cosmetic procedure performed. Women who get breast implants range from all walks of life from the topless dancer to the soccer mom. Despite their popularity, they have always been a source of social controversy, creating debate from psychologists to the media. In a recent published survery one-third of younger women, ages 18 to 25 years old, said they would swap their intelligence for bigger breasts. Nearly two-thirds surveyed said that they thought men would be more romantically interested in them if they were more endowed. The survey responses are likely a reflection of their young age and limited perspective on life. But these responses no doubt indicate that many women seek to increase breast size because they think it will make them more atttractive…and perception can become reality as we all know.
Dr. Barry Eppley
Indianapolis, Indiana