Breast Implants -- The Over and Under Approach

Introduction

Pose this question to any man. "Which do you prefer on a woman, small, natural breasts or larger synthetic breasts?" If you ask most women how they think men would answer, the majority would say the latter. Although there have been no definitive national surveys on this issue, they would probably be right. Why this opinion may be correct is dealt with in the Breast History page and the answers are certainly open to debate. However, for whatever reason, whether it is social, cultural, occupational, or personal, there are millions of women who have already decided to install breast implants inside of their bodies and millions more are most likely to follow in their footsteps. If you posed the same question above to women, the universal answer would be almost unanimous for the natural breasts, particularly if the alternative is surgery. Most people do not "like" to have surgery anymore than they "like" to have a root canal. Yet, somehow breast implants have become more common than root canals.

Life is Seldom Fair

Actually, the entire issue is decidedly unfair to women. If there is some common ground here, men might view the issue like this. To be honest, many men are quite sensitive about penis size and if a medical team ever manages to perfect a penile transplant or enlargement procedure to the same degree of routineness as breast implants, the cultural and financial impact is almost unimaginable. Yet, men can live their entire lives and very few people other than their mother, lovers, or wives will ever see or know the size of their penis. Women are not so fortunate since the size of a woman's breast is considerably less difficult to detect than the size of a man's penis whether underneath clothing or in bathing suits. One wonders that if men had to somehow display their sexual organs on the outside, they might be less obsessed with the size of women's breasts, or at least be more sensitive to the issues from a woman's viewpoint. There is even a strange paradox here since surveys often indicate that women are not particularly concerned about the size of a man's penis.

Either women are more personally enlightened or men have been culturally brainwashed into equating female breast size with sexual attractiveness. If the latter is true, millions of women have also come to feel that larger breasts are the key to personal fulfillment and sexual worth to the male gender. This issue could be debated for years with no solution in sight. From a logical and mental health standpoint, neither sex should feel diminished because of the size of their sexual organs or other body parts. Nevertheless, cultural attitudes change slowly and in this era, the large, youthful, and firm breast look is definitely the norm. How each individual reacts to social pressure should be an entirely personal matter; however, millions of women will still feed the need to have larger, firmer, and youthful looking breasts and millions of men will be encouraging them.

Making the Decision, The Over/Under Option

After considering all the options and alternatives, many women will still decide that breast implants will improve their lives and the majority of the women who already have breast implants are initially quite happy with them. Many women also do not realize that there are two major locations for a breast implant on their body. One procedure is the "on top of the chest muscle" procedure and the other is the "under the chest muscle procedure". Although the phrase, "attractive, natural looking breasts" can mean many different things, most people know what a natural breast looks like even though that can refer to many different looks. The two different procedures are dealt with in more detail on the breast alternatives page but in general, the under the muscle procedure results in more natural looking breasts. This is most noticeable at the top of the breast where the new breast installed by the under muscle method will have a gentle 30 to 45 degree upward slant from the nipple towards the upper chest wall. This is usually how natural beasts look and the downward slope on natural breasts can be even more pronounced. Although there are exceptions and depending on the age of the woman, natural breasts seldom look like they are standing straight out and they are more cone or pear shaped. Breast implants professionally installed under the muscle tend to mimic the natural look more effectively, particularly by having both a degree of upward slant and downward slope. On the other hand, breast implants installed on top of the muscle often have almost no upward slant, stand straight out with little downward slope and look un-naturally rounded. The final appearance of any breast implant varies with a number of factors including the size of the implant, the size and structure of the woman and the skill of the surgeon. The examples given below are not intended to promote one procedure over another and what is appropriate for a specific individual depends upon many factors. This is strictly a matter of personal opinion, but some examples are provided in the next section to illustrate how the different viewpoints provided by the two different procedures might look in comparison with the natural look.

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