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Soul Searching and Weighing my Options (And Resources!) -Sacramento, CA

UPDATED FROM 2bnatural

oops...I mean NOT with our bodies. Our bodies are perfect in their natural state.

$4,000
sorry, I couldn't edit my misspelling :)

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Gary A. Smith, MD (retired)

Gary A. Smith, MD (retired)

Board Certified Plastic Surgeon

Many years ago I thought he was cold and made me feel uncomfortable. I knew several people who had been to him with good results though. And back then I saw him on a phone call with a cancer patient and he was so compassionate that I gave him the benefit of doubt. This time I felt he was very kind, considerate, compassionate, professional, and very qualified. So if I go through with any of my options I would feel very comfortable with him as my doctor. I can't seem to edit who my doctor was, but I wound up going to Dr Freed in Auburn CA. I felt a little better about him as he seemed more compassionate, more thorough and cautious, it's closer to home and I'd gotten good reviews from other local women. Not to criticize Dr Smith. I think he is a fine surgeon as well. This just made more sense in the long run for me.

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You look beautiful! Your attitude and optimism is beautiful as well. Thank you for your story. I think a lot of women go into an augmentation thinking they have researched everything, thinking they are well informed, but I really don't think they are. I know I wasn't. I thought I was. I naively thought I would die an old lady with my implants. That I would get them replaced up until I was 90 years old. The reality doesn't set in until it's too late for most, I'm afraid! I wish you all the best in your recovery. Soft hugs, my friend :-)
Thank you for sharing your journey with such openness and painful honesty. It is pretty horrid that mutilation of women's body is such a large money-making industry in the US (yet we all shake our heads in superiority when we hear about things in the news like female genital mutilation in other parts of the world). What's worse is that the voices of those of us who have been damaged by "elective surgery" fall on deaf ears. The mass media won't touch this issue because they don't want to lose advertising dollars. It's tragic that young women today are receiving implantation surgery as high school graduation gifts! Absolutely appalling. Our country is extremely unbalanced and yes, barbaric. Barbarians are people who are cruel, savage and violent. No wonder we have the reputation for being known as "Ugly Americans" by the rest of the world. Natural is beautiful. Blessings to the women who have the course to remain natural in the first place, but most of all to the brave ones who have chosen to get off the treadmill of socially pressured self-mutilation. Love and Light to us all!
Sorry, it was a type, but I haven't figured out how to go back and edit a comment...What I meant was: "Blessings to the women who have the COURAGE to remain natural in the first place...."
UPDATED FROM 2bnatural

Something is wrong with our society, now with our bodies!

Chris Jordan: Depicts 32,000 Barbies, equal to the number of elective breast augmentation surgeries performed monthly in the US in 2006. 60×80”

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UPDATED FROM 2bnatural

Please spread the word....breast augmentation is not worth it!

Here is a great TED talk that touches on the subject.
http://www.ted.com/talks/chris_jordan_pictures_some_shocking_stats#t-397036

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