Breast Reduction: The Other 'Boob' Job

August 31, 2010

In fifth grade, Cate Brecht’s classmates were making bra-stuffing jokes about her already curvy figure. By high school, she recalls some guys just blurting out such brilliant conversation starters as, “Wow, you have really large breasts.” Meanwhile, her large E-cup “girls” stood between her and a good jog, an aerobic workout, and fun shopping with her girlfriends at mainstream stores.

Dresses that looked sweet on her gal pals looked raunchy and too revealing on her.

When she gained weight, her breasts would grow. But lose the pounds, and the cup size didn’t waver.

So last year, as Cate rounded 19 years and headed for 20, she started planning to surgically shrink her assets.

“I’ve wanted the procedure for most of my life,” Cate said. “I didn’t want to get rid of them. I still wanted to have large breasts. I just wanted them to be more manageable. “It’s going to make me more comfortable,” she added. More comfortable in the gym, on the beach and on dates.

Surgery rates on the rise
Last year, more than 113,000 women underwent breast reduction surgery, that’s up 137 percent from 1997, according to the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery. Among females younger than 20, it ranks second behind nose jobs, as the most requested plastic surgery, with 2,983 reductions done last year. (By comparison, 2,953 girls in the same age group surgically added to their cup size that year).

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