Fri, 13 Apr 2012 17:42:00 +0000: The Best And Worst Celebrity Boob Jobs - The Breast Augmentation Blog
Gwen Stefani
Hello My Beautiful Readers!
Today, I'm happy to share a guest post from Your Guide To Plastic Surgery, who will share some insightful lessons we can glean from the world of celebrity breast augmentations.
xo
Grace
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An actress' appearance can tremendously inflience her career. This is why plastic surgery is so common among women in Hollywood. When an actress reappears looking pretty and refreshed after a long time away from the spotlight, it is likely that she has had a cosmetic procedure performed. An improvement in appearance that is natural and noticeable but not obviously the result of plastic surgery is ideal. For more information on plastic surgery, check out Your Guide to Plastic Surgery.
Breast augmentation is one of the most commonly performed plastic surgeries in Hollywood. Since many actresses are slim or petite in physique, many of them do not naturally have large breasts. They often look to cosmetic surgery to add some womanly curves. And as an often welcome side effect, making the breasts bigger can make the waist appear smaller in comparison. A natural-looking set of breast implants should provide a moderate upgrade to what the woman already possesses. It only takes going up more than one or two cup sizes to make the implants look obvious and unnatural.
Blake Lively
Blake Lively has the best breast implants in Hollywood! She benefits from having an already stunning figure that is lean and healthy, so subtly increasing her bust size has only made her more attractive. Her implants can be seen in this photo. Her breasts were already big enough to sufficiently conceal the implants, which are likely made out of silicone. They look large and full but do not sag when Blake is not wearing a bra. Like many actresses, one of her reasons for having plastic surgery was wanting to look better in clothes. Blake now fills out her tops more so than she did before the surgery.
Gwen Stefani
Gwen Stefani is another blonde who has had great results from breast augmentation. Her implants are probably saline, which may not feel as natural as silicone ones do, but are the better choice for incredibly thin women who do not want the outlines of their implants to be visible underneath their skin. Gwen went from an A cup to a large B cup, keeping her bust in proportion with her slender figure.
Blake and Gwen are also stellar examples of tasteful rhinoplasty. They both started out with rather large, indelicate noses that have since been smoothed and refined. They exercised good judgment in leaving their noses big rather than having them reduced down to entirely different shapes. They modified their looks without disrupting the natural, graceful geometry of their faces.
Kate Beckinsale
Kate Beckinsale's implants are poorly placed and too big for her frame. They are obviously silicone because they create a defined valley down her rib cage in between their sharp edges. They are too high up on her chest and are too unnaturally perky, especially in a top like the one Kate is wearing in the photograph. They are so oversized that they actually caused her skin to develop stretch marks over them. Breast plants this obvious have been inserted over the muscle rather than underneath it. Placing implants under the muscle is more painful and necessitates a longer recovery period, but it results in more natural-looking breast augmentations. It is rumored that Kate's contract forbids screenwriters from writing any scenes in which she has to bend over because her implants will slide up to her collarbone due to their improper placement.
Tara Reid
Tara Reid has some of the worst celebrity plastic surgery results of all time. Her breast implants are too big and yet they still sag. This happens when a large silicone implant is inserted on top of the muscle and is only supported by the surrounding skin. When her top came down at a red carpet event, the world became privy to Tara's unsightly surgical scarring. Her surgeon did not direct her toward better implant and placement options, nor did he perform the operation correctly. Tara also has a lumpy, disfigured torso due to a botched liposuction procedure during which her doctor tried to remove more fat than a thin woman like Tara should reasonably have extracted.
The Takeaway
So how can women avoid these problems with botched plastic surgery? It all really comes down who they select as their plastic surgeon. Skilled plastic surgeons know how to make the procedures look more natural, but it also comes to what the woman requests. If a woman like Tara Reid asks for liposuction on her 110 pound frame, it’s kind of hard to make that look natural. If a woman asks for breast implants that are too big or too perky, the plastic surgeon should advise against this. But if the patient demands it, again, there is only so much the surgeon can do. It is best to keep realistic expectations and actually listen to the advice of a board-certified, skilled doctor, as they know what’s best – after all, they are the one performing the surgery!
Hilary Heath with her sportswear creations, courtesy of SturdyGirlSports.com
Hi All!
I'm excited to share a guest post today by Hilary Heath of Sturdy Girl Sports, who is going to tell us her own breast augmentation story, and explain how sports bra support needs change after having a boob job.
And all of you active women out there - from runners, to yogis to dancers and exercise enthusiasts - you'll want to check out Hilary's line of Sturdy Girl sports bras and athletic wear, which allow you to continue your favorite high-impact work outs after your breast augmentation, without having to think about (or feel!) your new additions.
xo
Grace
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Hilary's Breast Augmentation Story
As your guest host for today, I thought I’d take a moment to explain my background.
In my early forties I found myself doing that thing where you stare at yourself in mirror after a shower and sort of do a full body assessment. Overall, I felt pretty good. I was fit, strong and had lots of energy. The only part of my body that I wasn’t happy with was my breasts. Having been a runner since college and having breast-fed 3 kids, my boobs looked like they’d been through a war. I knew all the working out in the world wasn’t going to bring my “fried eggs on a clothesline” back to their former perkiness. It was at the point I decided to get breast augmentation and my husband, god bless him, was fully supportive.
I didn’t really have a size in mind. I just asked my surgeon to “fill up the empty space”. My surgeon started with a moderate size, I think 300 cc’s of saline slightly overfilled, but after propping me up on the table and looking at them before closing me up everyone in the room agreed that my breasts still had plenty of space to fill up (read: still saggy looking). So he went up to 400 cc’s and overfilled again which took them 425cc’s. I guess that did the trick because that is how I left surgery. I am happy with how they came out and think they fit my body structure, but I did end up with DD cup size breasts which is bigger than I initially anticipated.
It didn’t take long for me to realize that the sports bras I used for running and other high impact sports weren’t going to work any longer. Sports bras sized “medium” now didn’t fit my breasts although they still fit my rib cage. Hook and closure sports bras in size 34DD fit me, but I hated the way they looked. To me, they looked like underwear instead of like a sports bra - which meant I wasn’t going to take my shirt off on a hot summer’s day trail run because I didn’t want to be seen running in underwear. Even worse, I hated what they did to me after a long, sweaty run. I found I regularly got raw spots from the closure area whether it was located in the back or the front of the bras. It was at that point that I decided I was going to design a better sports bra that fit my new figure. It took me another couple of years to actually go do it.
My research into how to design a better sports bra for my new body led me to understanding the differences between augmented breasts and natural breasts. And this is what I am here to share today.
The Difference Between Natural and Augmented Breasts
I learned that as women age, their breast tissue and suspensor ligaments that hold them up - known as Cooper’s ligaments – thin out and droop naturally, just as all the tissue on your body loses its elasticity as you age.
However, once you get implants, the thinning ligaments that would normally sustain naturally thinning breast tissue now need to hold up dense, nonchanging implants, which over time can end up sagging even worse than natural breasts if not properly supported. Implants subjected to repeated unsupported high-impact movement can risk sliding out of the breast pocket created by the surgeon. If this happens, reconstructive surgery is required to fix the situation. This alone is reason enough to make sure you wear a high-support sports bra when working out.
Second, numbness or lack of sensation in nipple tissue is a common side effect of augmentation surgery. It doesn’t even matter where the incision was made. This is because the web of nerves in every woman’s breast is different, and avoiding no affect is almost impossible. As a result of this damage and loss of sensation, nipples may seem to have a mind of their own and stand out at embarrassing times. Workouts are no exception. A good support sports bra will help conceal this when you're working out and don't want to be thinking about that!
Third, women commonly get implants that are disproportionately large for their bodies even if their implants are not truly large. This is because many women with small natural breasts have correspondingly small body frames or low body fat. So even getting moderate implants on a small or thin body frame can lead to difficultly in finding a sports bra that fits and supports correctly. Often the breast area on a woman of this thin body structure is basically just the round implant itself with very little tissue covering it.
The Bottom Line
- Augmented breasts need higher support than natural breasts because the dense nonchanging implants put undue strain on the body’s supportive ligaments. The bigger the implants, the bigger the strain, and potential for sagging or slippage from the breast pocket.
- Augmented breasts can have more nipple protrusion than natural breasts, so a sports bra that offers full coverage in the nipple area will likely make you feel most comfortable.
- Augmented breasts are often disproportionate to the rest of a women’s body, making it difficult to wear a bra sized small, medium, large. Your sports bra should securely support your breasts, and snuggly fit the width of your torso.
I hope this info is helpful to keep in mind when you're sports bra shopping, and perhaps even deciding on an implant size.
Gwen Stefani
Kate BeckinsaleKate Beckinsale's implants are poorly placed and too big for her frame. They are obviously silicone because they create a defined valley down her rib cage in between their sharp edges. They are too high up on her chest and are too unnaturally perky, especially in a top like the one Kate is wearing in the photograph. They are so oversized that they actually caused her skin to develop stretch marks over them. Breast plants this obvious have been inserted over the muscle rather than underneath it. Placing implants under the muscle is more painful and necessitates a longer recovery period, but it results in more natural-looking breast augmentations. It is rumored that Kate's contract forbids screenwriters from writing any scenes in which she has to bend over because her implants will slide up to her collarbone due to their improper placement.
Tara ReidTara Reid has some of the worst celebrity plastic surgery results of all time. Her breast implants are too big and yet they still sag. This happens when a large silicone implant is inserted on top of the muscle and is only supported by the surrounding skin. When her top came down at a red carpet event, the world became privy to Tara's unsightly surgical scarring. Her surgeon did not direct her toward better implant and placement options, nor did he perform the operation correctly. Tara also has a lumpy, disfigured torso due to a botched liposuction procedure during which her doctor tried to remove more fat than a thin woman like Tara should reasonably have extracted.The TakeawaySo how can women avoid these problems with botched plastic surgery? It all really comes down who they select as their plastic surgeon. Skilled plastic surgeons know how to make the procedures look more natural, but it also comes to what the woman requests. If a woman like Tara Reid asks for liposuction on her 110 pound frame, it’s kind of hard to make that look natural. If a woman asks for breast implants that are too big or too perky, the plastic surgeon should advise against this. But if the patient demands it, again, there is only so much the surgeon can do. It is best to keep realistic expectations and actually listen to the advice of a board-certified, skilled doctor, as they know what’s best – after all, they are the one performing the surgery!
Hilary Heath with her sportswear creations, courtesy of SturdyGirlSports.com
Photo: ReutersWhat Happened:
Joint statement from the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (BAAPS):
