Body Shocker

This TV series was on channel 4 was was about people who have had different body modifications. People who have come to regret them and wanting them reversed and people who plan on having extreme work done. Katy Piper was the presenter of the show who has had over 200 procedures herself after having acid thrown over her. So none of those procedures were her own choice apart from one at the age of 22 she got breast implants but now says she regrets not researching more into them and they made her unhappy. This series shows people who are choosing to alter their natural looks. 

Last year 10,000 british women had breast surgery. 

In the particular episode I watched for research there was two women one having her implants took out the other wanting them put in. I researched into the reasons why they each wanted this doing. 

Nicola who is 30 decided to double her breasts in size. 

She used to be a dancer and noticed all the other dancer girls had big breasts and felt like she needed to have them as well. She was also dating a man at the time who's previous girl friend had, had breast implants so she felt like he would like her more if she then got them. 

Nicola went from a size C to HH which as you can see from the image above is a massive difference. Her relationship didn't last and the surgery had a negative impact on her dance work. She had no job and couldn't get any jobs after the surgery. Nicola said in the interview that she couldn't do what she loved anymore and felt like no one took her seriously because her boobs were the first thing people see when they talk to her and they judge her for it and judge what kind of person they think she might be.

Nicola wanted her 9 cup sizes bigger boobs taken out. She can only wear stretchy clothes because of the size of them those are the only type of clothes that will fit. She also said she is finding it hard to meet someone because she says "my boobs make me the kind of girl you don't take home to your mum." She regrets having them so big and says she rushed into and wasn't thinking about herself but what others thought of her. I feel like in this day that is what people are like when it comes to surgery and not everyone gets it done for themselves. 

The next person was 26 year old Flame who is a personal trainer and wants a 'boob job' hoping that it will help her career and love life. She wants to go up 4 cup sizes to a DD. Flame says that she thinks breast surgery is very common these days and you can even get finance on them to help pay. So you can get them even if you can't afford them at the time. Her sister however doesn't think that having a breast augmentation will help fix how Flame feels about herself and worries it will lead her to having other surgery's she doesn't need. 

Flame says she feels like she isn't in proportion and she see's all these other perfect girls everywhere who are flawless and she wants to feel like that. Flame and Nicola met up and Nicola told her that the boob job she had didn't meet her expectations and that Flame needed to take that into account. Flame said that she hopes it will make her more confident, meet guys and help her in her career. But Nicola said she thought all of that as well and it did the exact opposite for her.. it stopped her career and dreams. She wants someone who likes her for her personality not her boobs. Flame says she just wants her boobs fixed and she feels like this will also help her confident. 

Although after speaking to Nicola she wasn't 100% sure and was starting to have second thoughts about it. 

In the end Flame ended up getting a breast augmentation and was not happy with the result she said that she feels like they are too big and wish she has of done more research about the surgery beforehand. She also said she didn't realise how painful it would be. 

Flame says she would now give the advice in asking will it really help you? is it more about whats on the inside or outside? are you doing it for yourself? 

Overall it didn't meet her expectations and feels let down, heartbroken and less confident than she ever has and even more unhappy. 

Getting a breast augmentation is a very common procedure more and more people are having it done now than ever.

Nicola ended up getting her implants took out after 3 1/2 hours in surgery. Her mother said "its hard to watch when it's self inflicted pain." She had new implants put in but that were half the size than what she had before. Nicola says her whole persona is judged on her boobs and is now worried because she's had smaller ones put it that she will never get any attention. Nicola went from a HH to a D. Her recovery was a lot longer and the scars the second time round were worse but she says it was worth it as she can now fit into normal clothes and feels so much more happier. She has also said that now she feels like she gets attention off the right kind of people now, she gets less of a reaction but feels like if someone talks to her its for her personality and it's more genuine. 

These two women have experienced what can happen if you rush into this kind of surgery without researching into it enough or thinking about it. Neither of them were happy with the outcome that they had after surgery both because they felt like they rushed into and both did it for the wrong reasons. Having surgery is a very serious thing to do and these days people don't think anything of it or the complications that can go with it whether they be physical or mental they have just become normalised in today's society.