# Thai-Government-Approved Breast-Slapping Course **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 23, 2011, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thai-government-approved-breast-slapping-course/597297 "2011-09-23T04:04:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2011, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thai-government-approved-breast-slapping-course/597297/1 "2011-09-23T04:04:58Z")
In this blurb and video on the _Bangkok Post_ website, it does not actually say the government has approved it, but I have been assured that such is the case. And while you may think this is a joke, it is very real. Even though this is featured on the website of a family newspaper, it could conceivably be considered NSFW in some quarters, so I had best break the link: > **[Breast-Slapping Beauty](https://www.bangkokpost.com/vdo/256935/breast-slapping-beauty)** > > Khemmikka Na Songkhla's government-approved alternative beauty techniques include "breast-slapping" to enhance breast size and "buttock-slapping" to firm up the rear. After almost two decades of dishing out slaps in the name of image improvement, the... But if you want larger breasts without the fuss of all that surgery, this may be the ticket for you. However, it ain’t cheap. At the end of the video, the, um, slapper quotes prices of 10 million baht for the body-slapping course, 8 million baht for the breast-slapping course and 5 million for face-slapping. That’s US$325,000, $260,000 and $162,000, respectively. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2011, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thai-government-approved-breast-slapping-course/597297/2 "2011-09-23T04:16:26Z")
Ah, actually the blurb does say it’s government-approved. At last, it says it _now_. That was not there earlier, and I think they changed that recently. Phew! Good to be sure you’re not geting ripped off! ---
**Author:** ![Reply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reply/32/15952_2.png) [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2011, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thai-government-approved-breast-slapping-course/597297/3 "2011-09-23T06:28:37Z")
Does this actually work…? ---
**Author:** ![voltaire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voltaire/32/313_2.png) [@voltaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voltaire)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2011, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thai-government-approved-breast-slapping-course/597297/4 "2011-09-23T07:03:19Z")
> [@Reply](#): > > Does this actually work…? I don’t doubt that it causes temporary swelling, but I highly doubt it has a permanent effect. ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2011, 8:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thai-government-approved-breast-slapping-course/597297/5 "2011-09-23T08:32:21Z")
I could see myself making a career of that. ---
**Author:** ![GaryM](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garym/32/241_2.png) [@GaryM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaryM)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2011, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thai-government-approved-breast-slapping-course/597297/6 "2011-09-23T14:19:22Z")
I did notice in the video that when she was showing the increase from 31" to 32" that she measured in different places. High on the breast for the first measurement, and lower down for the 32". What! I was paying attention. ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2011, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thai-government-approved-breast-slapping-course/597297/7 "2011-09-23T15:06:24Z")
> [@GaryM](#): > > I did notice in the video that when she was showing the increase from 31" to 32" that she measured in different places. High on the breast for the first measurement, and lower down for the 32". > > What! I was paying attention. So this boob blurb has already been busted. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2011, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thai-government-approved-breast-slapping-course/597297/8 "2011-09-23T15:24:41Z")
> [@Duckster](#): > > So this boob blurb has already been busted. > > 😃 Nipped in the bud, one might say if one was so inclined. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2014, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thai-government-approved-breast-slapping-course/597297/9 "2014-04-15T02:54:44Z")
Reviving this zombie to let you know that [Kim Kardashian endured this on her recent trip here](http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/life/fashion-beauty/kim-ks-extreme-thai-treatments-30170802.html): **“Included in these supposed treatments was the ancient procedure of butt, face and breast slapping. Costing £200 for a 15-minute session, fans of the treatment says wrinkles are erased, pores are shrunk and skin feels tightened.”** I know her name but only from the news. But I also know there seem to be many people out there who would revel in the thought of her paying big bucks to have her butt, face and breasts slapped. My wife thinks it is very funny – I’m trying to be polite and not say “pathetic” – that Western women would fall for this hocus. She’s never heard of this supposed “ancient treatment.” ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2014, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thai-government-approved-breast-slapping-course/597297/10 "2014-04-15T14:33:21Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > My wife thinks it is very funny – I’m trying to be polite and not say “pathetic” – that Western women would fall for this hocus. She’s never heard of this supposed “ancient treatment.” So she was tittering, then? ---
**Author:** ![ducati](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cc9497/32.png) [@ducati](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ducati)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2014, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thai-government-approved-breast-slapping-course/597297/11 "2014-04-15T14:49:46Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > So she was tittering, then? :smack: ---
**Author:** ![hotflungwok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/edb3f5/32.png) [@hotflungwok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hotflungwok)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2014, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thai-government-approved-breast-slapping-course/597297/12 "2014-04-15T17:25:06Z")
£200? Sheesh. Doesn’t she realize how many people would happily slap her on the ass or in the face for free? ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2014, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thai-government-approved-breast-slapping-course/597297/13 "2014-04-15T17:44:50Z")
She pays to be sure they STOP slapping her. (This Doper does not endorse the gratuituous slapping senseless of Kim K or any other woman. But he recognizes there are those who would pay hard earned cash to do so in her case.)