# What's so great about implants??? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 11, 2000, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-so-great-about-implants/25206 "2000-07-11T13:31:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![rundogrun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5daacb/32.png) [@rundogrun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rundogrun)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2000, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-so-great-about-implants/25206/1 "2000-07-11T13:31:19Z")
I like breasts. I like big, bouncy ones and itty, bity ones, in all shapes and nationalities. I like to hold them, admire them, sleep next to them and nuzzle them. So sue me. I’m a guy. Whaddya expect? So what’s so great about implants? Are there guys out there who actually prefer fake ones to real ones? Does this mean you sprout wood when they dress the mannequins in the department store window? Are there women who get implants for reasons other than to stop the pleadings/grovelings/beggings of their SOs? ---
**Author:** ![PRISM02](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ba9def/32.png) [@PRISM02](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PRISM02)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2000, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-so-great-about-implants/25206/2 "2000-07-11T16:00:49Z")
I like breasts also, natural or unnatural. I have had female friends who’s breasts looked like two fried eggs with the yolks broken and certainly could have used implants. I’ve known women who had great bodies but their knockers, for some reason were too small or sagged tremendously. They got implants and were much happier. I know dancers who got implants to firm and round out their busts and were pleased with them and made more in tips. I know a guy whose wife decided to get implants to perk up her breasts for him – not because he begged her to. I know one lady who was so pleased by how big her breasts got when she was pregnant, that afterwards, she had implants put in. Remarkable difference! Not only did they make her bigger, but gave her knockers a better shape. Years ago, many women with smallish breasts wore foam rubber inserts in their bras to make themselves look bigger. Now we have implants. I know one skinny girl from high school who when I saw her many, many years later, had changed dramatically. She had implants put in to give her a nice chest and her whole bearing had changed. I’ll tell you, I suspect that if there were penis implants available to make a guy bigger, men would flock to the surgeon. As it is, some guys have small rubber pellets installed under the skin to give them a ‘knobby’ penis which women are supposed to like. (I don’t know. I’ve never asked a girl.) However, there are pectoral implants being used for guys who want to look buffed. Plus guys have gone in for surgery to have the fat removed from under their breasts in order to look more lean and mean. ---
**Author:** ![Bottle\_of\_Smoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Bottle\_of\_Smoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bottle_of_Smoke)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2000, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-so-great-about-implants/25206/3 "2000-07-11T16:10:17Z")
I’m with you all the way, dog. I like them natural (and au natural). Any man who tries to convince his SO to get implants lacks an appreciation of true beauty. And some of these implants you see out there…c’mon, people, bigger isn’t always better. In most cases, bigger just looks more ridiculous. ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2000, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-so-great-about-implants/25206/4 "2000-07-11T23:14:26Z")
I always wondered who Pamela Anderson was trying to appeal to – 15-year-old boys? She looked more like a couple of grapefruits than a human body. “Knockers?” _wince_ ---
**Author:** ![manhattan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manhattan/32/7_2.png) [@manhattan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manhattan)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2000, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-so-great-about-implants/25206/5 "2000-07-11T23:38:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by rundogrun \* > \*\*Are there women who get implants for reasons other than to stop the pleadings/grovelings/beggings of their SOs? \*\* Not to inject a serious note into this juvenile hooter-fest, but yes. There are. You may recall that breast implants were developed with the idea of _reconstructive_ as opposed to cosmetic surgery. Whether it’s because of the socialization mindset so evident in this thread or because it makes women feel more “whole,” many women find implants to be an important part of the psychological healing process following a bout with breast cancer or otherwise losing a breast. I guess that’s it for now. Enjoy your discussion of “knockers.” :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Lamia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2000, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-so-great-about-implants/25206/6 "2000-07-12T01:40:41Z")
The first time I ever saw fully exposed silicone-enchanced breasts was while watching some inane horror flick. The woman who was about the be the killer’s first victim disrobed and slipped into the tub. Let me tell you, the scariest thing in that movie were her breasts. They did not resemble natural human breasts at all; it was as if the poor woman had alien pods attached to her chest. Women with breasts implants usually look fine when clothed, but I have yet to see one undressed who did not look like a freak. I don’t think having large breasts is worth the trade-off, but apparently there are plenty of people who do. ---
**Author:** ![PRISM02](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ba9def/32.png) [@PRISM02](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PRISM02)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2000, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-so-great-about-implants/25206/7 "2000-07-12T04:02:15Z")
Most of you keep forgetting one thing – silicone implants or whatever type they choose to use, come in different sizes. I’ve met women with implants designed just to give them a one size increase and it was hard to tell that they were fake. ---
**Author:** ![Eggs\_a\_la\_Ted](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c68b51/32.png) [@Eggs\_a\_la\_Ted](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eggs_a_la_Ted)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2000, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-so-great-about-implants/25206/8 "2000-07-12T12:34:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by rundogrun \* > **So what’s so great about implants? Are there guys out there who actually prefer fake ones to real ones?** Personally, I’d prefer good looking fake ones to bad looking real ones. However, the women who go for the supersized Marty Feldman boob jobs should have their head examined. I can’t see how those would appeal to anyone. There just scary. ---
**Author:** ![Lazarus7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/67e7ee/32.png) [@Lazarus7](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lazarus7)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2000, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-so-great-about-implants/25206/9 "2000-07-13T04:02:01Z")
Dr Roberts … ---
**Author:** ![JimmyNipples](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/eb9ed0/32.png) [@JimmyNipples](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimmyNipples)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2000, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-so-great-about-implants/25206/10 "2000-07-13T13:27:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by a35362 \* > \*\*I always wondered who Pamela Anderson was trying to appeal to – \*\* Remember the Blue Zone Girl? Pam was discovered at a BC Lions football game. Talk about a honey. Some talented camera man saw her in the stands and put her on the stadium screen. Labatt’s beer signed her up and the rest is history. Now she looks like a freek…a pretty freek…but a freek. If implants make the woman feel better about herself…dandy…but I’m fairly indifferent to them. However, they are eye catching.