At the grocery store check-out, I read in the latest issue of
"Seventeen" magazine (a U.S. magazine for teenagers, though probably
mostly read by girls younger than 17) a young woman's story about having
been very self-conscious and uncomfortable through her teens about her
size-DD breasts, and how breast reduction surgery raised her self-esteem
and changed her life.  It was very cavalier about breastfeeding
(reflecting the author's 20-something world-view), along the lines of
"it may affect breastfeeding, but 75% of women who have such surgery can
breastfeed."  It also said that there was a 95% chance of regaining full
sensation. (not exact quotes -- too cheap to buy the magazine).  Anyway,
are those statistics being thrown around based on anything scientific?

It was sad that very young girls are reading about this procedure as
just "cosmetic."  If one had liposuction on one's thighs and couldn't
walk very well afterward, it sure wouldn't be viewed so lightly.

Margaret Wills, LLLL, IBCLC

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