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Big is out, it would appear - at least
as far as breasts are concerned.
The days of bra-busting boob jobs are
coming to an end, plastic surgeons revealed yesterday.
Far fewer women now want to 'do a Jordan'
and inflate their bosoms to epic proportions.
Instead, more are opting for a less pronounced
enlargement to attain the full, yet smaller, look of models
such as Nell McAndrew.
A decade ago, when Baywatch was at its
height and Pamela Anderson a world icon, almost six in
ten breast enlargement patients went up three or more
cup sizes. That figure is now just one in four.
Two-thirds of patients now go up two
cup sizes, compared with 40 per cent in
1994. And 11 per cent increase just one
cup size, up from two per cent.
Even glamour model Jordan, who owes much
of her success to her outrageouslyenhanced chest, has
recently indicated that she would like to downsize to
more moderate assets.
The figures came from The Harley Medical
Group, which has ten clinics across the country.
Director Louise Braham stressed that,
despite the marked change in size preferences, breast
enlargements were as popular as ever and accounted for
more than a third of all procedures at Harley. 'It has
been the most popular cosmetic surgery treatment throughout
our 22-year history and remains so, followed by liposuction
and rhinoplasty (nose jobs),' she added.
'Our research also shows that 64 per
cent of all respondents said that the cosmetic treatment
was one of the best things they've ever done.'
Most breast enlargement patients - 85
per cent - are aged between 25 and 35.
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