Plastic surgeons describe sexism around breast reductions

I agree with this women. Men are ignorant fools if they ignore this problems.<br>Just try a week with two dangling baloons of water around your neck for a week. A day or two might be fun, but then your neck hurts, your back hurts, your nipples might hurt without the proper gear to keep the ballons stable. <br>Let&#39;s extend the challenge; do sports with this extra weight. Let your balance get thrown of in any game. Try throwing, try hitting a baseball with this dangling mess in front of you.<br>And that&#39;s just the challenges I came up with from the top of my hat, other women might want to extend this. CNN, do a game show with this ideas and let the ladies above be the judges.

&quot;Feel watched&quot;?!! There is no &#39;feel&#39; about it. With unusually large breasts, you are watche, and commented on in public. All.The.Time!<br><br>It makes for a great a$$hole detector because the only way to stay sane is to surround yourself with people who see you behind the boobs. <br><br>My life before and after reduction was night and day. I went from being stared at in public no matter where I went to just being a normal everyday person. <br><br>If anyone reading this is considering it, yes it is worth it. There is a period of grief and discombobulation when your defining feature no longer exists, but it is so worth it!

Because the medical system frequently trivializes the procedure as purely &quot;cosmetic,&quot; getting insurance coverage can be a nightmare. The segment famously noted that obtaining approval for a medically necessary breast reduction can sometimes feel harder than purchasing a gun in America. Patients often carry up to several pounds of excess weight on their chests, resulting in chronic back, neck, and shoulder pain, skin rashes, and structural issues. Despite this, women are routinely told by doctors, partners, and society that they should be &quot;happy&quot; with what they have, forcing them to justify an operation that is fundamentally about health and mobility. Ultimately, the piece highlighted how the medical system and society at large frequently commodify women&#39;s bodies, treating a vital, pain-relieving medical necessity as an unnecessary modification simply because it doesn&#39;t align with male preferences.