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Iva Roze SkochJuly 24, 2012 14:00 | Global Post

There has been plenty of interesting news this week from the world of breast enlargement.

First, the British family known as the “boob job family” because they collectively spent $77,000 on
silicone implants so far, appeared on the This Morning show to defend their multiple operations,
The Daily Mail reports.

It all started with the mother, Chantal, 53.

The mother of nine said her very first boob job left her with what she says looked like “balls in socks.”
It was only the third operation that‘s brought her the kind of contentment she was looking for,
according to the Daily Mail.

“I'm now a 32GG and I'm immensely happy,” she said in the story. Not many people can say that. I,
for one, didn’t even know they made bras so far down the alphabet.



In Akron, Ohio, 37-year-old Chrissy Lance staked out the corner of Manchester Road and Carnegie
Avenue to collect money with a sign that read: "Not homeless. Need boobs," NBC2 reports.

Lance, who actually got a license to panhandle for this, says she raised about $90 in just a few hours
and she is determined to not leave her spot until she reaches her goal.

She told NBC2 she worked in a bar and she hoped the implants will "help improve her self esteem."

The plastic surgery business has been enjoying a boom, despite the weakening global economy, The
Guardian reports.

Breast augmentation in the US alone rose four percent last year, to a staggering 307,180 procedures.

The number one reason stated for having plastic surgery is "getting bigger self-esteem."

Now, the rest of the world would probably argue that the last thing the United States needs is bigger
self esteem, but that's not clearly how Americans themselves see it.

Speaking of economic terms, the cyclical theory seems to apply here, too. Where there’s no bust,
there's definitely a boom.