Bigger isn't always better

Ladies (and guys too), take a moment to visualize your ideal cup size. Is your imagination working? Some of you out there may want bigger breasts. Simply put, you want some cleavage. \nAs a woman in our society, it's hard to deal with the pressures of "measuring up" to the image of the ideal breast size. It's especially difficult when Victoria's Secret model Gisele is dancing around in her bra and panties in a commercial that claims she is a curvaceous woman. \nWomen remember how it was in grade school. We've all had the "your body is going through some changes talk" with our mothers and what should be called the "growth trash talk" with our misinformed friends. "Make sure you sleep on your back and not on your side -- you don't want to be lopsided! Don't sleep on your stomach, they might get suffocated and won't grow to their full potential." \nThere's not much that you can do to fix a flat chest unless it involves incisions and the re-attachment of your nipples. Ouch! We've heard it all, the miracle bra for some extra boost and breast enhancers for your bra that look and feel like real breasts. If you apply those bust-boosting creams liberally, you'll grow those breasts overnight! I hope none of you have put your faith in this last item.\nForget about the enhancers and creams. The less endowed can now start popping pills because of a product called Bloussant. If you stay up late, you're lucky enough to catch the ever so convincing infomercials that have been running for quite awhile now.\nThese pills stimulate the special growth hormones in your breasts (do we really have those?) and it's all herbal, natural and safe. This magic in a bottle could transform you into the next Anna Nicole Smith, so you too can get your hooks into a rich 90 year-old oil tycoon. At least you'd be set for life and you'd owe it all to your dynamite miracle-grow breasts.\nTaking these pills daily could increase your bust size by two whole cup sizes! Your breasts will be so firm that you could bounce a coin off them. There is a sixty-day guarantee, so if you are not able to hit up Victoria's Secret in two months for your new undergarment wardrobe, you get your money back.\nAn advertisement for Bloussant is displayed in the September issue of Seventeen Magazine. It is important for magazines directed towards girls to encourage confidence, but not through the concept of breast size. This gives the impressionable teenage girls of our society the message that big breasts are part of the ideal body image.\n According to the infomercial, there are absolutely no side effects from this product! What if you stop taking it? Are your breasts going to sag? What about deadly diseases? According to an article in Time Magazine, Bloussant could have adverse side effects when taken with other medications such as birth control pills. The herbal concoction could lessen or intensify the effectiveness of the prescribed drugs.\n I guess it's all worth a try for those who are longing for cleavage, but maybe the traditional bra-stuffing or miracle supports found in the lingerie department are still the way to go.\nBe happy with your size instead of investing your dollars into a product that claims to be safe, even though deep down inside you know that it isn't.\nBig breasts aren't the key to happiness and self-confidence. They are a way of getting attention from men. If they were staring at your large breasts, they wouldn't have been staring at your face anyway.