Hi girls. I had a breast enlargement on the NHS 18months ago. Not many people know it is available but if you are severely flatchested (like I was) if you go to your GP they will refer you onto a waiting list. This is not something highly publicised as you could imagine because its tax payers money at the end of the day. I was a 32AA and now I'm a 32C which I was very happy with I feel much more womanly now! The surgeons on the NHS are also the most experienced and highly qualified. My GP told me that when people come back with horror storys from abroad etc it is the NHS that rectify it with the best surgeons and the most experience. So on the whole not only is it completely free but you also get one of the best plastic surgeons in the country doing the surgery for you! I could never have afforded 3-4k I was 18 when they carried out the surgery so I didn't have that much money lying around I am just so thankful it was made available for me. Although I was on the waiting list at 17 and had the operation 2 months after my 18th birthday. The same process applys with nose augmentation/nose job. you can get that on the NHS also. Good luck to anyone considering cosmetic surgery in the near future xxx

hi ya have just read ur message and was just interested in weather you had to be really depressed about small breast first b4 they will consider refering you,do u have to see psyciatrist fist? thanks speak soon

i am interested in a boob job do you think that the doctor would let me pay on the nhs as it would be cheaper
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Hi,
This is really encouraging to read. I have hated my body since I was 13 when all my friends got boobs except me. I spent years letting lack of confidence ru8in relationships and preventing me feeling happy - stupid because I really don't have a horrid body at all. I went to my doctor (why so late!?) this year (aged 25) and am possibly having surgery this spring.
I was nervous about the results and NHS op might have but reading the post by littlediva1 has made me feel much more positive.
Thanks!

Iv wanted a bood job since i was was 16. about 6 months ago i finally had enough courage to go to my GP to discuss it. I used to fat in my early teens when my breasts started to develop, then i lost 4 stone and dropped 4 dress sizes. My breasts show this. Imagine a fat 12 yr old boy - thats what me boobs look like. I was told by my GP that as i had SOME breast growth i wasnt able to have surgery on the NHS. im nearly 21 and obvisously stopped growing. I bought creams and tablets and took them for 4 months but no change at all. I feel more depressed than ever when i look in the mirror. Im now saving as much money as I can to pay for it. I wasted £200 on herbal tablets and creams that dont work. So for anyone who is thinking about trying those, they are a waste of money and nly make you feel more depressed1

after 5 years of wating, seeing psychologists, doctors, councllors ect i have finally been approved to have a breast enlargment with the NHS early next year. at present i am a 34aaa, basically i just have a set of nipples, breast tissue is non exsistant.

it makes me angry that some people thinking its bad that te NHS perfom this kind of surgery. people dont realise the effects feeling inadequate have on a persons life. I feel robbed, jealous, and incredibly angry that i have such a flat chest. people automatically assume that i want it for all the wrong reasons, to flaunt an get myself on page 3 etc. i cannot stress enough how much i want it FOR ME, not for any man, whats wrong with wanting to feel complete??

i'm a 27 yr old 32 AAA trying to get ba on the nhs since having 2 kids my breasts have shrank to nothing. i've been referred to see a psychiatrist and they would rather put me on anti depressants (as i have had clinical depression for years now)and put me in talking therapy even though all my problems with depression at the moment are solely down to low body image because of my shape. if i could pay for them myself i would however i rarely leave the house so cant get a job catch 22 situation really.

I think it is absolutly discusting getting the tax payer to pay for your breasts, think of all those women out there that have to battle and pled to get the nhs to pay for their medication when they have life threatening illnesses such as BREAST CANCER and hospitals having to close because of finacial issues, small boobs is not an illness i want breast surgery for a genuine medical reason but i am going out there and WORKING for it, and i am a single mum juggling two jobs so it is not impossible if you want it that bad go out there and earn it don't take it away from others so they suffer!

i have bein wating 6 years for breast surgery on the nhs.not becose i have smaller breast but have one boob bigger then the other what i mean by that is one had grown and the other stayed flat.and it discuss me that some woman re not happy with how small thay are.i think that thay shuld be gratfull that thay have to.xx

hi there i have been trying to get breast enlargements on the nhs for a year now and i am still trying!

hi im helen. how did you get them

My friend was suffering from depression and after over 2 years of waiting on the NHS she eventually had breast implants last year.

She is not happy as they choose your size and don't give you the natural 'anatomical' shape implants, they give you the round implants, her breasts also don't sit right and she has been told that if she went privately they would've lifted her breast/nipple to correct this at the time of the surgery. She also had terrible infections one after another as the NHS hospital wasn't that clean compared with a private hospital.

She is now having these taken out and replaced privately (which will cost her alot more to have these taken out and replaced. She reckons she would've afforded to pay for this privately if she had waited another year and would've been alot happier with the results, she now has to go through another operation and will have to pay more as the result of this.

Think hard if you want ba on the NHS, as by the time you're next in line on the waiting list (which could be years) you may have been able to afford this yourself and have much better results, think of the end result. I was thinking of having mine done with the NHS but she has certainly given me something to think of and I have decided to save a little every month, do my research on the best surgeon and if I'm short on the extra cash I will put this on on of those 0% 12 mnth credit cards. You'll be surprised how much you can put aside each month (I stopped buying magazines and gave up smoking and go out once a month and have saved a fortune just doing that) I have just over £2000 saved and am thinking of using either Transform or Harley after reading the good results from other ba results from this site.

So please think and don't just have the op with anyone, even though you may be desperate as you may be disappointed with the results. Do your research and ask others - as nothing can beat recommendation from others.

hi there, my name is gemma, i had an eatin disorder when i was 15 years old, im 23 now and i have breasts like a 12 year old.
iv been told that havin an eatin disorder can cause lost of breast tissue, is that rigth?? iv tyied to get them done on nhs years ago, got 2 see surgon and he said that they could still grow cos i was 18, but now im 23 and there still the same, if not smaller, im off down the doctors again, to try and get them done as it keeps gettin me down, have u got any advice u could give me for when i go to the doctors, as iv found out last time doctors just give ya tablets which isnt sortin the problem out, i just dont feel like a woman, i feel like a kid and i hate it. thanks for your time, and i hope for a reply very soon

Hi Gemma,

Just wanted to say how sorry i am to hear that your unhappy!

I am VERY petite (Naturally small 6) and it causes me MUCH distress with remarks about me being a 'little girl' and 'skinny' I get very offended at such comments as would never dream of commenting on someone's size big, medium or SLIM!!

I'm 23 and had breast impants 2 years ago now, It was the best thing i EVER did!!
I appreciate that you may have psycological problems (meant that in a nice way )
Why wait to be let down by the doctor!? I have read above some lucky ladies who managed it on the NHS but i was left dissapointed on several occasions by doctors saying the services was reserved for ladies who needed reconstructive surgery after cancer (breast removal) and that i would effectively be taking the place of somebody more needy -
I was gutted!! and felt worthless!!

I would suggest to save dissapointment and to be guaranteed your surgey, go private! Think most ladies will agree it's expensive! but worth every penny!

Best of luck with whatever you decide xx

i see alot of myself in you we have similar stories I just think the surgeon I seen was abit more sympathetic. I think the fact I was an emotional wreck over it helped - but all this was geniune - I didn't make myself cry hysterically it just all came out. When the surgeon looked at me it was the first time I'd shown someone my body since my mum used to bath me when I was a kid. I'd been with my boyfriend then for over a year and I couldn't even bare to show him the anxiety and sadness I felt over my body was just so overpowering I couldn't bare to show anyone. Just showing the surgeon was still today one of the hardest things I've ever had to do, I had put up any emotional brick wall there since I was about 13 after I noticed all my friends growing and changing from then on I just spiraled into depression over it all. Thankfully I only had to show myself once, even on the day of surgery the surgeon only touched me after I'd been put to sleep. I knew there are probably girls who would try to get breast implants for cosmetic purposes but this is something I needed desperately and I would have ended up paying with a loan when I was 18 if they didn't accept me. You are more than worthy of this operation, all I can say is showing your emotions helps and this goes for any woman, like I keep saying when I went the surgeons told me they only consider women of an extreme case, these being women who have never grown breast due to conditions such as the ones I had being a premature baby and being genetically programmed to be built under average, post pregnancy women who have breasts but no fat left, and post cancer women who are given a full reconstruction. You can't get a BA if you're an A Cup and you just feel you're too small - Don't even bother wasting your time. All I can say is keep trying, see a different GP, tell the surgeon (if you get the referal) that you cannot go on living like this and the anxiety you are feeling is ruining your life, you don't feel like a woman etc. Some jealous members have gone as far to say i didn't deserve this operation because I was some 18yr old airhead- I had never experienced this before as girls who know me know how bad I was and how much I had wanted and deserved this, you may get the odd person making bitchy comments but don't listen to them its all just jealously ok?? good luck hun and please don't hesistate to contact me letting me know how you get on, women shouldn't suffer the way we have done, we are not seeking vanity like 99% of the women who have BA privately, we have never had breasts like most of them who just seek bigger ones, we are trapped in a childs body and they seem to have a problem understanding that. Good luck and big hugs xxxx

I was merely looking on the web for information on behalf of my girlfriend when I came across this article. It makes me sick. You are a student, what do you know about paying tax. My girlfriend had a BA done privately some years ago and took out a loan for them. They have since gone wrong and need replacing and are no longer guaranteed. However due to a previous relationship that went financially sour she had to declare herslef bankrupt. Now what does she do? They weren't done out of vanity. Where does she turn? She needs them done on the NHS she has no other option.
So in future, keep you inexperienced and imature opinions to yourself.

Have to say ladies, I totally understand the crappiness of having no boobs, but at the end of the day, if you want something changing, you save up and you pay for it.
I myself have got the figure of a 10yr old boy (lucky me eh?) but I am booked in on 19th May for my BA, and have sold my car to pay for it.
Lots of people have asked me why I didn't go to my doctor and burst into tears and get it done for free, but after watching my grandad die in a cash-strapped NHS hospital last year, I would not have felt right about taking almost £4000 away from an organisation that is clearly struggling for money.
The week before my op, I am running a half marathon to raise money for the critical care unit where he died. You should be thinking about the people who need this money more than you do. Nothing is handed to you on a plate, and if you want something you have to work hard for it, else how do you live with yourself?
At the end of the day, I am having my BA because I want to look good in a boob tube, and if I am paying for it myself, I deserve to be selfish!

What a top girl!!
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Well done bird!!!!!!!!!! You said what hundreds of us have been trying to say but you had the guts to say it as it is!!!

You are SOOOO right (but you do realise that the insults will start now!!). I (for one) am fat, old, ugly and need a nose job (not a glamour queen I admit but if you look at my profile I am hopeful that you will agree that I am not THAT bad!!??).

You will also be called a jealous old bag (no matter of your age!!).

Good on you girl for saving for it!! I am paying my loan back over 5yrs and I tell you something - it is worth EVERY penny!!!

Trace
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You go girl. I 100% agree with you. I am flat chested and it has caused problems for me but I am still paying for it myself!

Hi Littlediva,
I think it's wrong that you judge others and class ppl in the same boat. Where did you get this statistic? I understand that you are annoyed at ppl for being quick to judge you without knowing you. So you retaliate by doing the same thing. I was so flat chested and coming from a big family it was a running joke. I just never grew them. Now when ppl say they had small breasts they must have had something, in my situation I could have been mistaken for a small boy! (That was one of the jokes) I could have worn the chicken fillets and a push up bra and just about got something! I am however fortunate to be in a position to pay for a BA. I'm not middle age but didn't do it for vanity, I just wanted to look 'normal'. I know how it feels like to be a woman trapped in a childs body and being petite doesn't help. Being a trainee midwife you should be learning to handle different ppls opinions.