Drew Barrymore and Jennifer Love Hewitt have one thing at least in common: they have full C-cup breasts of 350 cc. Full breasts are on an, ahem, upward curve in the West, but is the same true in Korea? Do women here covet the ample bosoms of their Caucasian counterparts? Plastic surgeons say no, since Koreans have a smaller frame. ˇ°Most women who want to undergo breast augmentation surgeries want to have B-cup breasts (250 cc).ˇ± But what a C-cup chest is for a big-boned Western woman may be a B-cup chest for a Korean woman: the right curvy proportion.
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From left: Drew Barrymore, Kim Hye-soo and Jennifer Love Hewitt
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That is why Koreans studying in Western countries often come back home during school holidays for their augmentations. Kim Yeon-ji (23), who studies in the U.S., says the implants plastic surgeons there use are too large. ˇ°The C-cup or D-cup breasts most favored by women there are too much for me, so I came home for breast augmentation,ˇ± she says. Lee Sang-dal, who runs the MD Clinic, said students studying abroad or overseas Koreans make up 20-30 percent of patients undergoing breast augmentation here.
Having breasts that are too large for your body size can cause various health problems. Specialists say, for instance, that they often suffer shoulder pains. They also get heat rashes in humid weather if their breasts are large enough to rest on their stomach and block sweat ducts in that area. Bras only make their shoulders and breasts feel tighter. ˇ°Women whose breasts are too large can have problems with their circulation and hormone system and are exposed to greater risks of abnormal symptoms in their breasts,ˇ± Lee says. ˇ°In addition, they find it more difficult to spot tumors in their breasts and sometimes come to see a doctor too late.ˇ± That is why many women get breast reductions. Shim Hyung-bo, who runs plastic surgery Njelim BARAM Breast & Body Center says they can also reduce them a little by working out and changing their diet.
(englishnews@chosun.com )
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