Breast enhancement in Brussels

 Karen Coomber, author of "Not What Nature Intended" (AuthorHouse), tells her story of cosmetic surgery in Belgium

I realise that the press is swamped with breast enhancement stories and I guess you are wondering what makes me interesting or different.  From my perspective, it seems that most stories featured are bad news, most are detrimental to surgery and are negative.  Most stories are of those who seem to have increased their bust size to immense proportions.  All, only talk of the surgery per se, a snapshot.   

My story is in direct contrast, it is of a life story, a journey.  It is deeply personal; it is real and honest and has never been done before.  Women who have read it, can identify with what I went through and find it refreshing, insightful and endearing.  It talks of my sorrow and disappointment with my body and how I came to the decision eventually (at 37) to take the plunge.  Many women identify with this.  The book takes the reader on my own personal journey, through the incredible pain, through the excitement, through the sadness and beyond.  I did go to Belgium, many say not to.  I did have my body cut for purely cosmetic reasons, many think this is unreal.  I do have a 'high powered' job in the City, many think as I am confident in my job that I should be confident in all aspects of my life.... I am just a normal person, and from my research, I am one of many thousands of women.  At my book launch at Waterstones, I had women buy my book as they are considering surgery and do not know who to ask about the experience.  One lady in particular (who is going to be 50 this year) is having surgery as her birthday present; my book was her first present to herself for this journey.

I had my surgery in July 2006 at Elyzea in Belgium.  My Consultant was Mr Moraci.

Regarding the outcome, other than the birth of my daughter, it has been the hugest thing in my life, I cannot imagine life now without them.  I can't even remember what I looked like before.  Its as though it made me come alive.  It has given me confidence, made me feel more like a woman, made me much happier in my own skin and, in my opinion, made me look better.  

It did not affect my relationship with my partner; this is because I did not do it for that reason.  My partner loved me before and still loves me.  I think that people that have surgery to make them more attractive to the opposite sex or 'fanciable' do it for the wrong reasons as beauty and likeability comes from within, I believe. 

So, why did I do this?  Why did I put myself out there?  The book started as a diary, I kept a diary at the time as, for me, the journey was so important.  I had often kept diaries and so this was not unusual for me.  I decided to turn it into a book to share with others my experiences.  Experiences of what it is really all about, how it feels and what, in reality (and for most, I guess) it is like.  It is not all about what we normally read; of tragedy, of disasters, of wanting to make people love us, of increasing to immense proportions.  It is about wanting to feel right, to feel normal and to feel comfortable within our own skin.

I don’t regret it; my only regret is not having the surgery sooner. 

Patient story supplied by Elyzea Cosmetic Surgery.

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