00:00 Putting anything into your body that's not really supposed to be there, there is always a risk.
00:04 And I'm not against other people doing that, I just don't want it for myself.
00:07 Look, as someone with one boob, I'm constantly being told to just get a boob job.
00:19 Just do this. Just do that. And the word "just" makes it sound so easy.
00:24 I think a lot of people aren't aware of the risks of surgery, especially on your chest,
00:29 where your heart and your lungs are. And a boob job isn't the only option when it comes to dealing
00:35 with something like this. You could have a boob job, which would be an implant. You could also
00:39 have a reduction. You could also have the muscle from the back taken to the front, if you have the
00:43 condition that I have, which is called Poland Syndrome, which means the muscle on this side of
00:48 my chest is deformed. So there isn't just boob jobs, but all of these options come with their
00:54 own risks. Any surgery does. So the risks of a breast implant is something called breast implant
01:00 illness, where the body can reject this foreign object being inside your body and make you very
01:05 sick. And because of the chest muscle deformity that I have, I've spoken to women that had an
01:09 implant put on top of that muscle, and it would not sit properly on top of where it was supposed
01:14 to be, and it flipped and ruptured and had to be removed. And some implants only have a certain
01:19 lifespan, so you have to have them changed every so many years. If I had an implant on this side,
01:24 I would also have to have an implant on the bigger side as well to make sure that they are the same
01:27 size and shape. I think the option with less risks would be to have the larger side removed to make
01:33 it smaller so that it's the same size as this one. But that isn't completely riskless either. With
01:38 any surgery, you have a chance of infection, you have a chance that your body won't be able to
01:42 recover properly, you have to take a lot of time off work and school to get over the fact that
01:47 you've had a major surgery and you're losing such a big part of your body, a whole part of your skin
01:53 is coming off. So putting anything into your body that's not really supposed to be there,
01:58 there is always a risk. And I'm not against other people doing that, I absolutely understand that
02:02 for some people this absolutely changes their life. I just don't want it for myself.
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