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Maddy Mussen

The boob job is back — but can it survive in an era of body positivity?

The boob job is back!

(Picture: Getty Images)

When I was 14 years old, I wore two bras to school, every day, in an aim to make my boobs look bigger. It was painful. No human is meant to wear two bras, four underwires, six clasps, all done up a little bit too tight for emphasis. My chest ached constantly.

You can imagine my younger self’s relief, then, when gradually big boobs started to fade out of fashion and, for years, the itty-bitty-titty committee reigned supreme.

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