I asked for A+ boobs and woke up with D cups - what I learned about the breast reconstruction industry in the wake of my double mastectomy shocked me Sarah Thornton specifically asked for between an A and B cup In her book, Tits Up, she made some shocking discoveries about male surgeons One doctor asked husband about sizing up implants while his wife was asleep By Ruth Walker For Dailymail.Com Published: 15:59, 25 May 2024 | Updated: 16:06, 25 May 2024 e-mail View comments Opting for a double mastectomy was an 'easy decision,' Sarah Thornton says. After years of biopsies and amid the continuing threat of breast cancer , she went into the surgery and, without much thought, opted for the reconstruction covered by her health insurance.
To her enormous relief, the rogue cells turned out not to be cancerous. But when she looked at herself in the mirror post-reconstruction, her new breasts felt like strangers. And none of her favorite jackets fitted.
It was only about three months later - after the bandages came off and the swelling had come down - that she was measured for a new bra and discovered, to her shock, that she had ballooned from a humble B cup to a significantly more generous D. 'I was really clear,' she recalls. 'I literally asked for lesbian yoga boobs.
Those were the words I used. 'Then I followed it up with an email saying, "I do not want to go big, just somewhere between an A and a B." And, because I love a joke, I couldn't help myself.
I said, "Think of it as an A.
