Monday, 16 June 2014

Anyone for a swim?

My friends pointed out this article in the Daily Mail.


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2638741/Who-says-need-two-Finnish-designers-create-new-swimwear-range-specifically-women-mastectomy.html

I think these costumes are absolutely horrible, unflattering and would make you an object of curiosity in the swimming pool or on the beach.

One of the designers said 'I do not want to hide, I do not want to stop swimming, I do not want to undergo extensive plastic surgery operations and I do not want to be forced to use the uncomfortable prosthesis on the beach'.  I get her, I do, I want the same but there are other ways of achieving it, what's wrong with a Speedo?





I think the costumes are radical and won't work because most people don't want to be radical or make a statement, they just want to be normal and look normal and even and not lopsided.  It's a choice to go there and decide to go topless on the beach when you've had a breast operation, and yes, of course, everyone should be accepted as they are.  But in reality that's not the case and most people just want to blend in.  And by the way, most mastectomy or breast operation scars are not neat like in the photos, they can be red, angry, raw, brown, raised and very apparent.  A scar is a scar.

Take these costumes away please, they are hurting my eyes!


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