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They can never be just right;
they must always be too small, too big, the wrong shape, too flabby. The
characteristics of the mammary stereotype are impossible to emulate because
they are falsely stimulated, but they must be faked somehow or
another...
Germaine Greer in The
Female Eunuch, 1971 |
Foot Operated
Breast Enlarger Pump
In 1976, four million women in the United States each spent $9.95 on this
device which caused bruising...and nothing more. The user created a vacuum
by pumping the pedal with the foot. The
 device
consists of a pump, clear plastic tubing and three cups - all in large sizes.
A recent internet search found bust developers remain
popular products. The "Professional Programme: Bust building" was on the
low end: only $10 US for a 28 page booklet. It appears to be an exercise
regimen. At the high end, $79.95 plus $7.95 shipping & handling, was
NATURAL BREASTS. Ingredients included fenungreek and thyme making these awfully
expensive herbs.
In Kennesaw, GA, a distributor claimed "In two weeks you will have bigger,
firmer breasts" with Volum-Bust Creme ($33.95 for 1.7 oz.). Cleavage
4 cream brings us back to the kitchen: it uses aloe vera. honey, tea and
safflower oil to allegedly produce "increases of 1/2 to 2 cup sizes (bra
sizes) in 8 weeks." It might be paired with Cleavage 6 Breast
Enhancement capsules which contain "gentle botanical ingredients." The
two products cost $79.90 for about an ounce.
A website called Bust Enlargement sells "inflatable breasts." The product
FAQ forthrightly states that these may be visible to a lover. If that's a
problem, the distributor recommends subliminal tapes (promising 2 inches
in 12 weeks!) for only $24.99.
The results? According to the US Food
and Drug Administration:
For decades, millions of dollars have been spent on devices, creams and lotions
advertised as breast developers. All wasted. There is no device or system
of exercise that will increase the size of the breasts. At best, devices
promoted as breast developers merely strengthen and develop the muscles that
support the breasts, and exercising these muscles will not appreciably increase
breast size.*
*See "Quackery Targets
Teens," FDA Consumer, February 1988, Revised April 1990.
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