You need to know this.

I am a unilateral here and though I am not that big the uneveness really bugs me. Due to insurance reasons I will be waiting until early next year to do hopefully a DIEP (I had radiation) and it is tough as it is very noticeable even in baggy clothes that I still have 1 left. Again, the insurance ruled and won when I wanted a bilateral and they called my surgeon the day before surgery and said no as the MRI only showed 1 side with bc. I found out my mom is BRCA negative so that is good. The surgeon that I want to do my DIEP said he could do mastectomy on the other side at the time of reconstruction if I would like. I will be thinking about all of it once I get to talk to him early next year when I get a different insurance carrier through open enrollment at my job. If I would have had the bilateral, I may very well have gone the no reconstruction route.

NEWSBREAK: 

I am, at this very moment, watching a TV broadcast of the bronze medal match of an international beach volleyball tournament underway in Norway.  (Do they have sandy beaches in Norway???)

Anyway, back to topic...   Of the 4 scantily-clad women on the volleyball court right now (is it a court?), NONE has boobs.  Little bumps, maybe; the sort of thing you might see on an underweight 12-year-old who stuffed her training bra with kleenex.  But, that's it, folks.  They're pretty much flat.  And, their flatness is quite visible, considering what they're wearing (or, in this case, not wearing).

Of course, the fans in the stands and on TV aren't paying much attention to their small boobs.  They're mostly craning to see what might slip out of those skimpy bikini bottoms, I suspect.

And, based on hours and hours of Wimbledon viewing this past week, except for the Williams sisters, most of the female professional tennis players don't have much up-top either.  Who notices that?

So I think those of you who are going flat-flat are in fine company.

otter

I don't wear anything underneath and I love getting the new soft t's and fabrics that are out there. It is very liberating. I was a 32D or BIGGER for over 38 years!

back problems? no way! heavy boobs are usually the cause of back problems, not "no" boobs.  I also have been going boobless since Dec. of 2009. Had a consult about reconstruction and, at least for now. have decided against the many surgeries and recovery time, and pain involved.  At 69 yrs. old, who looks anyway? My hubby doesn't want me to put myself thru all that. I had radiation on one side (lumpectomy) 4 yrs. ago and have more scarring on that side so  my only option for reconstruction would be the trans flap; painful and extensive.  I have too much "living" to do to waste my precious time worrying about how I look to others.  I haven't noticed anyone staring and if they do, well then, that's their problem.  Body image is all in the mind. However, I would like to lose 100 lbs that I gained on 4 yrs. of steroid meds after my lumpectomy. duh!!  Margaret

Can't tell. You look great! 

This isn't about boobless-ness directly, but it does relate.   The other day when my 20something son was visiting, I excitedly said to him "Look, my eyelashes [that I'd recently lost from chemo] are already growing back again!    ".  He looked closely and then said "Oh yeah, so they are. But to tell you the truth, I'm so used to everyone having eyelashes that it never even registered with me that yours weren't there."

 I suspect that the same thing applies when we go foob-less: People are so used to women having breasts that 99% of the time nobody notices it when we go flat!