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Boob Jobs Latest Aids in Boom, Bust Cycle

Breast jobs balloon as workers try to catch employer's eye

By Mary Papenfuss,  Newser Staff

Posted Mar 17, 2009 5:17 AM CDT

(Newser) – When the going gets tough, the tough get boob jobs. That's the theory from some British experts who point out that breast augmentation surgery has ballooned 30%. Laid-off female employees have time for recuperation—and apparently hope to capitalize on the boost bigger breasts appear to give women workers when they're ready to go on job interviews, reports the Times of London. "Like it or not," concedes the newspaper's "Alpha Mummy" columnist, "image counts."

Anime doll gets with the program.
Anime doll gets with the program.   (©Bludgeoner86)
Even billboards know how powerful they can be.
Even billboards know how powerful they can be.   (©ThisParticularGreg)
Breast augmentation surgeries have ballooned 30%.
Breast augmentation surgeries have ballooned 30%.   (©Bengt Nyman)
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Guest
Mar 17, 2009 10:38 PM CDT
Right on NutsinNY>
paul123
Mar 17, 2009 7:19 AM CDT
"ballooned"...ha!
Derni
Mar 17, 2009 7:13 AM CDT
Thank you for helping us Americans keep a breast of the news in the UK-As a breast feed baby I have flashbacks!

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