Breast augmentation affirms the identity of the person undergoing such surgery. It affirms who they are to themselves, and in turn, to those around them. This is because, in general, there are probably few other zones of the body that usually consider to be more significant than a woman’s breasts. Regardless of one’s gender or sexual orientation, people all recognize the significance most societies place upon them. For better or for worse, they are part of how a person define women, much like how they treat faces as part of how they define people.
However, unlike a new hairstyle, make-up, or overall change in fashion, breast augmentation surgery takes on a deeper meaning. It is surgery. Not something that is easily separated from the person. It becomes a part of the person. This is why it is so important to the person who makes the decision that they do so with a certain degree of comfort, of understanding, of willingness to enter the process, and the support of those close to them.