‘I had the boob job I’d wanted after becoming single’
Clare Matthew, 39, C a school admin assistant from Colchester, Essex, says, “I’d hated my size 32AA bust since I was a teenager and longed for a boob job, but my ex-husband Chris, 41, didn’t agree with surgery so I’d never got further than Googling it.
“So, when we split in 2006, it was the first thing I booked. We were together for seven years and I was worried about dating again as I felt so unfeminine. I struggled to find bras that were small enough for me and the extra material would gape.
“I had breast augmentation in December 2006 to take me up to a 32C, and I’ve never looked back. I bought myself sexy underwear sets and finally felt confident. It gave me the courage I needed to go out and date and I got so much more male attention. I could finally wear figure-hugging clothes and feel sexy. I bumped into Chris a few weeks after my surgery and felt smug when he told me my boobs looked incredible.
“I met my second husband Rob, 37, four months after my surgery and my new bust definitely gave me the confidence to date him. Rob’s never known any different, but he says he loves my boobs. They’ve grown a little since I’ve had children [Clare has two children under 10] and I’m now a 34C. I do worry about the risks of implants as I get older, but at the time, it was the best thing I could have done to make me feel better about myself. I don’t regret it.”