I was intrigued by OTW's post, so I did a quick search on the subject. Naturally, the military has put its own spin on the situation to help diffuse visions of female soldiers with breasts so huge that they can't stand upright...
"We need to have plastic surgeons in the military, because we take care of soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines who are injured and who have things like facial fractures, burns, chronic wounds and skin cancers," says Patricia A. Buss, a plastic surgeon and Captain in the Navy Medical Corps. "We also use our plastic surgeons to take care of people who have breast cancer, dog bites, cleft lip and so many other things. If we want to keep a cadre of well-trained plastic surgeons wearing uniforms and serving their country, we need to allow them to practice the full scope of care that comes within plastic surgery."
Here's the rest of the article; it's actually pretty interesting
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