Each of the women questing for the ‘Bridalplasty’ prize has a wish list of cosmetic procedures they would seek should they beat out the competition, in addition to ideas for their wedding cake, dress, invitations and more.

According to an article in the Chicago Sun-Times, the show’s oldest contestant, Allyson, is a 33-year-old who plans to claim a wedding suited to her “old-school rocker chick” tastes and other prizes in the form of liposuction, a breast lift, a breast reduction and Botox, as well as some cosmetic dentistry, if named the show’s victor.

Before I was pregnant with my son, I was in the best physical shape of my life,” Allyson says. “I would love to get back to that and I’m sure [my fiance] would NOT mind some smaller perky boobies on me. I’m 33 and they sag down to my belly. What will happen when I’m 50? Will I have to roll them up and tuck them in my bra?”

Many women face the same troubling physical changes after undergoing the rigors of pregnancy and childbirth, however they are rarely so public as on reality TV shows.

The Sun-Times noted some particularly cringe-worthy scenes on Bridalplasty, such as the one where Allyson uses the spare tire of fat around her stomach to tell Dr. Terry Dubrow, the plastic surgeon featured on the show, “Help me, please. Suck me out.”

Dr. Dubrow is also shown using a marker to circle the problem areas on his topless patients, a scene that, according to the Sun-Times, calls to mind the behavior of a “sorority mean girl.”

“There is something beyond sensational with these cosmetic surgery makeover shows.  There is some indignity involved in the process,” says Owensboro cosmetic surgeon Dr. Gerald Edds.

Although, as Dr. Edds points out, there are certainly humiliating undertones present in Bridalplasty (and most other reality TV shows, for that matter), he like most critics acquiesces to the makeover competition, saying, “As long as the result is good and there are no complications, I suppose it is a win-win for both the ‘winner’ and the celebrity cosmetic surgeon.”

According to news sources in the UK, Ms. Halep complained that her large (34 DD) breasts have slowed her reaction time on the court and caused discomfort. “It’s the weight that troubles me – my ability to react quickly”, she told The Sun.

Ms. Halep is now ranked 317th in the world.

Women pursue breast reduction surgery for a several reasons, increased mobility being just one of them. One breast reduction patient stated, “Before I didn’t want to run anywhere, [not] even across the street. If something happened, I would not run.  It was painful and embarrassing” (Klassen 2009).

Beside issues with physical activity, many women hope to alleviate irritation around their bra strap and underneath the breast, pain in the back and neck, and discomfort during sleeping.

The procedure can be described as a ‘normalizing’ experience for women. Once the surgery is complete, patients often say they are less self-conscious, they fit into more ‘regular’ sized clothes, and their shape is more characteristic of ‘the norm’ for the female body.