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I was moderately torn about putting this on the technology blog vs. the non-professional one. We’re talking breasts here, which might be not safe for work in some places (the picture in the linked article is moderately not safe). But the issue is technology, so here we go.

Now that we’re on the verge of seeing one-hour breast enlargement therapy, fast and easy enough for a woman to have on her lunch break, the question is: what’s next?

The obvious joke is that McDonalds could soon put "boob jobs" on the menu. "Supersize it" takes on a whole new meaning. And it’s actually not a bad match up, considering this procedure moves fat cells (stem cells at least) from your bottom to your top. If only that cheeseburger went to the right place to begin with, McDonalds would literally rack up the profits.

What’s even more interesting is that a boob job now entails simply moving fat from one part of the body to another. It makes sense, given that the size of mammary glands varies very little (relative to breast size) from woman to woman. The big variation is in the amount and distribution of fat. So adding or moving fat is indeed the most natural way to do it. And it’ll work, as long as your body decides to keep it there, hence the stem cells.(they may not move any actual fat cells during the procedure — the stem cells will produce more over time).

Given our talk about disruptive technologies a few weeks back (and not disruptive in the sense of a bag of saline or silicone, thankfully), how long will it be before we see molecular machines floating around our bodies (well, not mine thanks), that can work like miniature earth movers, moving fat from where we don’t want it to where we do?

That one-hour boob will eventually turn into a continuously functioning mechanism that can reshape our bodily landscapes, face, butt, and all, in a matter of minutes, and without even leaving our desks. Imagine, having small breasts in the morning while you do your exercise and getting busty in time for your dinner date…

The thing I particularly like about the idea is that it will help move us from judging people by the thickness of their skin (or their fat layer anyway), since the shape you see is entirely subject to change. Not that there’s anything wrong with physical attraction. But it won’t be too long now until the shape of a person’s body is about as important in choosing a partner as their taste in clothes.

On the other hand, what happens when the people we see in the media are even more absurdly proportioned than now?

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