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Here are some WireImage photos from the L.A. Direct Magazine "Remember to Give" Holiday Party. WENN Photos.

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From the LAT June 2005 on breast augmentation:

David Sarwer, a University of Pennsylvania psychologist who has studied augmentation, also disputes the notion that most women who want implants are very young and are simply trying to attract new romantic partners. "Women consistently tell us they are doing this for their own sense of self-esteem and quality of life," he says. "Today many more of us see [body image] as an important part of personal happiness." In a 2003 study published in the Journal of Women's Health, Sarwer queried 25 breast augmentation patients and 30 physically similar women who were not interested in augmentation of their body. He found that augmentation patients were motivated to have surgery primarily because of their dissatisfaction with their breasts rather than pressure from romantic partners or because of cultural influences regarding beauty. At Rodeo Drive Plastic Surgery in Beverly Hills, Dr. Lloyd Krieger says 70% of his augmentation patients are women who want to restore their breasts to a more youthful-looking shape or create what they perceive are normal-sized breasts. "You'd be surprised about who is getting implants. It's not the girls in college who want to wear bikinis on the beach. They are only a small part of it," says Krieger. "Many people just want their shape back because they feel they've lost something. Or they don't want to be big; they just want to be normal."