Last night's programme on BBC3 set out to disprove the fact that hypnotherapy could help increase breast size. It didn't do it very well. Despite quoting the recent article in the Daily Mail which detailed a hypnotherapist, Lesley Graves, and her clients who reported an increase in breast size from an A or AA cup to a size C cup using her 25 session technique, the "team" on BBC3 tried to show how creating an one inch increase after 10 minutes of suggestions is impossible. Of course it is.

We were shown images of various websites promoting breast enlargement using hypnosis, the implication being that they were all rip-off sites, but we were not shown any sites that contained the references from Medical Doctors confirming that breast augmentation using hypnosis is a viable alternative to intrusive procedures. For those that may be interested, this page on my site has the details, as it is a programme that I offer my clients http://www.exuberancehypno.co.uk/breast-enlargement.htm  The Bulls**t Detective didn't think that the proof of it's effectiveness was worth mentioning, neither was asking the clients of Lesley Graves to show proof of their increase via photos, family members or their GP offering confirmation.

The "team" then showed us three victims, sorry volunteers, who presumably had been told that they were going to appear on a BBC programme to prove that breast increase was possible using hypnosis. This demonstration amounted to little more than an impromptu, unprofessional stage hypnosis show. The three volunteers no doubt totally believed that it was possible, as appearing on a BBC show to confirm its effectiveness carries a lot of clout and belief in itself.

We then saw a "hypnotist", who was in fact a stooge, give suggestions that the volunteers breasts were growing in size and that a track playing in the background contained subliminal suggestions of increased bust size. After the short "session", the three ladies were asked to measure their busts and compare it with the measurements that were taken before the "session". All three reported an increase, but in fact were simply allowing a looser tape. Why? Probably because they didn't want to look like fools and say that this elaborate BBC test had not worked.

Last night's programme simply proved that people could believe that they had increased their bust size, when in fact they hadn't. In the same way that in any stage hypnosis show, which again uses pressure and expectation, people believe they have won the lottery but they haven't, people believe that they are a dog and bark like one but of course they are not. People can believe that they are taller but of course they are not.

Breast enlargement/augmentation with hypnotherapy is proven, and it can be proven by the actual results i.e. the measurements which can easily be confirmed by a Doctor or Nurse but The Bulls**t Detective had no interest in this.

At the end of the segment, the stooge "hypnotist" announced that hypnosis is a sham; it is only the power of suggestion. Well of course it is suggestion! All I do is talk, all any hypnotherapist does is talk, we give positive beneficial suggestions to our clients. If the power of suggestion helps someone who is unhappy feel happy, that's wonderful.

Last night's episode was ill-researched and ultimately made more of a fool of the BBC than its supposed target.

Be happy,

Dave.