A BREAST MASSEUSE WORKS ON A CLIENT IN BANGKOK, 2001-06-05 (photo)

Khemmika na Songkhla, 34-year-old Thai breast therapist, gives a client a breast massage to enlarge her bust as a traditional alternative to using chemicals or silicone at her Bangkok clinic. Khemmika, taught of the methods by her late grandmother, has been providing breast enlargement massaging service for desparate women for 14 years. She says female customers who have been through the six-day-courses would see their breast 1-4 inches bigger than before. The charge for the course is 16,000 baht ($380), the equivalent of 100 working days wage for unskilled workers in Bangkok. Picture taken June 5, 2001. JIR/PB