She has wanted them since the sixth grade. But what arrived in junior high for most girls never quite came for Jessica Davis: breasts.

So she bought them in college.

Davis, a dental hygiene junior at the University of Oklahoma, opted for breast augmentation surgery in October and said she could not be happier with her decision.

“I’d do it again 10 times in a row if that’s what it took,” she said. “I am really happy with it.”

James Koehler, a cosmetic surgeon at Tulsa Surgical Arts, estimates 10 to 15 percent of his patients are college-aged women.

At 350,000 surgeries per year in the United States, Koehler said breast implants are the most popular cosmetic surgery.

He said reasons he sees college students wanting to have the surgery are associated most often with self-esteem.

“In the college-aged group, the biggest reason is usually somebody who’s an A or B cup and wants to look better in a bathing suit and have that confidence,” Koehler said. …