Long before celebrity plastic surgery became a topic of carefully curated Instagram confessions, Dolly Parton was talking about her boobs and laughing about it too. The country music icon, who passed away on August 25, has never shied away from discussing her procedures. But a question that has fascinated fans for decades is simple - why did Dolly Parton get breast enhancement surgery at the age of 22?

Dolly Parton's big glam vision

According to a 2005 interview with The Guardian, Parton had breast implants from the age of 22. At the time, she was a young singer finding her footing in the music industry and beginning to shape what would become the unmistakable Dolly Parton persona - big hair, dramatic makeup, rhinestones and, of course, a famously exaggerated figure.