cosmetic surgery?

[SleepyWitch]

hey guys, I just looked at some pics of celebs who have had cosmetic surgery and have overdone it a bit, so that they look pretty scary now.
would you ever get cosmetic surgery (including botox or liposuction)? I don't mean reconstructive plastic surgery after an accident or when your face is disfigured by a disease. I'm talking about purely cosmetic surgery.
as for me, there's no way I'd ever do it... except maybe if there's a way to magic away spots/pimples. the thought of a surgeon cutting up my face etc makes my flesh crawl! :ice:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plastic...smetic_surgery

[Weisinheimer]

I don't think I'd ever get cosmetic surgery. I think it's a waste of money, and like you said, Sleepy, I wouldn't want to be cut up, or messed with at all. And then there's the risk of something going wrong. I just don't think it's worth it.

[B-Mental]

Well, I think both of you are more than beautiful as you are. I don't understand the urge to change oneself. I can sort of understand entertainers doing it, they are under such external pressure. I don't understand others doing it. The rich do it as a luxury, but I think it makes them look like gargoyles. Gargoyles are freakish to me.

[SleepyWitch]

Well, I think both of you are more than beautiful as you are. I don't understand the urge to change oneself. I can sort of understand entertainers doing it, they are under such external pressure. I don't understand others doing it. The rich do it as a luxury, but I think it makes them look like gargoyles. Gargoyles are freakish to me.

yeah, it's not only the rich though. when I was living in England, I saw a botox parlour in a sort of dodgy neighbourhood. it seems to be spreading to all classes.
this part of town wasn't were the very poor live, but the ppl there certainly looked as if they'd better spend their money on other things than botox.

[kratsayra]

No cosmetic surgery! Yuck!

I found a website a while ago that, rather than showing cosmetic surgery gone wrong, it showed all these different celebrities who'd had it, as examples of good outcomes. I usually don't pay much attention to that, but it's kind of shocking how most celebrities (female, anyway) seem to have reconstructed at least some part of their face or bodies in order to appear "beautiful."

http://www.goodplasticsurgery.com/

[motherhubbard]

Well, I always mess up my vote somehow. I would get cosmetic surgery if I could afford it. Let me tell you, having four giant kids can really take a toll on the body. I’d love to have everything picked back up and put where it was before kids! It’s been a real blow for me to go from having a dancer’s body to having the body of the little old woman who lived in a shoe. Short of taking up ballet six hours a day I don’t know what else would return me to my former self. Perhaps it’s vanity, but I miss the way my clothes felt and the way my abs looked- not to mention - well, never mind that, I won’t mention.

[SleepyWitch]

No cosmetic surgery! Yuck!

I found a website a while ago that, rather than showing cosmetic surgery gone wrong, it showed all these different celebrities who'd had it, as examples of good outcomes. I usually don't pay much attention to that, but it's kind of shocking how most celebrities (female, anyway) seem to have reconstructed at least some part of their face or bodies in order to appear "beautiful."

http://www.goodplasticsurgery.com/

they didn't look too bad before! plus, I think you can't really compare the "before" and "after" pics because in the "after" pics they've clearly had a lot of professional styling. plus, the "before" pics are older and a bit blurry (as for Uma Thurman in the 1990s: the ghastly 80s hair style makes her look a lot uglier overall, but if she'd had the same hairstyle on that pic as in the 2000 one, she'd look good enough?)
anyway, what's scary is, when I look at those pics, I find myself thinking: yeah, no celebrity should have a nose like this (in the "before" pics) (although I wouldn't mind in 'normal' people. so does this mean we are kinda "brainwashed" and actually expect our dear celebs to have surgery, because we are so used to seeing lifted faces that we have become very intolerant?
FYI, I don't care about celebrities one bit.... so this is even more scary

[ClaesGefvenberg]

Once when I was a lad of... maybe 10 years old, a slightly upset neighbour bolted out his door and gave his son a good old dressing down. I don't think he remembers what it was about but everyone remembers that he forgot to put on his wig....

I decided there and then, that if I had to age (likely) it would be with some sort of dignity. That includes avoiding cosmetic surgery.

Claes

[blp]

Apparently, there's a bit of a trend for celebs to have their surgery undone now. I think Courtney Love said something like, 'I just want my old mouth back.'

All of which is interesting in the light of your very interesting post motherhubbard. Seems you want the surgery for the same reason Love wants the unsurgery - to get back to your former self.

[SleepyWitch]

Well, I always mess up my vote somehow. I would get cosmetic surgery if I could afford it. Let me tell you, having four giant kids can really take a toll on the body. I’d love to have everything picked back up and put where it was before kids! It’s been a real blow for me to go from having a dancer’s body to having the body of the little old woman who lived in a shoe. Short of taking up ballet six hours a day I don’t know what else would return me to my former self. Perhaps it’s vanity, but I miss the way my clothes felt and the way my abs looked- not to mention - well, never mind that, I won’t mention.

..... sagging t.... shirts?
yeah, I must admit the idea of giving birth to more than one giant kid gives me the shivers and maybe if I ever have 4 kids, I'll reconsider cosmetic surgery. brrrrrr, seeing as my bf is 1.93 m and was a real fatso as a baby (although he's skinny now), I think one kid will be enough to knock me out

[vheissu]

I can understand why people want to do it and I think if you limit yourself to do something that doesn't look completely fake and there are no complications, then why not?

It's going too far with it that is simply wrong and unnatural.

In fairness though, some cosmetic surgery, or in better terms, corrective surgery, can be helpful for some people who are simply not comfortable with the way a part of their body looks.

[Virgil]

Sleepy, you forgot to mention penis enlargements.

Mom-H: the best cosmetic thing you can do for your problem is a good and consistent athletic workout plan. I was starting to accept my body as having reached my forties and that getting flabbier is normal. You saw my blog entry on my workout routine. It has made a real and definite difference. You probably don't need to go as far as I go with working out, but I'm convinced that a little bit regularly performed will go a long way. And you don't need to join a gym either. For those interested, here's a shameless plug for my blog: http://www.online-literature.com/for...hp?userid=9515. The entry I'm alluding to is #31.

[manolia]

Hmmmm..i can definately say no to any other cosmetic surgery..but i am not so sure about botox You can call me vain but at least i am sincere

[Virgil]

Goodness, I'm turning grey and for the past year I've been tempted to dye my hair. Now every older (over forty) woman I know dyes her hair. How come you don't consider that a cosmetic choice?

[SleepyWitch]

Goodness, I'm turning grey and for the past year I've been tempted to dye my hair. Now every older (over forty) woman I know dyes her hair. How come you don't consider that a cosmetic choice?

hehe, I've been dying my hair since I was 13.
yeah, you're right, that's a cosmetic choice too, but at least it's relatively cheap, it's reversible, it can't go wrong in any serious, harmful way....
hehe, don't dye your hair, Virge! I think it looks ridiculous in men