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Subject: Re: Extreme Makeover

Author:
kitty

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Date Posted: 20:04:50 06/26/04 Sat
In reply to: howard 's message, "Extreme Makeover" on 11:14:24 06/26/04 Sat

it seems crazy..

though I'm probably a bit of a hypocrite since I'm quite sure I'll be looking into collagen injections and botox come my 30th birthday..

I guess it just depends on which parts of your body really bother you.

There are parts of me Im quite happy with, but some I think I just got the bad end of the genetic stick, and with todays technology if I can fix it and I have the money.. well why not?

>I just wached Extreme Makeover and am shocked.
>
>I'm shocked about the extent that people are willing
>to go to to change their apperance and how unhappy
>they must have been during their lives to have to go
>to such extremes. I'm shocked about what Western
>Society has instilled in us; this need to be perfect.
>So is someone without the same perfect, veneer smile
>or beautiful body less worth as a person?
>
>But i was even more shocked about the fact that i
>could really see where these people were coming from
>and had me asking the question why i got braces. I
>know for some of you the reasons are functional, but i
>know that for many of us they are cosmetic. Now how
>are we different to the people on Extreme Makeover. We
>bracefaces and the Extreme Makeover people are both
>unhappy with parts of our apperance, the latter have
>merely set the bar higher and are willing to go to
>greater lenghts to alter their looks.
>
>I have tried to rationalize, to make me believe that i
>am different to the Ex Makeover guys, but i really am
>not. It's just on a smaller scale. This really makes
>me sad, to think that i place so much value on having
>perfect teeth and that that will be a source of self
>confidence for me. Self confidence should come from
>within, the core, the person that you are...not your
>frikken teeth.
>
>Sorry for being so long, i'm just a bit shocked with
>myself. I'm glad i'm getting my teeth done. They will
>be nice and shiny and all, but i think i need to have
>a close look at myself and finally really understand
>that someone's value, my value, does not come from
>being beautiful and having great teeth but from
>something much deeper.
>
>I'm quite sad right now
>
>h

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Subject	Author	Date
For Kitty	Sue Ellen	03:22:01 07/01/04 Thu
Re: For Kitty -- kitty, 02:52:56 07/03/04 Sat Re: For Kitty -- Sue Ellen, 21:10:23 07/03/04 Sat Re: For Sue Ellen -- Anon, 14:31:58 07/04/04 Sun Oh gosh... thanks! (NT) -- Sue Ellen, 05:21:29 07/05/04 Mon