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Kathy in VA
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Date Posted: 18:29:39 06/27/04 Sun
In reply to:
howard
's message, "Extreme Makeover" on 11:14:24 06/26/04 Sat
Interesting thread. I have mixed feelings on the issue of a ton of plastic surgery. I was never bad looking and was blessed with a good metabolism, but I did have some surgery after nursing my two children and I don't regret for a minute doing it. I feel great when I put on a dress and I'm able to fill it out in the right places. It's like when you buy new clothes that look good on you - you feel more confident. I have a bit of anger about the whole thing though. So many women have had implant surgery that is the 'norm' now. You are lead to believe that you are abnormal if you're small, when really there are far fewer naturally well endowed women. I have contributed to setting an artificial standard. ***Sigh*** Hopefully you all won't stereotype me now as being stupid because of this.
You could say that I'm insecure, but I completed and graduated from 3 years of psychotherapy AND I'm not afraid to talk about it.
My next endeavor a few years ago was to fix my teeth. They didn't look terrible, but they bugged me. There is also a functional component involved here as I was assured that my baby teeth were not going to last forever and that I'd be looking at a complete dental restoration in the future if I didn't do something now. My husband asked me if the appearance of the braces bothered me. Honestly, it does not bother me in the least.
I also had laser vision correction last year. Wish I'd never done it, but my husband was so thrilled with the results of his and the fact that he didn't have to mess with glasses or contact lenses. I do like my appearance better without glasses, but my vision was better with glasses than it is now and I'd rather be able to see well than look good.
All of this stuff does not go unnoticed by my co-workers, especially one very nosy one. She asked me what I was going to have done next. She told me that she thought I ought to get a mole removed from my temple. It has never really bothered me much from a cosmetic standpoint. I came home and told my family what she said and they were saying that "Oh yeah, that thing is ugly. When are you going to have it taken off?" Just so happened that my 12 year old needed to have some lesions removed by a plastic surgeon, so I went ahead and had him remove two of my moles. I'm fair skinned and my mom has skin cancer so that was another reason to have the moles removed. I'm sitting here with 5 stitches in my temple and 7 in my leg (surgery was this past Wednesday).
Since this last surgery was done under local anesthesia and took about 35 minutes, I had a nice long conversation with my surgeon while he was doing it. I asked him if he'd seen an increase in business since there has been a few different series of shows centering around plastic surgery. He said that yes, now people were realizing that surgery could really make a big difference. He disagrees with doing everything at once like on the show though because being under anesthesia for so long is dangerous and operating for so long is difficult for the surgeon. I told him that I'd had some surgery done and he remarked that he thought that every woman who gave birth and nursed their babies deserves a breast augmentation and a tummy tuck. While you could easily dismiss this comment as being self-serving on his part since he stands to benefit financially, I thought it was kind of a nice way to look at the surgery - like something you've earned because you've sacrificed.
Since almost every woman alters their appearance with makeup and plenty of men do things to make theirselves more attractive to women, the only argument against cosmetic surgery that holds any water is that it could be dangerous and any negative results irreversible. People who are having it done don't hurt other people. Let's just not belittle the risks and possible outcomes so that people can make informed, intelligent decisions.
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