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siannach
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Date Posted: 12:41:28 06/27/02 Thu
In reply to:
Astrid
's message, "Plastic surgery" on 23:25:41 06/26/02 Wed
>So, is plastic surgery for the vain or those with low
>self esteem? Or is it an appropriate response to
>being unhappy with the physical appearance, much as we
>might exercise or eat better or do other things to
>look good?
>
>Astrid
I thinks it is for both the vain and those with low self esteem--and for some people (like a person on one of my lists) I worry that its another avenue that people prone to eating disorders might use. I don't think its appropriate and I think its dumb to undergo a surgery (and all inherent risks no matter how unlikely they are) that isn't necessary for survival.
When I was 12 I met someone who'd turn out to be my best friend for many, many years. At 12 she was very cute. At 14, still very cute--but an underdeveloped figure compared to her peers. At 20, she had a great body, long blond hair and a beautiful face. But still small breasts, which always bothered her. Not that it seemed to matter to anyone else. She always had serious boyfriends, and has never been single for more than a week at a time in her life. She's always been happy and people fawn over her because of her appearance. She eventually moved in with a man and had a son. She broke up with her sons father when her son was 4 and moved on. She got a great job, making lots of money and was doing well on her own. Had lots of friends, new boyfriend, loving child, nice house, good job, brand new car. She had pretty high self esteem and was always quite self centered, but her concern over her A cup breasts kept her from being impossibly vain. One day she decided to sell the house so that she could get her breasts enlarged. And from that point on, she became impossibly vain and her whole life went down the tube. She sent her son off to another city to live with his father, and she became a stripper (got to show those beauties off). I know lots of people who strip are insecure, and have problems, but she made the choice to start stripping at 30 years old and she always laughs about what losers the men are, but how funny it is that she can take all of their money. She says she's happy and getting rich (but still lives in a crappy apartment when she's not on the road stripping for rig pigs and lumberjacks in Ft. St. John in B rated strip clubs). She is one person who'd have been MUCH better off if plastic surgery wasn't an option. Sometimes an imperfect body keeps you grounded and real.
I always used to be a bit jealous of how men treated her and how pretty she was. I always felt so blah next to her. But I wouldn't trade places with her at all now. I'm much better off even with all my abundant physical imperfections.
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