would you have elective plastic surgery

[leftofthedial]

Poll question: would you have elective plastic surgery

either to "enhance" your looks or to disguise the effects of aging?

[Dave Reynolds]

1. No.

I am a homely bastard, but I will keep my glaring imperfections.

I see those shows on Discovery Health Channel regarding plastic surgery. To me, they romanticize or glamorize self-image problems. Don't like something? Get it cut!

People should do whatever makes them happy, though.

[leftofthedial]

2. but what if they said they could remove that, you know

from the end of your, um, whatever?

and add a couple of inches too?

[Dave Reynolds]

3. But, I like that thing on the end.

And I have about 3 inches too much as it is, no need for more...

Okay, that is a lie.

But I am happy in my stuntedness..:P

[leftofthedial]

4. a stunt man, eh?

:rofl:

[Fleshdancer]

5. I came very close to having a breast augmentation

I was certain for years that I wanted a boob job. At one point I had the money, I researched the doctors and I had the consultation but once the "dream" became a reality, I couldn't do it. At the end of the day, the idea of elective surgery...cutting my body open BY CHOICE just seemed so ridiculous.

It finally occurred to me that my negative body image wouldn't improve just because my breasts were larger. If anything, it would just give me different things to hate about my body...the scars, the fact that they looked fake, the pain, the sudden lack of sensation in my nipples, etc. It wasn't until I started to accept my body that I realized that, while my breasts are small, they're pretty freakin' awesome! I'm almost 30 and my twins still defy gravity! :D Seriously, they couldn't find South if they had a compass. I would miss them right now if I changed them years ago.

[leftofthedial]

6. natural is so much nicer

whatever the size!

I'm glad you are happy with the "twins"!

[Oeditpus Rex]

9. Good on ya

:applause: :yourock:

[Redstone]

22. Hey, anything over a handful is a waste anyway, right?

Redstone

[tinfoilinfor2005]

7. Yes. My eyelids were very droopy, runs in the family, and I had them

"repaired"...and I am very happy with it. I don't scare little children anymore, either. If I feel like something else needs a tweaking, I will consider having it done. It's no big deal. You get your teeth fixed when they need it, don't you?

[Fleshdancer]

8. did it effect your vision?

I have "heavy" eyelids and I remember when I was in 4th grade (!!) a classmate said I looked stoned. I had no idea what the hell that meant at the time but I knew it wasn't a compliment. Once he explained it to me (!!!) I sat for hours in my room making my eyelids go up as far as they could. :rofl:

[tinfoilinfor2005]

38. Yes, it did effect my vision, especially when driving long distances.

It made a huge difference, and insurance will pay a portion of the price of the surgery if the doctor agrees that your vision is compromised.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

10. Frankly, I would not do it......

Surgery for that sort of purpose scares me.....Too much can go wrong...

But, OTOH, if I'd had a mastectomy, I might very well go for a saline implant to restore some semblance of balance and normality.....

But that would be the extent of it.....

[leftofthedial]

11. I guess that example would be elective

but that's not what I meant

I don't think I'd have anything altered except for health reasons

[CaliforniaPeggy]

12. Oh yes, I agree......

ONLY for health reasons.....not for vanity, except in my post above...

:hi:

[leftofthedial]

13. I mean, as good looking as I am, I don't need anything changed

same with you!

(why do I find it so easy to impersonate a narcissist?)

[CaliforniaPeggy]

15. I thank you!

I don't really consider myself good-looking....I can be cute, though...

And....have you posted a pic? I don't remember what you look like!

And you are NOT a narcissist! Really! :eyes:

[leftofthedial]

27. I'm not a narcissist, but

I did stay at a Holiday Me Express last night . . .

But that's enough of me talking about myself, what do you think of me . . .

I don't have a useful pic to post that I haven't posted already

[China_cat]

14. What's wrong with a face that looks lived in?

[pitohui]

20. nothing as long as it's your face and not mine

but the brutal reality is that we live in a visual society, those who look better those who look younger are paid more money and are also eligible to marry spouses who have more money

i would invest in a stock if i thought it would bring me a nice return, why wouldn't i invest in myself?

i don't dislike myself so much that i would make excuses not to do improvements

you'd fix up your house, why not your body

are you not worth as much as a piece of property?

my thoughts on it anyway

[leftofthedial]

53. well it sort of depends on what it looks like has been living in it

an increasingly wise, beautiful soul

or a pack of rabid raccoons?

[Southsideirish]

16. My friend is having deviated septum surgery this week. It sounds painful.

She's 65 and has lived with it all her life. Her Dr. thinks it will be better for her in the "long run" to have it done. Hope it goes well. I think I have one but 'don't think its important enough for general anesthesia.

[pitohui]

17. absolutely

i am starting to research my options now

i've had friends and family members get work done and they look amazing

do not go silent into that good night

we have the technology, use it

why would you want to be old before you had to?

[Robeson]

19. I agree pitohui....

...:thumbsup:

[leftofthedial]

25. surgery or no surgery

you always will be exactly as old as you are, no younger, no older . . .

[reyd reid reed]

18. I wouldn't do it

I've lived in my skin for this long...and I've gotten fairly comfortable with it, flaws and all.

Besides...I'm a chicken-shit and I'm thinking it would probably be a bit uncomfortable...

[Skittles]

21. I donate to charity rather than do something so f***ing vain

yes indeed

[Brigid]

23. No way.

The only way you'll ever see me in a plastic surgeon's office is if I am ever disfigured in an accident or something like that. I refuse to cater to this society's obsession with youth and beauty (whatever that means) by having surgery that isn't necessary for my health and well-being.

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

24. I'd get it done

Right now I'm young, thin, and a great chest. My mother is going to be 54 and is mistaken for my sister naturally. However, I see no reason not to get cosmetic surgery if you want it and you have the money. There's nothing wrong with fixing things up, if that's what you want. Who knows, I might get it when I'm older? If I want to change something and I can afford it, I'll do it.

[KitchenWitch]

26. If I could afford it, I would have a breast reduction

These melons are damn heavy to carry around, and mess with my back.

[leftofthedial]

30. I could help

if that would help

:evilgrin:

okay, that was a dumb, obvious guy line . . .


melons, huh?

sorry, there I go again.

[KitchenWitch]

31. Oh get in line!

I have scads of volunteers for that duty!

:evilgrin:

[leftofthedial]

33. take a number, eh?

story of my life . . .

[KitchenWitch]

34. LOL

I wonder how much of our lives we spend waiting in line.

[leftofthedial]

36. and how often do we then

find out this was the line for the people who already stood in that other line over there, so now we have to go stand in that line and then come back over here . . .

life is like the Department of Motor Vehicles

[tinfoilinfor2005]

39. I LOVE that line!!

Life is like the DOMV. I hope I can remember it next time an appropriate occasion comes up! :) (But I think it will, since I'm going to Disney World next week...)

[leftofthedial]

49. Disney World is very much like the DMV.

[clyrc]

28. I have a long scar on my cheek from a dog attack when I was 4

When I was 18, mostly because my mom wanted me to, I had surgery to make it look better. Now, very few people notice it unless I point it out. But I kind of liked my scar. Of course being attacked by a dog was horrible, and I remember way more of it than I want to, but it happened and it never bothered me so much that I had it. It bothered my mom, though, who has always been very looks conscious.

I wouldn't have plastic surgery again, and I won't encourage my daughters to, either.

[tishaLA]

29. Sure

but then again, I live in Los Angeles and it's part of the culture here.

[leftofthedial]

55. how long before Angelenos simply graft themselves into

a Ferrari and be done with it?

[tishaLA]

58. Yes, we don't have the rectitude

of those in the flyover. They love to tell us so.

[Nicole]

32. No way

I've had more than enough surgery as it is. I've had emergency surgery twice. Then elective surgery to correct problems with the emergency surgery.

I sure wouldn't go for more just to look better.

[AlienGirl]

35. To remove excess skin, if I could afford it!

Two pregnancies left me with a bunch of excess skin and "pooch" on my belly. Even when I was down around 80 lbs, it still looked flabby and saggy! I'd have that repaired so I could fit into my old pants, if I could afford it.

Tucker

[fight4my3sons]

42. I would too. After my twins the same thing happened.

It wasn't so bad after my first son, but after the twins my stomach was so stretched out there is just skin hanging. At 33 there isn't the elasticity in my skin that I used to have. Even if I had the money I wouldn't do it because I have a blood clotting disorder. The risks associated with the surgery aren't worth it. I would love to not have this extra skin though! I had to take my old pants to Goodwill.

[In_The_Wind]

37. I had a small blue scar removed with ruby laser surgery.

I won't change anything else. I made the decision to live with my smile lines a long time ago.

[Ohio Joe]

40. No

I've had sooo many people ask me if I was planning on doing anything about my hair (or lack thereof) but I just can't imagine doing it. Though I am thinking of going with the shaved head look.

[AlCzervik]

41. i'm having a tummy tuck in January, i have some loose skin that has got to

go, after childbirth, gaining weight, losing 80 pounds no amount of exercise will fix it. I won't be wearing a 2 piece bathing suit when it's done but it will be one less thing to deal with.

[GalleryGod]

43. Good for you.

:hi:

[AlCzervik]

45. you wanna hear the funny part? I'm looking for sugeons and my friends

friend had a really good one so i call her an ask for his name, she says---"Oh are you having your nose done?" Me "Um no" her "Your boobs?" me "Um no" her "botox, fillers, eyes?" me "No just a tummy tuck but thanks for list of repairs"

[Book Lover]

54. oh snap!

"Yeah, what *else* do you think is wrong with me!"

[Alleycat]

44. Yes if I could afford it

at the moment I can't.

[leftofthedial]

56. what would you have done?

[Bridget Burke]

46. I wouldn't do "elective" surgery....

But I don't think less of those who do. If someone really feels that a nip and/or tuck would help--they should go for it. Sometimes one part of the face or body "goes South" before the rest.

I DO understand why movie folk have work done--the camera expands every flaw. However, enough is enough. It's one thing to get a few more good years, but the face can stand only so much stretching. And, those swollen lips....

[MissMillie]

47. I'm going to apply to extreme makeover

with all my weight loss, I have a lot of extra skin that is keeping me in larger sizes than my body really needs.

Besides that, I lost weight all over my body, except for my breasts, and now I have a pretty big disparity between the sizes for slacks and skirts versus the size for tops. (I still have to shop in the plus sizes for my shirts--not so for clothing for my lower body). I'm thinking I'd like to do a breast reduction.

And since I'm applying for extreme stuff, I may as well attack the entire wish list. I'd like my nose to be a bit more narrow, and I'd love to have a facelift.

I'd also like to have my teeth whitened.

[Left Is Write]

48. Probably not.

But I can't speak in absolutes.

[LeftyMom]

50. No way

I'm waaaaaaaaaaaaay too uncomfortable with the idea of pain to have any sort of surgery that wasn't absolutely vital.

In any case, I don't even care about my figure flaws enough to consider it- the way I see it I eat good food and take pretty decent care of myself, so this is a healthy shape for me even if my butt is a bit squashy.

[leftofthedial]

52. I find it just amazing that people are willing to undergo surgery

just to soothe their vanity

I can't believe anyone ever does it.

[terrya]

51. No.

No plastic surgery whatsoever for me. I'm growing old gracefully.

[MsAnthropy]

57. In a second!

But there's so much work to do I wouldn't know where to start.

[leftofthedial]

59. a suggestion:

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