Plastic Surgery: are you for or against it?

[Vixen]

Are you in favor of plastic surgery for cosmetic purposes or do you think it should only be performed in order to correct deformities caused by accidents or birth defects?

[2Cool]

Against. More often then not it makes the person look worse.

For deformities/accidents, it's fine.

[Peter Nirsch]

I favor hair transplant.

[Minesweeper]

If someone is ready to do it and pay for it... :shrug:

[Damião de Góis]

Only in case of accidents. It shouldn't be used to get bigger boobs/ass or smaller nose, etc.

[Queen B]

As long as everything is done with modesty, yes.

[sturmwalkure]

I am for it in the case of a deformity or an accident.

[Vixen]

How about in cases like this?
http://i44.tinypic.com/dp8raa.jpg
I´m all for it if it helps the person feel better about themselves. It´s very easy to say that you should love and accept yourself the way god/nature made you when you don´t have a nose like that. When It´s something that really bothers you and you have the option of feeling ugly and miserable for the rest of your life or doing something about it, I say go for ir.

[leisitox]

Only in case of accidents or other deformities IMO.
Vixen, and in the case of male dinarics? :D?

[Peter Nirsch]

How about in cases like this?
http://i44.tinypic.com/dp8raa.jpg
I´m all for it if it helps the person feel better about themselves. It´s very easy to say that you should love and accept yourself the way god/nature made you when you don´t have a nose like that.

It's an obscenity, she's still a gypsy though she now has a nordid nose.

[Vixen]

Only in case of accidents or other deformities IMO.
Vixen, and in the case of male dinarics? :D?

Not all Dinarics have ugly noses, I think t´s all very exaggerated. There are many very attractive Dinarics with nice noses that fit their faces well. It´s all about harmony and proportions.

[Atlantic Islander]

Yes, if it raises your self-esteem why not? People who are happy with their looks don't generally understand.

[Lithium]

I am not against it as long as it is aestetic and helpful for those who want it. Everyone has weird perception of what is beautiful so I am for the plastic surgery if it makes people feel better.

[Vixen]

I am not against it as long as it is aestetic and helpful for those who want it. Everyone has weird perception of what is beautiful so I am for the plastic surgery if it makes people feel better.

Agreed...
Some people do go overboard though. They want to fix every single little imperfection and end up looking fake and unnatural. That´s why so many people have such a negative view of plastic surgery.

[Kalitas]

performed in order to correct deformities caused by accidents or birth defects?

That´s the only reason I would perform plastic surgery on myself. We´re what we´re, changing the outside doesn´t change who you are. You should be proud of being white, is the only thing that counts, well at least for me.

[Piparskeggr]

Restorative surgery, yes.

Vanity surgery, no.

Cosmetic, elective surgery when the change will help the person be more at ease with themselves due to some physical feature that weighs heavy on mind and heart, yes, under guidance of psychiatric counseling.

[Lithium]

People who are content by the way they look do not realise that there are so many other people who feel "cursed" and "punished" because of something in their appearance, the plastic surgery is the best way to correct that and rise their confidence. We all have our imperfections but for some ppl that could be a big problem, affecting their whole life.

[Atlantic Islander]

Cosmetic, elective surgery when the change will help the person be more at ease with themselves due to some physical feature that weighs heavy on mind and heart, yes, under guidance of psychiatric counseling.


People who are content by the way they look do not realise that there are so many other people who feel "cursed" and "punished" because of something in their appearance, the plastic surgery is the best way to correct that and rise their confidence. We all have our imperfections but for some ppl that could be a big problem, affecting their whole life.

Agreed.

[Hess]

People should be allowed to do whatever they want. I would never support plastic surgery or suggest it to anyone, but at the same time I would never want to se it banned.


she's still a gypsy though she now has a nordid nose.

In all fairness, she wouldn't be all that atypical as a Sicilian :D

[Vixen]

Restorative surgery, yes.

Vanity surgery, no.

Cosmetic, elective surgery when the change will help the person be more at ease with themselves due to some physical feature that weighs heavy on mind and heart, yes, under guidance of psychiatric counseling.


People who are content by the way they look do not realise that there are so many other people who feel "cursed" and "punished" because of something in their appearance, the plastic surgery is the best way to correct that and rise their confidence. We all have our imperfections but for some ppl that could be a big problem, affecting their whole life.

Very well stated, I agree


People should be allowed to do whatever they want. I would never support plastic surgery or suggest it to anyone, but at the same time I would never want to se it banned.

I would never suggest it to anyone either, it´s a very personal issue and should not be taken lightly. In the end, it´s about self-perception and self-confidence more than anything. The only opinions that should really matter are yours and that of your doctor.

[Kazimiera]

Depends.

I am definitely for plastic surgery in the case of bat-ears. Ask me, I had them. I was teased mercilessly at school, my ears were pulled, I was called names. I used to come home crying and even refused to go to school. I remember it as some of the most horrible times of my life. My mom sent me to have my ears pinned back when I was 10 and it gave me a lot of new self-confidence. I used to be extremely shy and it helped me climb out of my shell. I could wear my hair tied back without feeling like everyone was staring at me and making nasty comments about me.

In the case of where a person has trouble breathing and rhinoplasty is going to correct it. Not problem. And even if the person feels insecure about their nose, why not?

For the woman who has literally no boobs and feels extremely unfeminine and all she wants is a B-cup. Fine.

If a large epicanthic fold is in the way and obstructs sight (which happens rarely), yes.

If a person has lost a lot of weight and has unsightly flaps of skin hanging around, yes.

I can also approve if the person wants a tummy tuck after 5 pregnancies or wants to have a double chin removed.

Labiaplasty: I feel that women should be more accepting of what their genitals look like. Porn videos push a certain image of what lady bits should look like and many women are insecure of their bodies. Most women have never seen other women's bits other than porn magazines and porno movies and don't know what real women actually look like down there. If intercourse is painful, or wearing pants is uncomfortable or sore, then yes. And men should also accept that every woman is different.

[StonyArabia]

Yes for only medical reasons, no for cosmetic reasons most often they end up looking freaks, natural is always more beautiful no matter what:)

[Sikeliot]

I think plastic surgery can be a good thing in order to make one's abnormal characteristics normal (i.e. if you have to get a double mastectomy due to cancer, then you may want fake ones put on to replace them so you look like you once did, or if you get your face damaged in a car accident then you may want facial reconstruction). But it reveals the downfalls of our society when people who already look decent are getting boob jobs and ass implants and other ridiculous procedures just to look even more attractive.

[Kazimiera]

Natural isn't always better if your boobs are so big they are causing back trouble. It is natural because they grew that way, but it's also natural that the woman's back is going to cave in too. Breast reduction. Why not?

[Vixen]

I was asking because my friend recently had a rhinoplasty, her nose looked similar to this:
http://i40.tinypic.com/16lkzya.jpg
She hasn´t gotten the bandages off yet but I can tell she´s a lot happier and more confident already.

[Leadchucker]

This is another one of those things that I would put under "Ain't none of my business". If someone is paying for the proceedures out of their pocket and wind up looking like a one Venusian greenhead and it makes them happy, then good, go for it. It's their life and their choice.

If in a publicly funded medicine programs I would think should be restricted to repairing damage or defects and even that could be a fine line on some things.

[Gamera]

I was asking because my friend recently had a rhinoplasty, her nose looked similar to this:
http://i40.tinypic.com/16lkzya.jpg
She hasn´t gotten the bandages off yet but I can tell she´s a lot happier and more confident already.

My nose is quite similar. I wouldn't get a nose job though I'd perfectly understand if for example my daughter would get my nose and wants to change it. It's much more difficult for a woman.

[rashka]

I am against plastic surgery except for things like cleft lips or conditions where your quality of life has diminished due to physical impairness.

Remember this famous plastic surgery gone wrong?

http://www.onlinenursingdegrees.org/images/jocelyn-wildenstein.jpg

[Atlantic Islander]

How about in cases like this?
http://i44.tinypic.com/dp8raa.jpg
I´m all for it if it helps the person feel better about themselves. It´s very easy to say that you should love and accept yourself the way god/nature made you when you don´t have a nose like that. When It´s something that really bothers you and you have the option of feeling ugly and miserable for the rest of your life or doing something about it, I say go for ir.

I agree wholeheartedly.

Also something interesting is the poll results from another fora on what kind of nose men prefer on a woman:

Small 73.33%
Big 26.67%

[Strawberry]

When I get to 50 im getting a Boob lift, brazillian but lift and face lift.

Almost every celebrity has had some form of plastic surgery anyway, and they are all admired

[Quorra]

How about in cases like this?
http://i44.tinypic.com/dp8raa.jpg
I´m all for it if it helps the person feel better about themselves. It´s very easy to say that you should love and accept yourself the way god/nature made you when you don´t have a nose like that. When It´s something that really bothers you and you have the option of feeling ugly and miserable for the rest of your life or doing something about it, I say go for ir.

That's false advertising:tongue

Normally I'm for.

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[Atlantic Islander]

It's very easy to say for someone that no, you should stay "natural", it's all so "superficial", etc.

Or when they say it adds "character".

[Matilda]

extreme case:
before
http://lh4.ggpht.com/axiuex2/SMbEIz6aAzI/AAAAAAAAEvs/6xYiwfnGMSQ/IMG_0904.jpg

after
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2r_8WqP9FKw/TzewG48h7dI/AAAAAAAAYl4/aPDScvldk7Y/s1600/P1060426e.jpg
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-K7Nkrr4evqE/T1BP3jBi9pI/AAAAAAAAY1c/Enib8UZZ1FE/s1600/P1060624.jpg

some people have too much money

[Vixen]

I agree wholeheartedly.

Also something interesting is the poll results from another fora on what kind of nose men prefer on a woman:

Small 73.33%
Big 26.67%

My nose is rather big and I have considered getting a rhinoplasty in the past, but nowadays It doesn´t bother me as much. Maybe my features became more harmonious as I grew into adulthood or maybe I´s just me who has matured and overcome my teenage insecurities, but I know what it´s like to be teased about my appearance and to feel so miserable about it to the point that I would do anything to look different, so that´s why I support and understand people who choose to have surgery.

[Arrow Cross]

http://mimg.ugo.com/201012/5/6/1/134165/cuts/spaceballs-princess-vespa_528_poster.jpg

[member]

^^
I knew someone ho had similar nose just shorter.

[rashka]

extreme case:
before
http://lh4.ggpht.com/axiuex2/SMbEIz6aAzI/AAAAAAAAEvs/6xYiwfnGMSQ/IMG_0904.jpg

after
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2r_8WqP9FKw/TzewG48h7dI/AAAAAAAAYl4/aPDScvldk7Y/s1600/P1060426e.jpg
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-K7Nkrr4evqE/T1BP3jBi9pI/AAAAAAAAY1c/Enib8UZZ1FE/s1600/P1060624.jpg

some people have too much money

No, it's not because of too much money. Poor to middle class can afford such surgeries if they really wanted it. Looks like she badly wanted it. :lol:

[lucida]

Against. Only for reconstructive purposes. If you come to China and Korea, you don't know who got plastic surgery. It's so common there that it's just like buying a phone. I think it sends a very wrong signal to kids. It is becoming such a trend and to me that is disgusting. Acceptance should be promoted instead of surgical enhancements so children won't even think of getting plastic surgery at such a young age. But most celebrities are getting plastic surgery and they are mostly advertised and talked about. So, the result? More and more teens follow. I visited a forum where they talked about what procedure they are planning to do next. See? They talk about it like they are just buying some clothes.

[BARBATVS]

Plastic surgery is lying about how you really look, and I hate lies. It's fine for not having a face deformed by a car crash since you would be trying to approximate your original look prior to the accident.

[Maintenance]

Against, only to fix birth defects.

[Enr1989]

Against, let's genetic run his course

[glambutera]

I love it. V is for vanity.




Who's the fliest bitch of them all?
Never mind, I am
That bitch is so fucking pretty
Yeah I am
If I were her, I would kiss me


EVERYTIME I LOOK AT ME I TURN MYSELF ON



https://youtu.be/LpPRaPb6GLI

I take myself to be my lawfully wedded bitch

[glambutera]

I stan a nose job

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn%3AANd9GcQKYDgsB0uR2qdgbesGRVXSiU5X6gn Y1GnMvlGdkE0q1z8Mp9oP

[Batman]

Not really for it but it's their money.

[Zroota]

A rhinoplasty or a nose job isn't too bad. Lots of people do it. Sometimes a very bad nose does mess up an otherwise good looking face, and they generally look better with a refined nose. Cheeks and lip injections do usually end up looking over the top and obvious. Boob lift or boob jobs is justified if you really have small boobs and want medium or 'normal' sized ones.

It really depends. But those saying people should have surgery only to "fix birth deformities" are lying to themselves. Plastic surgery is not always Michael Jackson-bad (no pun intended). Relax.

[glambutera]

I want a botox and a nose job as well. I wanna be prettier.

[Nazarene]

Some people really need it

[The Blade]

Largely against it.

[joanna_38]

I want to fix my overbite mostly, that's the only thing i'd do. Not really plastic surgery but it could possibly be considered as one.

[joanna_38]

Some people really need it

The people with deformities? birth defects? or people who were just born with "crooked" "imperfect" features that aren't really defects. I'm curious to see how the person behind this comment thinks about this.

[Ahana]

Against. More often then not it makes the person look worse.

For deformities/accidents, it's fine.

+1

[Viridian1]

I won't tell people what to do and if someone feels bad about his natural look, he sure has right to correct it.

[Laly]

I must confess I resorted to plastic surgery, after an accident I had. In fact, I violently fell down while running on a sloaped road, which left me with big blows and enormous dark rings under the eyes. The blows disappeared after a certain time, but the dark rings under my eyes didn’t. People started to ask me whether I’m tired, what I have on my face. I developed a big complex because of that, I was really depressed.

So I saw several doctors, who prescribed me creams, but it didn’t change anything, so I continued to look for a solution and desperate, I went to see a plastic surgeon. He suggested me to have injections of platelet-rich plasma (PRP), in other words to inject my own blood (like many sportsmen do) under my eyes, to regenerate tissues. It cost me 1,800 euros and it didn’t change anything. Then he suggested me to inject hyaluronic acid, a substance naturally present in our bodies (unlike Botox). It cost me 400 more euros. But it became even more horrible, as the dark rings became blue, so he injected me hyaluronidase, a substance meant to destroy the hyaluronic acid.

Then, there was no more possibility in aesthetic medicine, so the plastic surgeon suggested to inject my own fat in the dark rings. It’s a real plastic surgery operation, with general anaesthetic. It would have cost me 5,000 more euros, but the plastic surgeon did it for free! Can you believe that? I thought only the lure of money motivated these people, but it seems I was wrong. And you know what? It’s like I never had that accident, these horrible dark rings disappeared. It was a resurrection for me, after all the trauma endured.

[pajkosbalna]

Im not at all against it, if time comes and i will feel like it (and will have the money also) i will do some.
Bc of vanity its not okay? Why? Mental health doesnt count just the physical? If the person feels himself / herself better bc of doing it, is it not better for everyone? One more happier person who may smile at you at the grocery store bc now he / she dares...

[Celestia]

I’m against it.
Embrace the features your ancestors gave you.

[Mr.G]

People can do whatever they like, it's their body.

My observation is that, for the most part, cosmetic procedures to the face (face lift, lips, eyes, nose job) make the person look worse. Worse in the sense that they start to not look like themselves. Instead of looking younger, they look simply different and like they, 'had something done'.

[JosephK]

Like MR. G said, it's not a matter of whether it's OK for someone to get plastic surgery for superficial reasons, but the fact that it just looks so weird, or bad, that you wonder why they would do it--and I think it's clear it's not to look "younger" or "better" but just to be part of some weird ultra-rich aesthetic...