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I’m just interested in finding out peoples thoughts on the subject. Not just surgery but “beauty” on the whole.
I was thinking about it the other day, (don’t know why), and there is a program on channel 5 at the moment called, “Drastic Plastic”, which reminded me to write a post about it.
I’m not talking about plastic surgery for those that have been disfigured in such a way as it was out of their control. I’m talking about cosmetic surgery for personal gain.
A while back it was frowned on a little by society and it would be rare to come across someone who had, had it, and even rarer to come across someone that would admit to having had it. So, as society finds these things more and more, “acceptable”, and access to different levels of “self improvement” becomes more widely available, where do you all see it going?
You don’t even have to go under the knife these days what with botox and the likes. People seem to be undergoing medical procedures more and more often in search of the unattainable perfection that is thrust at them every day on TV and in magazines.
People will say, “I’m doing it for myself not anyone else, I’m doing it because I’m not happy when I look in the mirror”. Why aren’t they happy? Is their unhappiness not due to everyone else?
I personally dislike cosmetic surgery with a real passion. I like my women natural and unaltered, even heavy make-up is enough to put me off.
I know what I’m about to say is focusing on women and I know men tart themselves up too, but women have more tricks up their sleeves. Push-up bras, stomach and buttock holding in pants…it’s not fair, it’s false advertising; you just don’t know what you’re getting anymore. It’s like that Christmas when you were a kid. You see your present under the tree and it all looks so promising, but when you unwrap it you find yourself filled only with disappointment.
So in a world of nips, tucks, lifts and reshapings, what are your views on all of this?
Oh, I would like to add one more thing though. Cliff Richard has botox treatment; you don’t want to be like Cliff, do you?
I was thinking about it the other day, (don’t know why), and there is a program on channel 5 at the moment called, “Drastic Plastic”, which reminded me to write a post about it.
I’m not talking about plastic surgery for those that have been disfigured in such a way as it was out of their control. I’m talking about cosmetic surgery for personal gain.
A while back it was frowned on a little by society and it would be rare to come across someone who had, had it, and even rarer to come across someone that would admit to having had it. So, as society finds these things more and more, “acceptable”, and access to different levels of “self improvement” becomes more widely available, where do you all see it going?
You don’t even have to go under the knife these days what with botox and the likes. People seem to be undergoing medical procedures more and more often in search of the unattainable perfection that is thrust at them every day on TV and in magazines.
People will say, “I’m doing it for myself not anyone else, I’m doing it because I’m not happy when I look in the mirror”. Why aren’t they happy? Is their unhappiness not due to everyone else?
I personally dislike cosmetic surgery with a real passion. I like my women natural and unaltered, even heavy make-up is enough to put me off.
I know what I’m about to say is focusing on women and I know men tart themselves up too, but women have more tricks up their sleeves. Push-up bras, stomach and buttock holding in pants…it’s not fair, it’s false advertising; you just don’t know what you’re getting anymore. It’s like that Christmas when you were a kid. You see your present under the tree and it all looks so promising, but when you unwrap it you find yourself filled only with disappointment.
So in a world of nips, tucks, lifts and reshapings, what are your views on all of this?
Oh, I would like to add one more thing though. Cliff Richard has botox treatment; you don’t want to be like Cliff, do you?
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cookie monster wrote:
> I think so, i wasnt able to see though, i was flat on my back.
Makes a change to be flat out on your back RECEIVING a little pri*k...
I'll get my coat.
> I was butchered with a scalpel. I got a student surgeon as well, the
> stitching was a right mess.
Ah, yours must have been a "dig out" job, mine was sticking out.
> I think so, i wasnt able to see though, i was flat on my back.
Makes a change to be flat out on your back RECEIVING a little pri*k...
I'll get my coat.
> I was butchered with a scalpel. I got a student surgeon as well, the
> stitching was a right mess.
Ah, yours must have been a "dig out" job, mine was sticking out.
English_Bloke wrote:
> Did they inject you right under your mole?
I think so, i wasnt able to see though, i was flat on my back.
> Then they cut it off with a really hot wire, my mum was watching and
> the look on her face was priceless.
I was butchered with a scalpel. I got a student surgeon as well, the stitching was a right mess.
> Did they inject you right under your mole?
I think so, i wasnt able to see though, i was flat on my back.
> Then they cut it off with a really hot wire, my mum was watching and
> the look on her face was priceless.
I was butchered with a scalpel. I got a student surgeon as well, the stitching was a right mess.
no amount of surgery can stop you getting old.the one thing you can never set back is your mind and it is your mind that will age you,not your wrinkles.
cookie monster wrote:
> The local anesthetic hurts like hell though eh?
Can't say it was any worse then any other injection I've ever had. It stings.
Did they inject you right under your mole?
Then they cut it off with a really hot wire, my mum was watching and the look on her face was priceless.
> The local anesthetic hurts like hell though eh?
Can't say it was any worse then any other injection I've ever had. It stings.
Did they inject you right under your mole?
Then they cut it off with a really hot wire, my mum was watching and the look on her face was priceless.
Lol either way:D
I could, or I could remain ignorant.
English_Bloke wrote:
> Reading INEEDSLEEP's post made me think.
>
> You see, I had a mole removed a while back. Why? Because it was in an
> awkward place, I'd catch it while putting on or taking off a top. So
> I had it removed.
>
> I didn't say it made me think in any real depth...it just made me
> think.
I had a mole removed too, although there were fears that it had changed shape and it was painful to touch so i just had it whipped off. The local anesthetic hurts like hell though eh?
> Reading INEEDSLEEP's post made me think.
>
> You see, I had a mole removed a while back. Why? Because it was in an
> awkward place, I'd catch it while putting on or taking off a top. So
> I had it removed.
>
> I didn't say it made me think in any real depth...it just made me
> think.
I had a mole removed too, although there were fears that it had changed shape and it was painful to touch so i just had it whipped off. The local anesthetic hurts like hell though eh?
Yeh as i said earlier I'm not saying you're ugly after 25 I'm just saying it's not up hill from there. If someone wishes to cling to their youth because it makes them look and feel better then I say they should be allowed to do it. I would do it it to some extent as I have said. You can grow old with grace if you want but I'm sure you can respect the views and decissions of others even if you don't see the logic :)
And anyway, what about growing old with grace?
Why take such drastic actions in an attempt to cling to your youth?
Why take such drastic actions in an attempt to cling to your youth?
A lot of people still look good way past 25.
Pff, kids!
Now Tim, he's old.
Pff, kids!
Now Tim, he's old.
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