Plastic Surgery

[freckles and boo]

I will never say never, but I doubt I will ever go under anesthesia for anything less than a true medical need. However, I don't begrudge anyone the right to make their own choices. Someone who is mentally healthy and has realistic expectations can probably get a great deal out of it.

Those who take it too far give us things like www.awfulplasticsurgery.com

 

[DeniseinNS]

I would do a tummy tuck, a breast reduction or have a nose job (mine is too long and bumpy, I hate it)

 

[dicar123]

My dad's side of the family gets really heavy, poochy upper eyelids. Seriously, it looks like they can't really open their eyes. If I get them, they are SO gone!

 

[SamRoc]

How was the recovery? You're happy with it I'm assuming?? Any words of wisdom for someone considering it?

Very happy with the outcome, i can finally keep my eyes open when i read! I would say ask your other doctors who they would use for the surgery if they needed it. thats how i got mine from someone i trusted. this is a big problem in my family. my brother will be 60 in october and insurance will cover his. the recovery was pretty fast, they kept the stitches in for about a week and all i had to do was use eye drops to keep my eyes moist. they had little steri strips to cover the stitches. i took before and after pictures. after the stiches were out you could hardly tell i had surgery. another perk besides seeing things better is that for the first time in my life i can actually wear and see eyeshadow im wearing!

 

[stashbin]

I guess the reason I ask is because I had gone to a class reunion a few months back and was talking to a gal I graduated with. We were never "close" but ran in the same group of people. Anyway, I have had breast augmentation and when she saw me she casually mentioned "I don't remember your b**bs being that nice in high school". I said "oh they weren't". I have hated my b**bs since I hit puberty, to the point of not even wanting to be nekked in front of my hubby at times.

ANYWAY, she said to me "Oh I could never do something like that. I could never give my daughter the impression that if you don't like something God gives you, just go get plastic surgery to change it".

It kind of caught me off guard at first but then I replied "hmmm...your daughter has braces, so other than the actual SURGERY itself isn't the point of the braces the same?" She said "well...that's different. EVERYONE can see your smile or make fun of you if you have nasty teeth". So I replied "So what you're saying is if everyone ELSE can physically see or make fun of something like bad teeth it's ok to fix it, but if your daughter has a part of her body that SHE doesn't like then she should "live with what God gave her". I ended our conversation with a smile and "is that an any BETTER message for your daughter? To be worried about what OTHERS say or think about her and not her own body image?" and just left it at that. She said "I guess I never even thought of it that way..." It was a good conversation that got us both thinking but I just wondered if anyone else felt this way.

Good for you! Wow!! GOOD for you! It's good to see people taking up for themselves rather than wishing they had later!

 

[turkeymama]

All things in moderation. A little plastic surgery can be fine, but can also be taken too far. We've all seen the celebrities with the horrible surgeries or the ones that take it to excess.

Personally, I would love to have a breast reduction. I carry all my weight in my chest, and at 5'3", I shouldn't be as large as I am. My posture is awful and I have back problems (sure some of it is from pregnancy). I just can't work up the nerve to go see about it. Plus, I don't know if insurance would cover any of it or how much I would have to pay out of pocket.

 

[mommy2allyandaveri]

I would only consider having breast implants and a lift. After 2 kids, nursing and weight loss there just isn't really anything there. What is there is just not good. But until I have $7,000 to throw away I will continue to use miracle bras

 

[Mandy_in_NC]

I would love to get the girls put back where they are supposed to be. Gravity and having 2 kids have caused them to droop for lack of a better word. I don't want them any bigger. I just want to reverse the effects of time and gravity.

 

[themilesfamily]

I can think of three areas of my body I'd have sucked right off if I had $10,000 to spend.

It's hard to justify it, though, when
1) the only person who sees you naked is DH
2) and he really doesn't care anyway
3) and the bathroom needs to be remodeled and you need new windows on the house.

You know how that goes. House first, saggy butt last.