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Your thoughts on plastic surgery?
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naveltkltr1350
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i dont beleive in plastic surgery unless nesesscary..i had it done in April to close a wound i had..i slipped at my work, fell and hit the side of my face on the corner of a wooden pallet..the fall did not hurt..the wound, i thought was barely scratches, i have high tolerance to pain, but when i got up and started walking..well blood came out everywhere..there was nothing to stitch my skin to either since i tore out the tendons above my eye brow. i sat in the er for 5 hours to hear that i needed plastic surgery..well two days later i was sitting in the OR..thinking about everything, about the girl who was in the office the day b4, she was gorgeous...she was getting plastic surgery to look better..i was very upset to here her say that. i even told her she was beautiful..why would you wanna do that to yourself. i never seen her again..but as they took me down i was to be localized for the pain..i was awake through the entire procedure..about 40 mins..i heard everything they said, felt all the cuts they made..very sicking, and i did encounter a lot of pain at one point, but i was talking to my girl(ex-now) and as i closed my eyes tighter, i saw her face and saw her smiling..very crazy, but very relaxing. trust me..unless you desperately need this surgery like i did, DO NOT GET IT..its not worth the pain you go through. i was give 6 shots to numb me..didnt work. i heard them turn on the "torch" and fuse my eye lid back together..its not fun..i mean my eye looks better than i did..but i would never ever get plastic surgery for looks..thats just me though.
Wow, scary story hon! Glad you're ok now.
The radiologist who took the second round of pics on Ray & Tracy's...He was hit by a car at 14, part of his head got crushed. One of the doctors at work actually walked up to him and said, "What the hell happened to your HEAD?" God, how f'ing professional 🙄
He just got reconstructed recently. I'm not sure how he'll look when it's all done healing. I've never had any work myself, just curious about others exp...
XOXO
The radiologist who took the second round of pics on Ray & Tracy's...He was hit by a car at 14, part of his head got crushed. One of the doctors at work actually walked up to him and said, "What the hell happened to your HEAD?" God, how f'ing professional 🙄
He just got reconstructed recently. I'm not sure how he'll look when it's all done healing. I've never had any work myself, just curious about others exp...
XOXO
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my doctor told me.. "You do nice job" yeah..he was from Brazil but was a really good doctor..the after surgery he told me, when you want to get time off work..you really know how to do it..and laughed and walked away..i got three weeks paid off from my work. i got the surgery on a wednesday, was healed completely by that sunday..he was amazed by how fast i healed..lol..ive always healed really fast from injuries..like when i broke my ankle during the homecoming game my senior year in football..was supposed to miss 5 games..was back in 3 without a problem..i did wear a aircast on my ankle..cause i played OT..and i was the smallest guy on the line..lol..but hell..i only gave up one sack all year..and it was that game back..they knew i was injured so they blitzed 4 guys my side..i got three..but the forth got my qb cause he didnt know how to scramble..oh well..i rant about that all the time!! lol..all i can say is i heal fast and that i hate plastic surgery to enhance your personal looks if nothing is wrong!
mmm...Smart man to notice I didn't specify whether it was specifically plastic surgery for the sake of being plastic or not...I just asked in general to see what reaction would be.
My 70 year old mom is the third gal in our fam to undergo a breast reduction (we're Italian) but I don't begrudge her...the scars, at least for now look awful but I know she feels so much better--no more back pain, no hideous conforming bras, she can actually find clothes that fit...
XOXO
My 70 year old mom is the third gal in our fam to undergo a breast reduction (we're Italian) but I don't begrudge her...the scars, at least for now look awful but I know she feels so much better--no more back pain, no hideous conforming bras, she can actually find clothes that fit...
XOXO
Plastic surgery is great for those in need (burn victims, accident victims, birth defects) but I have mixed feelings about using it to try to look 'young'. Ya ain't fooling nobody.
Breast augmentation is totally silly, they never look right or feel right.
I like small boobies on women anyway.
Breast augmentation is totally silly, they never look right or feel right.
I like small boobies on women anyway.
For myself, Iam ambivalent. It would probably depend on what I was having done, my financial situation, what the problem was, and how I would look after it. I accept the fact that people age, or have things that they dont like with their bodies. I dont think I would want to have it just to look 40 when I'm 60 or 70.
As for my wife, that is complete personal choice. Even if she aged, I would never say, "I think you need a face lift", or if I wished I had someone with a bigger chest, (Which I'm not into because I'm not a breast man) I wouldnt say to her: "I would like it if you had bigger breasts", because that would be hurtful and rude to her, and I'm not like that, especially with people I love. I accept people for what they are, and chances are if shes 50, 60 or 70 and she doesnt look perfect or young, I probably dont either. If she wanted to do something, I would never stop her, but as for promoting it, I dont think I ever would.
Mitch
As for my wife, that is complete personal choice. Even if she aged, I would never say, "I think you need a face lift", or if I wished I had someone with a bigger chest, (Which I'm not into because I'm not a breast man) I wouldnt say to her: "I would like it if you had bigger breasts", because that would be hurtful and rude to her, and I'm not like that, especially with people I love. I accept people for what they are, and chances are if shes 50, 60 or 70 and she doesnt look perfect or young, I probably dont either. If she wanted to do something, I would never stop her, but as for promoting it, I dont think I ever would.
Mitch
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steph said:
No way....I don't like being cut or stuck with needles (just the word "surgery" makes me want to hide under the bed).
Besides, I'm very happy with what I already look like. My face isn't handsome like Brad Pitt or Tom Selleck....but hey, I favor my sweet little Tennessee momma....that's good enough for me 🙂
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Plastic surgery- Never had it, never will. Don't really see a need for it, unless of course your livelihood depends on looking young and fresh, but even still I think it fosters attitudes that we can do without.
Reconstructive surgery on the other hand, for trauma victims, I can see as being viable. People are judged on looks whether we are consciously aware of it or not. Catering that attitude to extremes bordering on self mutilation, I could not stand. Helping someone who's been unnaturally disadvantaged through defect or accident would be acceptable.
Reconstructive surgery on the other hand, for trauma victims, I can see as being viable. People are judged on looks whether we are consciously aware of it or not. Catering that attitude to extremes bordering on self mutilation, I could not stand. Helping someone who's been unnaturally disadvantaged through defect or accident would be acceptable.
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This is an interesting subject for me.
Last winter, I had a big cancer scare while I was away at school - it looked like I had some form of bone cancer or a sarcoma. Anyway, something was both growing on and eating away at the left side of my jaw at the same time. The docs were pretty damned sure I was cancerous. The subject of plastic surgery came up when they were talking about my second biopsy - it looked like they were going to have to cut my face up a bit. Now, I'm a theatre major. My face is a huge part of my career. And that scared the pants off me. So my mother and the docs were trying to sooth me with the idea of getting plastic surgery. Now, I am not someone who would EVER get anything done to my face. I like me, thank you, I don't need to look like anybody else. So I was scared that after surgery, I'd look different - healthy and normal, but different nonetheless. So this was on my mind a whole lot. Luckily, they found a way to do the biopsy through the inside of my mouth. And they were genuinely surprised to find that I didn't have cancer at all - an entire semester of waiting and medical tests and tears on top of an 18-unit classload that ended up with the discovery of a totally different disease that decided to explode right as they found it, and I landed in Beth Israel hospital for the last 10 days of the semester, missed all my finals and everything. It took me two months of IV antibiotics every 6 hours to get through it, but hey. I lost ten pounds, and I've still got my very own face. And I'm fine.
As to non-facial surgery, I admit I have fantasized about perfecting the me below the neck. A little lipo here, a tuck there, shave the hip bones down a little, even though I'm not overweight, I'm weak like the rest of the girls in America. But I wouldn't do it. But if you wanna do it, eh, go for it. If you really think it'll make you happy or more confident, it's your money, it's your body. Whatev. Mwah!
~Bell
Last winter, I had a big cancer scare while I was away at school - it looked like I had some form of bone cancer or a sarcoma. Anyway, something was both growing on and eating away at the left side of my jaw at the same time. The docs were pretty damned sure I was cancerous. The subject of plastic surgery came up when they were talking about my second biopsy - it looked like they were going to have to cut my face up a bit. Now, I'm a theatre major. My face is a huge part of my career. And that scared the pants off me. So my mother and the docs were trying to sooth me with the idea of getting plastic surgery. Now, I am not someone who would EVER get anything done to my face. I like me, thank you, I don't need to look like anybody else. So I was scared that after surgery, I'd look different - healthy and normal, but different nonetheless. So this was on my mind a whole lot. Luckily, they found a way to do the biopsy through the inside of my mouth. And they were genuinely surprised to find that I didn't have cancer at all - an entire semester of waiting and medical tests and tears on top of an 18-unit classload that ended up with the discovery of a totally different disease that decided to explode right as they found it, and I landed in Beth Israel hospital for the last 10 days of the semester, missed all my finals and everything. It took me two months of IV antibiotics every 6 hours to get through it, but hey. I lost ten pounds, and I've still got my very own face. And I'm fine.
As to non-facial surgery, I admit I have fantasized about perfecting the me below the neck. A little lipo here, a tuck there, shave the hip bones down a little, even though I'm not overweight, I'm weak like the rest of the girls in America. But I wouldn't do it. But if you wanna do it, eh, go for it. If you really think it'll make you happy or more confident, it's your money, it's your body. Whatev. Mwah!
~Bell
