Going under the knife...

[milly143]

Would you ever have cosmetic surgery? Be it a bit of botox or a full list of implants and extractions?

I would love to have a nose job and would probably see if they could do a bogof at the same time so I could get my ears pinned back too. Not sure I would go under the knife for something that could be remedied through excersize though, such a liposuction.

[DEN53]

My friend had a nose job done a few months before her wedding - it was for vanity, but also it was very wonky, from a childhood incident. Me and her sister went to visit her, she was in agony and black and blue - we took her in a copy of Playgirl Mag, and that didn't even cheer her up.

She was supposed to have another procedure on the nose done the following year, but she cancelled it.

[milly143]

Each to their own I suppose.

I don't think cosmetic surgery makes a mockery of those who need surgery for other reasons. Perhaps if cosmetic surgery was flippantly carried out through the NHS then it would. I agree some of us don't know how lucky we are in that respect though. We might not like our features but for most of us, they don't blight our lives.

I know a few people who've had a nose job and although most of them say it was a horrible experience, they don't regret having it done. Still, I can't afford one anyway so I'll just have to put up with my nose and continue to wear my hear down to hide my ears. :o)

[andy-hughes]

I have a seriously low body image - every single day i look in the mirror and wish i was more physically attractive than I am.

That said, I know my attraction is not based there - it is in my character, my conversation, and the sound of my voice, none of which i would change.

So - because changing Paul Mckenna into Johnny Depp is several steps too far for any surgeon, i will accept the way I am - it's a bit late now to get worried about it!!!

[ganesh]

mmmm.Johnny Depp,you said the magic words.

[pastafreak]

milly143
I don't think cosmetic surgery makes a mockery of those who need surgery for other reasons

Private cosmetic surgery certainly does....or maybe it's just the surgeons.

[andy-hughes]

I know ganesh!

There is a band called 'Gay For Johnny Depp' - I know exactly where they are coming from!

[LoftyLottie]

I am late coming to this thread!!

Just thinking that not looking perfect, having baggy eyes, a crooked jaw, a waist that is too large, etc. etc. has not adversely affected my life at all. I had a fair share of admirers,, had some good jobs, some lovely times, a great husband and a really nice son and loads of friends. What more could I really have achieved if I had had loads of cosmetic procedures!! It definitely would not have made me any happier. If I was really ugly or deformed it would be different perhaps!

[smudge]

Further to my post yesterday - if I had a crooked nose, ears that stuck out, or anything else which made people stare, I'd probably want to have those things rectified.

I wouldn't call anyone having those type of things done 'vain' - it can't be nice being ogled at.

[LoftyLottie]

People only stare at really bad problems though Smudge. Most of us have things we don't like about themselves and when we mention them people haven't even noticed!! It really is personality that shows through on most people rather than features, even at first glance I think. The most beautiful girl I ever knew had really sticky out ears but the blokes didn't notice!!

(p.s. You wouldn't notice my crooked jaw - I do though!! - you would probably notice my baggy eyes though because sometimes they are really bad through allergy. I doubt whether any surgery would help because they would just go baggy again!!!)-

[joggerjayne]

I wouldn't rule out surgery.

But obviously not one of those facelifts that leave you looking like The Joker, with a permanent grin.

[andy-hughes]

Surgery for 'vanity' comes down to the simple concept of not what you look like to others, but what you THINK you look like to others, and how much that matters to you.

The vast majority of us would change things in an ideal world, but not enough to seriously worry about them. the extremes are people who totally obsess about who they feel they are perceived, and they can take that obsession to serious levels in order to correct what they see as flaws they cannot bear to live with.

I would love a cure for my psoraiasis which I hate on a daily basis, but there are worse things, so I don't let it get me down.