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would you get plastic surgery?

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zazA09Jane · 03/08/2014 20:36

if you were really unhappy about something and had the opportunity? fair enough some celebs just get too much done but I dont think people should be criticized if they werent happy with a certain feature and got it changed to feel more comfortable with their appearance, opinions?

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Lally112 · 04/08/2014 00:22

No, not unless it actually physically prevented me from doing something
or caused me physical pain.

Suzannewithaplan · 04/08/2014 00:27

Possibly but I also have concerns about adverse effects of general anesthetic on the brain.

Hopefully if I wait a few years techniques will improve, or non invasive rejuvenating procedures will become available.

Or maybe if I wait a few years I'll cease to feel the need!

GarlicAugustus · 04/08/2014 00:30

Not to look 'younger', no. I sometimes hoik my tits up to where they used to be, and think ... hmm, would I? But I wouldn't. Old ladies look daft with teenage breasts.

I'm developing jowls, though, as I knew I would, and I'm not sure I wouldn't have my jawline tightened a bit. Jowls and eyebags drastically change the look of a face; it's disconcerting to find my face isn't quite 'mine' these days, and to know it's only going to keep changing its layout.
Wrinkles & general sag - no, I wouldn't.

I'd get my teeth fixed, as they've been disintegrating for the last ten years. I may the only human left who wouldn't want them made all white & even! I'd like them replaced with strong, functional teeth but still crooked & discoloured

ThatsNotWhatISaid · 04/08/2014 00:33

I think I might if I had something that was very, very noticeable like extremely sticky out ears or a really big hooky nose. I'd also do something about very buck teeth. Otherwise I wouldn't have plastic surgery. I would never have a breast enlargement but I think I would have a breast reduction if I was really big.

The only thing I would actually consider for me would be eyelid surgery but I would only actually do it if someone could do it by magic.

SinisterBuggyMonth · 04/08/2014 00:45

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AlleyCat11 · 04/08/2014 01:20

I've had laser eye surgery & would only get cosmetic surgery for medical reasons. Fair play to anyone who gets it, but it's not for me. I especially wouldn't touch my face...
Have never had false lashes, fake nails, hair extensions etc... Had a spray tan once. Never again! Won't dye my hair & don't do make up, unless for a party. I like looking like me.

ScarlettlovesRhett · 04/08/2014 01:25

I have had it, and I would again.

It's perfectly fine imo if you are realistic about the outcome and don't expect it to change you to something different, because it won't.

(And of course people get cosmetic surgery due to self esteem issues, if they thought everything was perfect with themselves, they wouldn't have it!).

TillyTummyTuck · 04/08/2014 01:33

Well, I'm sorely sitting here between 2 and 3 weeks post tummy tuck with a colostomy bag attached to my scar to catch the fluid that decided to bust its way out a couple of nights ago. And I do mean bust. I woke up drenched from navel to knee in yellow gunky fluid. Thankfully it's not infected.

My belly is now huge and swollen. Sometimes it's so swollen, it feels like bad sunburn like the skin is going to split open.

I can't stand upright yet.

And when I walk, it feels just like what it is - imagine skin tight hipster leggings that someone's pulled into a mega wedgie, then they've taken a tight crop top and sewn it down to the wedgie leggings just above your very 'lifted' pubes.

I don't know what's going to happen next with the fluid. I may need another op.

And I did my research. I had the op in one of a very reputable mainstream chain of private hospitals. The consultant tells me this is all quite normal and the stats support his view.

I hope it will be worth it in the end. I'm not a wuss and I've had major surgery before but I certainly wouldn't do this again if I had a time machine. It's a lot harder than I expected, whereas the major surgery was a lot easier.

I'm not posting this for sympathy, it's self-inflicted after all. I'm posting to say some people have better experiences than others with this surgery but instead of thinking oh that won't be me, people do it all the time and I'll be fine...I wish I'd thought, well that could be me and why wouldn't it be.

TillyTummyTuck · 04/08/2014 01:36

And I do love DH for watching the doctor and nurse literally manipulate my belly like a big spot to get all the fluid out and saying 'I ought to video this for the sporners on MN'. But that was just before he went green and had to go and sit quietly in the corner for a bit.

AlleyCat11 · 04/08/2014 01:46

I like that you've said that Tilly. I hope the procedure works out well for you. My eyes are in no way perfect since I had them corrected. There are other issues (dryness, slow focus, floaters) but the main thing is that I can see better now. I think all surgery has pluses & minuses.

Thumbwitch · 04/08/2014 01:56

Like other posters have said, I'd have it to attempt to redress disfiguration or scarring, but not for purely cosmetic enhancement. I wouldn't have injections of anything either.

I wasn't that good looking to start with, so I've no need to try and "retain my looks" .

Want2bSupermum · 04/08/2014 02:14

I had my eyes done (PRK not lasik) and I had my stomach joined back together after DS. For now I am done.

I benefit from being the NYC area and have access to some of the best doctors for getting things improved. After I know I am finished having babies I may get my boobs put back on my chest, the excess skin from my lower stomach removed and the thread veins removed from my legs. Apart from that I spend a small fortune on not eating too much and exercise with the hope it results in me not needing surgical help later on.

Want2bSupermum · 04/08/2014 02:18

Tilly Hope you start healing soon. Same thing happened to my friend and after a month after she was fine and healing well.

Cuteypatootey · 04/08/2014 03:12

No I won't because although some people think I have a reason to (and strangely it is usually ugly people who have suggested these things) I have grown comfortable enough in my own skin to face myself in the mirror every day. If my appearance turns people off I think good riddance and carry on living my life. My daughter and husband think I'm beautiful and that's enough for me. Obviously everyone is entitled to do what they want with their bodies, this is only my opinion for myself.

missingmumxox · 04/08/2014 03:21

I have facial scaring from a car accident, I see it in the mirror but it has become me iyswim? I don't feel it, appart from the few mins in the morning when I am getting ready I don't see it, to be fair it is so much part of me, I don't see it most days, it is my face, it is not terribe but I know it is noticable, right in the middle of my forehead, I also have a scar on my lip which when I tell the story, people laugh, I was that child who your mum told you about, fell with something in my mouth, which cut right up my lips, and force my tooth back up into the gum.

I would if I had massive boobs which caused me back ache, or anything else which caused me a problem, my DB has a massive underbite, he also refuse surgery, but if pushed if surgery as risk free I would have a tummy tuck, unfortunatly I am an ex theatre nurse, and understand the risk of surgery, so no thank you.

but I really think if you weigh up the risk of surgery and the gain you think you will get with full information and you are still happy, I am happy for you, go for it, I don't really have body issues...I thank my Mum for that, who oddly just before she died admitted her body issues and anorexia, and how she hide it, she did a good job, which is why I have my user name and happiness in myself x

slithytove · 04/08/2014 03:24

Yes I would. When I'm done having kids, I would love to have my breasts lifted. I hate them.

rockdakazbah · 04/08/2014 04:07

I had a rhinoplasty about 5 years ago. No regrets about it and wish that I had done it sooner. I'm still me, just with a smaller nose and that is the outcome that I had hoped to achieve.

AngusAndElspethsThistleWhistle · 04/08/2014 04:17

I've lost a significant amount of weight in the last year and now have loose skin on my thighs and upper arms. I'd love to have it removed, along with the cobra-sized varicose vein that runs from my knee up my thigh.

LittlePeaPod · 04/08/2014 05:01

I had my boobs done in my 20s. Loved them then and love them now. Currently 38, keep extremely fit and eat reletaviely healthy so I havent had anything else done on my body. But, I fully intend on having a little bit of maintenance work done on my face as and when I feel I need it, so I don't need a full on face lift when I am older.

Happy for people to grow old gracefully as they say. I fully intend on growing old but looking younger. This is possibly the vainest aspect of my personality.

RudyMentary · 04/08/2014 05:37

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Floop · 04/08/2014 05:50

Yes. I'm really unhappy with my nose and am pricing up.

MrsMook · 04/08/2014 06:43

Pre DCs, I'd have said no, and that I was very content with my body. That was before a huge baby bump and EmCS left me with a huge droopy flap of saggy wrinkled skin. I hate it because it looks and feels alien on me. I feel like someone secretly transplanted a 90 year olds belly on top of mine. It's pretty numb which is why it feels so alien compared to the rest of me. I don't know if I would actually go through with it, but giving myself the mental permission helps me feel like I have some control over it. I gave myself a decade after DS1 born to mentally adjust to it and complete my family. I'm not looking to model bikinis, I'd just like it to look like it belongs to the rest of my body.

SnayPah · 04/08/2014 07:02

It seems like a waste of money to me, since I don't make a living off my looks or my body. And I don't want to send a message to DD that her appearance is wrong or bad the way it is (which I think cosmetic surgery does).

Plastic surgery for reconstructive purposes is a different thing. I'd have that.

FoxyHarlow123 · 04/08/2014 07:12

Had a breast reduction. Best money I ever spent.

Monkeychopsmum · 04/08/2014 07:19

No I don't think I would. Don't get me wrong there is definitely parts of my body that I really don't like but I wouldn't ever do anything about it. Even a standard nose job has the potential to go terribly wrong.

However I'm currently breastfeeding and my left breast is a D cup and my right one is a small C cup, so depending on how they look once I stop breastfeeding I may feel completely different about the subject.

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