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AMA I had plastic surgery

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RubyOrEmerald · 20/06/2025 17:45

Just as the title says😊 might be an incredibly boring one haha but just thought I’d give it a go in case anyone had any questions on the topic!

*editing to say sorry, I only realised after posting that I accidentally posted in AIBU instead of AMA, trying to work out how to get it moved over sorry!

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RubyOrEmerald · 20/06/2025 19:51

Everyoneseemssadnow · 20/06/2025 19:43

I'm sorry but I dont know what " Tret" is. I've never heard of it.

Of the other things you mention I'm certainly not against braces - as far as I'm aware they are a long established treatment for dental abormalities.

I certainly use skin care products- cleansers , toners, moisturisers, serums etc as part of a skin care regime. And use makeup, albeit minimal makeup.

The line i draw is injecting chemicals into my body and having a surgeon's knife make unnecessary modifications to my body.. I would never ever even consider fillers, botox or surgery to alter my appearance.

If I have an agenda it is to try and present the view that women don't NEED to inject chemicals into their body.They don't NEED to have cosmetic surgery i.e I want to represent the alternative view point to that which is often touted on MN: that being a plastic clone is what women should be striving to achieve

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Who on earth on here has ever said that woman should strive to achieve being a plastic clone? I don’t feel any pressure to get cosmetic surgery. I, as an educated and perfectly capable woman, made that choice myself. I find it insulting and in some ways anti-feminist that you’d think otherwise

*edited as I meant to add, also, with all due respect I also had braces and for the most part it’s modifying your teeth for the purposes of aesthetics because society deems it better to have straighter teeth. It’s literally remodelling your mouth and your bone alignment. Why are you ok with that, yet when I talk about my plastic surgery it’s such a taboo and I’m ’pushing an agenda’?

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blueshoes · 20/06/2025 19:54

If I have an agenda it is to try and present the view that women don't NEED to inject chemicals into their body.They don't NEED to have cosmetic surgery i.e I want to represent the alternative view point to that which is often touted on MN: that being a plastic clone is what women should be striving to achieve

@Everyoneseemssadnow You are not presenting some groundbreaking alternative viewpoint. Yours is very much mainstream. Thanks for reminding us on a thread on plastic surgery. You may now jog on.

Nobody NEEDS anything - that is a straw man argument. OP is not a plastic clone. You are getting confused about the word 'plastic' v 'cosmetic'.

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RubyOrEmerald · 20/06/2025 19:57

CiaoMeow · 20/06/2025 19:26

Years ago I wrote to a surgeon to ask about the exact opposite! My forehead is small and I wanted a wider, higher one. He wrote me a lovely polite letter explaining that no such surgery exists and advised me to embrace what nature gave me.😅How times have changed. And I bet such a surgery DOES exist now. I'm pleased you're happy with the result, OP.

Aw haha that’s funny! Its also funny how everyone likes different things because I think small foreheads look beautiful! I suppose the grass is always greener isn’t it😊 lol I wonder if that surgery does exist now, I’ve never heard of it but I bet it’s probably a thing now!

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