Q 'n' A per se.

[pleasteasme]

Question stemming from yanks:

If money were not a factor (nor anesthesia ) would you have cosmetic surgery? If so, what would you have done?

 

[bobsgirl]

Question stemming from yanks:

If money were not a factor (nor anesthesia ) would you have cosmetic surgery? If so, what would you have done?

Just for aesthetic reasons? No, probably not, unless it was a case of repairing some terrible disfiguring injury.

But just to get bigger boobies? No. How can you fool around with perfection?

 

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[pleasteasme]

Just for aesthetic reasons? No, probably not, unless it was a case of repairing some terrible disfiguring injury.

But just to get bigger boobies? No. How can you fool around with perfection?

Never mess with perfection!

 

[pleasteasme]

I'd like to have Lasik surgery. Mostly so I wouldn't have to wear glasses but I also think I would look a little younger. probably won't happen though til my kids are through college and ortho treament.

Oh yeah, I'd like to get rid of some of the extra baggage around my midsection. I think a little more exercise would take care of that.

I guess I probably wouldn't that do anything that is strictly vanity related. I still have a package of some sort of hair coloring for men (to get rid of the grey) under my bathroom sink but i don't think i'll ever use it.

Like grecean formula? You could always have a little fun and dye your dog!!

 

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[pleasteasme]

pleaseteaseme:

So, just wondering, is Lit part of your goal or a facility for procrastination?

btw, as if it really matters, i'm procrastinating myself right now.

You got me...procrastinating.

I'm headed out of town in a little bit ~ got up too early and got all of my morning chores done so, here I am!

 

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[midwestyankee]

Question stemming from yanks:

If money were not a factor (nor anesthesia ) would you have cosmetic surgery? If so, what would you have done?

No.

After reading Scaly's posts about hair coloring, I was reminded that last night I was trying to recall just how long I've had gray hair. We decided that it began to turn when I was just a bit over 30 and that I was completely gray within a couple of years. Let's just say that my gray hairs are now old enough to vote and I have never seriously considered getting it colored in any way.

 

[EJFan]

Question stemming from yanks:

If money were not a factor (nor anesthesia ) would you have cosmetic surgery? If so, what would you have done?

i don't think i have any desire for cosmetic surgery but there's ONE thing i might consider doing that's elective surgery. i might have my bad wheel repaired... my left knee's been my only "weak spot" all my life. it hasn't presented any problems in recent years but it's subject to significant injury if the wrong thing happens at the wrong time (i can actually move the knee cap around over the joint).

 

[Eilan]

If money were not a factor (nor anesthesia ) would you have cosmetic surgery? If so, what would you have done?

I might consider having my boobs lifted. Being pregnant with/nursing four children has taken a bit of a toll. But I don't obsess over it.

The only surgery that I've had was an elective procedure--a tubal--and I was a wuss about it.

After reading Scaly's posts about hair coloring, I was reminded that last night I was trying to recall just how long I've had gray hair. We decided that it began to turn when I was just a bit over 30 and that I was completely gray within a couple of years. Let's just say that my gray hairs are now old enough to vote and I have never seriously considered getting it colored in any way.

My ex, who's 32, started going gray in his early 20's and was completely white shortly after we separated. He deals with it by shaving his head.

 

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[EJFan]

Have you ever made a major decision on behalf of someone else, then find you're second-guessing your decision once you're beyond the point of no return?

i try like hell to avoid making decisions for MYSELF, let alone others, because i am world's worst decision maker... i give great advice (which is easier in a situation in which you have no vested interest or feeling) but most of my decisions i make for myself are bad/wrong.

 

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[EJFan]

For the second time in our lives my wife and I are in this position. Both times the decision was made on behalf of one of our kids (not the same kid both times).

ahhh... the joys of parenthood, which is, by definition, the job of making decisions on someone else's behalf... and why i don't have kids. lol

 

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[pleasteasme]

Have you ever made a major decision on behalf of someone else, then find you're second-guessing your decision once you're beyond the point of no return?

Rarely is it necessary for me to make decisions for other people. Myself, on the other hand; I have become fairly decisive because if I don't make my own decisions, who will make them?!

 

[Denae]

Where else would you keep recipes clipped from magazines if not in a junk drawer?

In a junk-folder in a junk-box with other junk-folders for home decorating ideas, travel dreams, and too damned many books that you want to read.

I'm hoping that I will get them scanned and copied to a disc before the summer is over.

 

[DLL]

Re: Yanks Q about cosmetic surgery..this is an interesting topic to me as of late since i am sch. to have minor things done..i will have a nose job (no i do not look like pinocchio) i broke my nose and my plastic surgeon wasnt happy with the results..so i will undergo that in nov. and i am having a breast lift and a tummy tuck and lipo in august...do i need this? maybe not but there are areas i cant seem to improve no matter how much i work out and having 3 c sections weaken my stomach muscles... i dont think its a vanity issue just in my mind it will make me feel better...

 

[Denae]

What's with all the interest in cosmetic surgery these days? Last night I was poking around the television, looking at the program guide and such, and I kept noticing programs about plastic surgery. Is plastic surgery so popular, affordable, or both that it has entered the mainstream? I thought that elective plastic surgery was only for narcissistic starlets who couldn't handle the fact that their bodies might actually age? What's your view on cosmetic surgery?

I had an elective plastic surgery {read boob job} in 2000. It was something that I had thought about for almost 20 years and it was strictly for me.

I can't imagine doing anything else. I'm fine with the aging process and don't mind my wrinkles and an imperfect nose. I have a thin gap between my two front teeth and small lips. I'm not perfect but I'm me.

And if anyone wants to know my more personal reasons for the surgery that I had, well here goes:

https://forum.literotica.com/showpost.php?p=13503171&postcount=15

 

[Eilan]

And if anyone wants to know my more personal reasons for the surgery that I had, well here goes:

https://forum.literotica.com/showpost.php?p=13503171&postcount=15

Good post, Denae.

 

[SweetErika]

Re: Yanks Q about cosmetic surgery..this is an interesting topic to me as of late since i am sch. to have minor things done..i will have a nose job (no i do not look like pinocchio) i broke my nose and my plastic surgeon wasnt happy with the results..so i will undergo that in nov. and i am having a breast lift and a tummy tuck and lipo in august...do i need this? maybe not but there are areas i cant seem to improve no matter how much i work out and having 3 c sections weaken my stomach muscles... i dont think its a vanity issue just in my mind it will make me feel better...

This gave me a question: If nose job, boob lift, tummy tuck, and liposuction are 'minor' procedures for you, what would you consider major?

Anyone else have an idea of minor vs. major cosmetic surgeries?

 

[midwestyankee]

This gave me a question: If nose job, boob lift, tummy tuck, and liposuction are 'minor' procedures for you, what would you consider major?

Anyone else have an idea of minor vs. major cosmetic surgeries?

In my view, there is no such distinction to be made as far as elective cosmetic surgery is concerned. It's all major in that it's an excessive use of technology for (mostly) vain purposes. I suppose that having a benign lump of fat removed (such things do just sort of crop up occasionally) or getting a scar lasered off would be less intrusive surgery than any sort of "tuck" or enhancement, but that's my limit.

Part of my issue with elective cosmetic surgery is that it is driven by vanity rather than medical need. That's the patient's side of the matter. However, what about the enabling physician? What happened to the Hippocratic oath? Doesn't a reasonable interpretation of it preclude the use of surgical methods for purposes that are not directly related to the physical health of the patient?

Now, I know that some (and DLL's post seemed to hint at this) might suggest that having cosmetic surgery will enhance one's emotional state of mind as much as it enhances the bustline, for example. My counter to this is that using surgery to improve your mental health is pointless. No matter how much better you might look in the mirror afterwards, you'll always know deep down that the image you see in that mirror is not really you and that you bought it. How can that possibly help your self esteem and mental well being?

Seems to me it would all be in vain anyway.

 

[Gypsy_Lis]

This gave me a question: If nose job, boob lift, tummy tuck, and liposuction are 'minor' procedures for you, what would you consider major?

Anyone else have an idea of minor vs. major cosmetic surgeries?

I would have to say that tummy tuck and breasts would be the major ones because some women including me (used to) have very low self esteem and want to look great for their partners and themselves. Or just the feeling of uncomfortable to be carrying the baggages, especially during the sex.

No matter to me...all sizes of body parts are sexy and natural to me. They are who they are.

I used to be harped upon by my ex regarding my saggy breasts which I don't really think that they are. I am now very happy with what I have now including the big gap in my upper front teeth and a roadmap tummy. I feel more sexier than 18 years ago. I am fine with the aging process and it is a part of life. I wouldn't change the me for anyone. They have to like them. Hopes this make some sense.

 

[SweetErika]

In my view, there is no such distinction to be made as far as elective cosmetic surgery is concerned. It's all major in that it's an excessive use of technology for (mostly) vain purposes. I suppose that having a benign lump of fat removed (such things do just sort of crop up occasionally) or getting a scar lasered off would be less intrusive surgery than any sort of "tuck" or enhancement, but that's my limit.

I think along the same lines. I think I cross from 'minor' to 'major' when the surgery typically requires general anesthesia. Laser eye surgery, skin rejuvenation, tattoo/hair/scar/vein removal, Botox or other injections, and cosmetic dentistry are examples of what I consider relatively minor, and probably wouldn't hesitate too much to have myself.

A few years ago I had sinus surgery and jokingly told my doc I liked my nose enough as it was. He said many patients who legitimately need nasal/sinus surgery do have rhinoplasty at the same time. I could see myself doing that type of thing maybe, but considering the amount of pain my relatively minor sinus surgery brought, I can't imagine asking for my face to be messed with for cosmetic reasons unless it was reconstructive.

Part of my issue with elective cosmetic surgery is that it is driven by vanity rather than medical need. That's the patient's side of the matter. However, what about the enabling physician? What happened to the Hippocratic oath? Doesn't a reasonable interpretation of it preclude the use of surgical methods for purposes that are not directly related to the physical health of the patient?

I've wondered about this as well. I also question why doctors who do outrageous things like "re-virginization" surgery or operate on patients who want procedure after procedure in pursuit of "perfection"/are mentally unstable, are allowed to practice at all.

Now, I know that some (and DLL's post seemed to hint at this) might suggest that having cosmetic surgery will enhance one's emotional state of mind as much as it enhances the bustline, for example. My counter to this is that using surgery to improve your mental health is pointless. No matter how much better you might look in the mirror afterwards, you'll always know deep down that the image you see in that mirror is not really you and that you bought it. How can that possibly help your self esteem and mental well being?

Seems to me it would all be in vain anyway.

I agree fundamentally, though I can see where it might and has helped. A personal example was my mother-in-law wanting cosmetic surgery to get rid of the excess skin she had when she lost a lot of weight quickly during chemo. She was not a vain woman in the least (not even in terms of putting effort into clothes, hair, or makeup), but the way her body looked was really affecting her self-esteem. I think she saw the resulting appearance and self-esteem boost as a reward, celebration of life, and fresh start, and have no doubt it would have really helped mentally and emotionally. I believe the same is true for many, but the difference might be working from the inside out versus outside in.