I have heard all the different takes on getting what I want done..You need to ask yourself the hard questions because you are ultimately accountable to yourself. If you've had multiple procedures, ask yourself if you have an addiction problem. Are you trying to fix some psychological problem with a physical solution? You want to fix the psychological problem, if it exists, and then if you want to have the surgery, do it for the right reasons, and be prepared to live with the result.
Plastic surgery is not what is going to make your mark in this world. Being a good parent, or friend, for example, is how you leave a legacy and impact the world.
Ask yourself if you really have a problem. If you're healthy and have good genes, do you really have a problem that needs to be fixed with a surgical solution?
What messages are you giving yourself that make you think you need surgery? Are you negating your positive qualities (honesty, loyalty, intelligence, humor, etc.) and hoping that plastic surgery can give you what you feel you lack?
How do you expect to feel about yourself if you go ahead and get the procedure? Are you looking for a different body, or are you really hoping to attain self-esteem?
There is no reality, only perception. If your self-esteem is so low that you view yourself through a filter of self-rejection ("I'm ugly" or "I'm fat"), all the surgery in the world isn't going to make a difference. If you don't change the filter through which you look when you see yourself in the mirror, you'll never be happy.
The only person that can give you what you want is you. Nobody else can give you the self-esteem you need to have a healthy body image. A surgeon can't. The only thing that can "fix" you for you comes from the inside — not the outside.
If you have cosmetic surgery because of what someone else thinks, you are letting your self-worth be governed by someone else. This isn't about how everybody else feels about you. This is how you feel about you.
If you're thinking about how you look, you're not thinking about who you are. Make a distinction between the way you are wrapped and who you are on the inside.
Remember that in the history of the entire world, there has never been another you. And there never will be. God made you uniquely you. And for you to reject that and say 'I'm not good enough for me' is not OK......
I totally understand all the stigmas attached to plastic surgery..I really never looked into plastic surgery before I broke my nose and had to see a plastic surgeon and I have a wonderful nose but now its slightly crooked and this could led to sinus problems so I will have that corrected and have it changed slightly since i have to go through a nose job anyway...and when i was in the office I mention to the dr i would like my breasts lifted a little..so i went for a consultation and he examined my body and we decided a little lift would look great and a tummy tuck would do the trick..I am not overweight nor do I have a self esteem issue and I am 36 so its not an age problem either...as a matter of fact i get proofed when i order drinks..its about looking a certain way I hate to use the word better but its changing things to achieve a different look that I want...I am still the same person when I look in the mirror..its no different than a good haircut and colour..I am still the same inside ..I dont think I am self absorbed with my looks..but plastic surgery makes one think the people that seek it are..now excuse me I need to get dressed and get a manicure and massage
Plastic surgery is not what is going to make your mark in this world. Being a good parent, or friend, for example, is how you leave a legacy and impact the world.
Ask yourself if you really have a problem. If you're healthy and have good genes, do you really have a problem that needs to be fixed with a surgical solution?
What messages are you giving yourself that make you think you need surgery? Are you negating your positive qualities (honesty, loyalty, intelligence, humor, etc.) and hoping that plastic surgery can give you what you feel you lack?
How do you expect to feel about yourself if you go ahead and get the procedure? Are you looking for a different body, or are you really hoping to attain self-esteem?
There is no reality, only perception. If your self-esteem is so low that you view yourself through a filter of self-rejection ("I'm ugly" or "I'm fat"), all the surgery in the world isn't going to make a difference. If you don't change the filter through which you look when you see yourself in the mirror, you'll never be happy.
The only person that can give you what you want is you. Nobody else can give you the self-esteem you need to have a healthy body image. A surgeon can't. The only thing that can "fix" you for you comes from the inside — not the outside.
If you have cosmetic surgery because of what someone else thinks, you are letting your self-worth be governed by someone else. This isn't about how everybody else feels about you. This is how you feel about you.
If you're thinking about how you look, you're not thinking about who you are. Make a distinction between the way you are wrapped and who you are on the inside.
Remember that in the history of the entire world, there has never been another you. And there never will be. God made you uniquely you. And for you to reject that and say 'I'm not good enough for me' is not OK......
I totally understand all the stigmas attached to plastic surgery..I really never looked into plastic surgery before I broke my nose and had to see a plastic surgeon and I have a wonderful nose but now its slightly crooked and this could led to sinus problems so I will have that corrected and have it changed slightly since i have to go through a nose job anyway...and when i was in the office I mention to the dr i would like my breasts lifted a little..so i went for a consultation and he examined my body and we decided a little lift would look great and a tummy tuck would do the trick..I am not overweight nor do I have a self esteem issue and I am 36 so its not an age problem either...as a matter of fact i get proofed when i order drinks..its about looking a certain way I hate to use the word better but its changing things to achieve a different look that I want...I am still the same person when I look in the mirror..its no different than a good haircut and colour..I am still the same inside ..I dont think I am self absorbed with my looks..but plastic surgery makes one think the people that seek it are..now excuse me I need to get dressed and get a manicure and massage
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