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Thoughts on plastic surgery?


Daniel
Posts: 8545
Posted: 31.05.2007 at 15.24
Possibly a controversial one...

What do you think of it?
Is it acceptable?
Is it passée?
Has it become the norm?

Daniel
Posts: 8545
Posted: 31.05.2007 at 16.19

La La Laura
Posts: 14
Posted: 31.05.2007 at 18.11
I think in a lot of the images shown in that video the drastic change depicted was a result of weight loss, toning, stylist advice, air brush make-up, good photography, lighting, pose and photoshop. You could easily look at a crappy snapshot of me next to one of my portfolio images and say, "Oh. She's had work done."

It's all too easy to change someone's appearance completely digitally. See this link for an example:
http://www.break.com/index/the-power-of-photoshop.html

Some of them have obviously had work done though and while it sucks that having the money to change your appearance generates more money and fame, I don't really care. It is pretty common practice these days and if people want to mutilate their faces that's their decision. I have rarely seen an after shot that looks better than the before though.

I think it is important though, for surgeons to take more responsibility in terms of psychiatric analysis and exercise more care in not operating on people with obvious conditions like body dismorphia syndrome (or whatever it's called) to prevent patients winding up looking like Michael Jackson.

Online Now Allan
Posts: 5658
Posted: 31.05.2007 at 18.30
I'm all for it in small doses :)

SoHo
Posts: 707
Posted: 31.05.2007 at 19.50
In agreance with it! Passee or not, I believe it is a personal choice.

Charli
Posts: 125
Posted: 31.05.2007 at 22.31
I don't have a problem with it, though I'd say moderation is key. I'm sure in the distant future I wouldn't object to a little help in slowing down the ageing process. My only comment against it is that in the majority of cases I reckon liposuction is a pretty lazy shortcut....

heLen
Posts: 285
Posted: 01.06.2007 at 00.25
Cosmetic surgery is ok! I've tried temporary lip enhancement. I would go back for permanent if my doctor was McMahon!

Daniel
Posts: 8545
Posted: 01.06.2007 at 00.33
What's the difference in the procedure between temporary and permanent?

heLen
Posts: 285
Posted: 01.06.2007 at 01.07
I believe it's the same procedure. It's not the procedure involved that makes me hesitate about permanent.

ruru
Posts: 2203
Posted: 01.06.2007 at 05.22
i'm not against it as long as it has been done tastefully- i would love to get my hips and thighs lipo'd but i just dotn have the time! however those boobs that look bolted on and the lips that have been attacked by a whole swarm of bees are not a good look.

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