Stop Buying Crap #11 – Cosmetic Surgery
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Cosmetic Surgery Because You’re Ugly, Lazy & Stupid
Okay. Maybe I’m being a bit too harsh. It’s not like everyone was born lucky like me, with highly delusional self esteem drop-dead good looks. So I guess it’s understandable that some people will want cosmetic surgery, so they can have a chance to be a wee-bit more aesthetically pleasing—at the risk of looking like a Play-Doh contraption.
Hah. Understandable my butt.
Getting excessively fat? Forget exercise and healthy eating, liposuction to the rescue!
Bony butt at the end of butt jokes? Butt augmentation saves the day!
I have no beef with reconstruction surgery, but I dread the day when cosmetic surgery becomes a social norm. I suppose its getting there. It is getting cheaper.
[Driving on the four-oh-five hating my life, listening to the radio...]
“Are you tired of the way you look and feel?” Says advertisement voice over.
“Well fear not, at the Institution of Superficial A-Holes, we have face lifts starting at $500! Nose jobs at $450, and Tummy Tucks at a competitive price!”
“Just give us a call at 1-800-LOK-GOOD. That’s 1-800, L-O-K, G-O-O-D.”
“Pricesareanapproximation.Notresponsibleformalpracticeresultinginfacialdeformities.”
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June 19th, 2006 at 2:37 pm
Anyone who is even THINKING having cosmetic surgery should be forced to look at the before and after photos of Elaine Young, former wife of actor Gig Young, and see the results! Very sad.
June 19th, 2006 at 2:45 pm
A doctor is only cutting me open if something is broken or malfunctioning. Badly broken or badly malfunctioning.
June 19th, 2006 at 5:12 pm
While I’m not drop dead beautiful, I figure at least I’m way ahead of some of the people that thought they were making themselves better looking,only to wake up to some freak in the mirror.I can’t imagine having work done,unless it was after a horrible fire or wreck,or something……
Grow old gracefully people!
I see OLD women with their faces stretched,and the rest of them doesn’t match,makes me a little more than queasy… if God had wanted us to wear bikinis after the age of 25 or 30…..he wouldn’t have given us veins in our legs!Or those fat pockets…. You know who you are out there.
June 20th, 2006 at 6:38 am
It is kind of sad, but it seems like the vanity that drives some of the actors who get cosmetic surgery is what ruins them. I saw Kenny Rogers on TV last week and he doesn’t even look like the same man, I think he was actually nicer looking BEFORE he had all that surgery. And, Priscilla Presley, she was more beautiful before the surgery, now she looks like Jack NIcholson when he played The Joker! And, Joan Rivers, oh my.
June 21st, 2006 at 12:33 am
I had to google those names to find out who you guys are talking about. heh
June 21st, 2006 at 9:31 am
“if God had wanted us to wear bikinis after the age of 25 or 30″
wait so if i’m 24 does that mean my bikini days are numbered? oh dear.
June 21st, 2006 at 10:45 am
They aren’t over at 50, even if you weigh 300 pounds and have legs the size of most people’s waists, if you live here in Arkansas!
June 25th, 2006 at 9:45 am
lol ew….
25 or 30 is indeed a bit early. yikes.
August 3rd, 2006 at 10:37 am
I like how the google ads on the left side of this entry are trying to sell what the author is boycotting….
August 3rd, 2006 at 6:24 pm
heh. unfortunately I cant stop the keywords from triggering those types of ads.
August 24th, 2006 at 1:02 am
I had breast augmentation done for medical reasons, does that mean I’m ugly, lazy, or stupid? Yes, it was cosmetic, but totally necessary. It seems like a good problem to have, being VERY large breasted, but when it prevents you from exercising because the movement hurts or the strain on your back is so severe that if you’re not lying down (only on your side; on your back you’d suffocate & stomach is unreasonable) you’re in chronic pain!
Trust me, sometimes, you need it.
The downside to the surgery? My doctor was so incompetent (unbeknownst to me) that I have SEVERE scarring now preventing me from ever wearing a bikini even if I wanted to after losing weight! A plus side to the surgery should have been being able to find bras that fit & were comfortable when you tried them on…now I have to make sure that they are low cut in the front so it doesn’t rub on the scars causing pain. Forget deep cut shirts, backless shirts, or shirts w/a low neckline going across…scar city.
It’s a good thing my husband loves me for me…he says he doesn’t even see them anymore, but at first they were a shock. If I hadn’t told him about the surgery first, he probably would have thrown up. How’s that for advertisement?
August 24th, 2006 at 2:36 am
hey Daisy, no offense meant.
really sorry to hear about the severe scarring, I’ve read that it should supposedly fade over time, thinning out etc. I’m sorry that’s not the case.
the problem with your doctor is a widespread problem, and is one of my major beef with cosmetic surgery (that I didn’t go into detail w/ the post), I was generalizing with the post and I apologize.
anyway, the problem with “cosmetic surgery” is that within the US, almost any doctors, regardless of their specialization, can perform “cosmetic surgery” but not “plastic surgery.”
plastic surgery is a specific subspecialty, while cosmetic surgery is simply a term use for aesthetic or appearance—not function, like in your specific case.
to be honest, reduction mammaplasty shouldn’t just be toss in the cosmetic surgery category. large breast that brings about orthopedic problems are clearly a functional and medical issue, not simply some “cosmetic surgery” that’s meant to improve apperance.
I’m rambling a bit as you probably know way more on the topic than I do, but your doctor’s incompetence can probably be attribute to the lack of regulation over the usage of the term cosmetic surgery and the doctors who practice them.
again, sorry if I offended you, and I’m glad to read that your husband loves you for who you are.
April 24th, 2007 at 2:15 pm
I’m not passing judgment on other people’s choices – except to say that I hope to God they research their doctors thoroughly, and I hope that they have good luck, which they also need; even a good doctor can have a bad day. But a doctor’s “bad day” means that someone like poor Daisy has to live with the consequences.
As far as the people who get the plastic surgery being shallow? The hell?? How about all the people (guys, I’m looking at you) who demand partners who look like Barbie?? That’s the reason behind a goodly chunk of the “cosmetic” plastic surgeries. There are a lot of guys out there who don’t want women who look as if they’ve been alive for more than 30 years. Liposuction is for those areas which can’t be changed by diet and exercise; it’s never a substitute for them. If I had the money, I’d get my trouble spot done in a heartbeat; it would be a lot cheaper than years of therapy trying to convince me that “looks are superficial.” Well, I’m not looking to have cute kidneys!
If our current society wasn’t both ageist and sexist, you’d have fewer people, male AND female, trying to roll back the clock. Ask the writers who have episodes of M*A*S*H* to their credit – they leave them off their resumes for fear it will make them seem too old to be employable!
I’d rather deplore the reasons people feel pressured to get surgery, than deplore the choices they make.
June 25th, 2007 at 1:42 pm
The best part is when a really hot chick will get with an equally hot guy and have a kid that looks like the bad guy from Indiana Jones. The one who got his face melted.
Plastic surgery can put a band aid on your ugly, but it can’t de-uglify your genes. If you look like a cat’s back end so will your kids.
October 19th, 2007 at 10:56 am
I’ve had cosmetic surgery (liposuction) five years ago and as a Baby Boomer I loved it. So much so that I wrote a book about it.
Having cosmetic surgery is a very personal thing. But because of the stigma that apparently still permeates around it, I didn’t tell anyone I was having it until it was over. Writing a book kind of blew that secret out the window.
As for being shallow, let me tell you my story. I was not! I was a single mother of two kids who had been divorced for many years. I was depressed, ate until stuffed and then some, gained 60 pounds and didn’t care. Then one day I woke up and realized that if I wanted to be around for my youngest I had to do something. I started walking, went on a diet and then had liposuction. I went from a size 22 to 16 and after 5 years still there.
I didn’t do it to be glamorous or to get a man. I did it for me. I went from a shy, introverted person to a happy, outgoing person.
So the next time anyone criticizes someone for doing something person to please themselves, think about those things you do to make you happy. That new car. The brunnette going blonde. The new wardrobe. A new job. All of these made someone happy. Liposuction did that for me.
September 26th, 2009 at 6:21 am
I disagree with you. I had a nose job and I don’t regret it. I used to feel very self conscious about my ugly nose and I had consultations with 4 different doctors. The last doctor knew what I needed. I checked out his qualifications, etc.
My nose job was very subtle, my doctor didn’t want to go to extremes, he made the changes that I wanted but they were subtle changes and it worked for me. I no longer feel ugly, and I no longer feel self-conscious.
This is my only plastic surgery job and that’s how it will stay. I have no plans for additional plastic surgery because I’m pretty happy with how I look. The only thing that I ever felt weird about was my nose.
So I disagree with your conclusions about plastic surgery. Some people want it and you shouldn’t judge them for it. Its not like you’re god. The only thing that I find objectionable about plastic surgery is when people go to extremes.
I didn’t go to extremes. I only had one plastic surgery and that was it. And there’s nothing wrong with wanting to look good. Isn’t that why people lose weight, to not only be healthy but to look good?
Isn’t that also why people go and buy nice clothes so they can look nice when they go to interviews, on dates, etc. People want to look and feel good.
Plastic surgery within reason is not a bad thing. So yea that’s my opinion. btw. I didn’t go into debt, my parents paid for it.
My parents are well off, they’re savers, and they’ve never been in debt. I’ve wanted it since I was 16. So last year at the age of 25 my parents were all “well you’ve wanted this since you were 16, lets go ahead and do it. You obviously researched it and thought about it long enough.”
September 26th, 2009 at 6:22 am
btw, my parents paid for my nose job out of the money they had in their savings. So they didn’t go into debt for it either.
September 26th, 2009 at 6:23 am
And yes I’m very thankful for what they did for me. =)
October 18th, 2009 at 9:55 pm
WHAT ABOUT BARBRA STRISAND HOW MUCH NOSE CHANGE WOULD ANY ONE THINK SHE COULD USE??
JUST TAKING OUT THE BUMP LEAVES HER STILL WITH A HUGE LUMP OF MEAT IN THE CENTER OF HER FACE!.
TAKING DOWN A NOSE OF THAT SIZE WILL NEED NOSE HOLE WORK ,YES HER NOSTROLS WILL BE FALPING ALL OVER HER FACE UNLESS THEY WORK THE HOLES..THERE ARE COSIDERATIONS TO WHICH METHOD OF WORK TO BE DONE WITH SUCH A BIG JOB..
STRISAND WITH HER NOSE STRAIGHT STILL CARRIES LARGE VOLUME OF NOSE WHICH MUST BE REDUCED ..
THE NOSE HOLE RIMS NEED TREATMENT ..LETS NOT FORGET THE NOSE TIP.. TIP AND NOSTROL STYLE AND DECIDING IF THERE WILL BE AND HOW MUCH TILT AND EVEN ANY SCOOP.
A CRAP DOCTOR WILL ONLY WANT TO WORK ONE AREA OF THIS JOB ..JUST DO THE NOSE HUMP AND LIE ABOUT THE REST!!
October 11th, 2010 at 8:13 pm
whats all this hate on old school pinch and scoop nose style.
this straight razor look is just rotten ugly.
dont call a beautiful curved and highly detailed nose miss piggy you jelious poo!
because your ansestery has large noses you hate small.
all yous with wide fat patato or bell peper size noses are scank dog ugly to the max!