SoulPancake

I'm for them if it's for the right reasons. I was hit by a car when I was 15 and landed on the pavement flat on my face. It broke my nose, which after that was so broken that I couldn't breathe through it (my septum was already deviated, it made it a whole lot worse). So I had that fixed when I was 16. I feel there's a stigma about plastic surgeries though, so usually when I tell people about my car accident I say that I had facial reconstructive surgery and leave it at that. I think that the steriotypical teeny-bopper boob job and valley girl wanting an even tinier nose has made it harder to admit to having had plastic surgery. Alot of people, like myself, don't have plastic surgery done for the sake of vanity (yes, my nose does look better now than it did before the car accident but I take that as a door prize to being able to breathe correctly). I'm guessing the majority of people who have it done have a good reason for it, and the minority (the grossly oversized boob jobs and microscopic noses, and the searching for pin-upy perfectionists) make everyone else look bad for having an actual need.

As a person who assists in these types of surgeries, I would like to say that most people who opt for cosmetic/reconstructive surgery are not young women seeking large breast implants; rather, they are people who have lost a considerable amount of weight and have excess abdominal skin hanging to their hips; women who choose breast implants after masectomy; women who have nursed their babies and now look like the Ubangi women in National Geographic, whose breasts are bags of skin that hang to their belly buttons; women who have breast reductions because they suffer from back and neck pain; women that have one breast that did not grow; men who have excessive breast tissue; people who have deviated septums and hawk beaks for noses; sagging eyelids that interfere with sight; women that have been battered and abused; congenital defects; traumatic injuries.. There are myriad reasons why people seek to improve their appearance and self esteem, and truly, it is not our place to judge them.

@TutherBrother ROFLMAO!!

Some people have issues. Since I'm one of those people let me say that if I had the means I would have surgery. If you feel very bad about a body part what is the harm of bettering yourself. I don't consider myself vain, but I really think it would help my life intimately speaking.

If i was offered a plastic surgeon, i would insist on a real one.

Plastic surgery should be reserved for people with REAL deformities.

All I know is, I want that cup.

i guess........if it makes you feel better.......go for it

Plastic surgery can do wonderful things for people to bring back a sense of normalcy and confidence in one's life after an accident or birth defect.

For purely cosmetic reasons, however, I think it's all up to someone personally. It's your decision, and if you want it, mazel tov. If someone offered me a free nose job, I'd take it. I wouldn't go out of my way to pay for it because it's not a big deal, but if I had it offered, why not.

everybody is beautiful,I disagree with this fashion,but I understand people who are obligated to do them lets say burned people

@dancingplatypus

Totally - I don't think it has anything to do with someone having an ugly soul. Sometimes a severe lack of confidence can be crippling.

You reminded me of a friend of mine that was hit in the head with a beer bottle so hard that it broke and severed his ear. I mean, the guy is 6'5" so you'd never see his ear anyway, but I totally understand why he would have it fixed.

What it comes down to is this: You have to dislike feature x enough to PAY someone loads of money to put you in a great deal of physical pain while running the risk that you could come out of it worst than you started.

That's commitment right there.

I remember a friend with horrible scarring from abuse at home. He was teased a lot as a young adult, but finally got surgery to fix his face and replace an ear. He looked decent, but you could still see the wounds. I remember some tool remarking that he could tell my friend had surgery done, and that it was botched, and that that is what he got for his vanity. He went on to preach how ugly you have to be on the inside to care so much about your outside appearance.

Another friend of mine had screwed up teeth, horrible overbite. When she was much older, she went in and got it fixed. I remember how much she cried when she saw how great her smile was. All those years of being teased could have been avoided.

So, to reduce torment, I have no problem whatsoever. In fact, I would encourage it so long as it is safe.

But torment aside, I say, you dress well, you whiten your smiles, you style your hair, you tattoo your bodies. I have absolutely no problem with someone who wants to change their body. Just like elderly ladies who smear their make-up on like a clown, there will be people that probably don't understand what works, and I think that doctors that allow people to make ridiculous alterations to at least receive objective information about what they are getting into.

So even for vanity based surgery, I say, it's completely your choice. More power to you.

i find people are so beautiful. why would you give power to someone to cut you up?
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if you was disfigure .. like that man that looks like a tree i can understand that..
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I think that plastic/cosmetic surgery is probably fine IF you have something that REALLY torments you.

That being said, I think that physical perfection is boring. I've broken my nose 3 times! My dad would rather that I get it fixed (especially because my septum is crazy deviated) along with some surgical scars.

I appreciate his opinion, but at the same time, I think it builds character. I can laugh about the fact that I have a Lois/Meg Griffin half-sandwich nose. And, my scars are indicators of a trying experience that I never want to forget.

I have no interest in it, but I imagine if I was in a disfiguring accident I'd be all for it. Some people try to use it to keep from looking their age, and then it looks creepy. But hey, it's their money.

IMHO, fake boobs are gross.

Is the only way to match your fake inner appearance with your outer appearance, as Daniel Tosh said.

It's a personal choice. I struggle with the idea of getting colored contact lenses. I've been tempted by the notion before, but I've been resolved to not pursue it.