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Would you pay to change your appearance?

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    #32
    efb
    Closed Accounts Posts: 35,514 ✭✭✭✭efb


    No
    HardenendMan wrote: »
    It is important to you, OP. That's all that matters.

    Personally, I have a neck like a jockey's bollix, am far from an oil painting, but couldn't care less. But I completely understand when people want to make something "go away". Its a personal progression.

    I won't look like Oliver Giroud afterwards, I'll still be short and overweight :P


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    #33
    creolebelle
    Registered Users Posts: 440 ✭✭creolebelle


    No
    efb wrote: »
    well this is neither, a personal defect if you will.

    If you can afford it, if it will make you happy and you are aware of any complications that could arise then I think you should go for it


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    #34
    SMJSF
    Registered Users Posts: 600 ✭✭✭SMJSF


    No
    I'd get my nose straightened.... I broke it when I was a child without knowing until I was having sinus problems in my teens and the doctor pointed it out.
    and get my ear corrected... after an operation at 7 they stitched the er back too far....

    I sound lovely looking :P


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    #35
    Karl Stein
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,689 ✭✭✭Karl Stein


    efb wrote: »
    Just the philosophy of altering my body permanently for aesthetic reasons. I appreciate all the genuine feedback.

    Is this the type of thing that concerns you?


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    #36
    efb
    Closed Accounts Posts: 35,514 ✭✭✭✭efb


    No
    Karl Stein wrote: »
    Is this the type of thing that concerns you?

    No. Not at all.


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    #37
    Karl Stein
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,689 ✭✭✭Karl Stein


    efb wrote: »
    No. Not at all.

    Well then I'd say feck it - drive on and get it done and feel good about it.

    Best of luck with it.


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    #38
    The Th!ng
    Registered Users Posts: 464 ✭✭The Th!ng


    I'd like to have a spare head that I could keep in the fridge so that when I come home pissed I could swap the drunk head on my shoulders for the sober hangover-free head in the fridge.


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    #39
    efb
    Closed Accounts Posts: 35,514 ✭✭✭✭efb


    No
    More No's than yes's I see...


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    #40
    Links234
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,944 ✭✭✭✭Links234


    No
    Yes, to be honest. I'm not gonna say what, it's just something that bothers me. I may not get anything done about it, but it's a possibility.


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    #41
    AlanS181824
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,575 ✭✭✭AlanS181824


    No
    I would depending on what it was!


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    #42
    Kiwi in IE
    Registered Users Posts: 3,063 ✭✭✭Kiwi in IE


    efb wrote: »
    my surgery.

    I don't think so at all. You should do what makes you happy. I would never consider that a person having corrective surgery was vain because of their choice. More likely brave. Each to their own but people who want to look 20 and have surgery to achieve this, when they are in fact 70 are a little bit misguided and out of sync with reality in my opinion. But if they must do it to be happy then it's not up to me to judge.

    I would also imagine that those who have multiple cosmetic rather than corrective surgeries are insecure rather than vain. I think vain is an awful, judgemental word really. If someone is obsessed with their appearance to such an extent it usually indicates self esteem problems and psychological issues. And on saying that if someone has a feature that actually is outside the average (very large nose, ears that stick out etc) it can make them feel less secure in themselves than they would if that feature did not stand out, so if they want to correct it I don't see that as vain or any reason others should pass judgement.


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    #43
    The Peanut
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,169 ✭✭✭The Peanut


    When I was a teenager, things bothered me. Grew more comfortable with all features as I got older. In my forties now and really wouldn't be bothered enough to do anything.

    If something bothered me enough, I would.


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    #44
    efb
    Closed Accounts Posts: 35,514 ✭✭✭✭efb


    No
    Now Im watching surgery videos, so v interesting.


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    #45
    Lyaiera
    Registered Users Posts: 5,818 ✭✭✭Lyaiera


    No
    You want to do something to your body so you have more confidence in yourself? More power to you!


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    #46
    ShadowHearth
    Registered Users Posts: 22,929 ✭✭✭✭ShadowHearth


    Well, I voted no, but at the same time I am getting tattoo done on 27th. I guess I was thinking more about surgery... Ups.


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    #47
    efb
    Closed Accounts Posts: 35,514 ✭✭✭✭efb


    No
    ShadowHearth wrote: »
    Well, I voted no, but at the same time I am getting tattoo done on 27th. I guess I was thinking more about surgery... Ups.

    This is surgery


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    #48
    Day Lewin
    Registered Users Posts: 4,627 ✭✭✭Day Lewin


    No
    Hell yeah. Every time I use moisturiser or makeup, or get a manicure.
    If I won the Euromillions, I would get a facelift: the passing years are not kind to women. Boob lift too, probably. And hair transplant.
    For a start.


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    #49
    Mars Bar
    Registered Users Posts: 31,823 ✭✭✭✭Mars Bar


    No
    I'd get a whole set of new teeth.


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    #50
    eternal
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 8,867 ✭✭✭eternal


    No
    Go with it. I'd like breast reduction and will get it done when I can afford it. Can't see why there's anything to even question really.


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    #51
    Karl Stein
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,689 ✭✭✭Karl Stein


    TheBeardedLady wrote: »
    Hoping to get my nose and teeth extended next year.

    You're funny, you are. :)


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    #52
    Penny Tration
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,687 ✭✭✭✭Penny Tration


    I'd like surgery to fix a break in my nose. I was offered to be put on a list to fix it because I can only breathe properly through one nostril, but because it looked fine and thankfully didn't look 'broken,' I said no. Only problem is that I've had chronic sinusitis since the break so I'd probably get a nose job now to correct that.

    Wanted a breast reduction for years, but decided I'm perfectly happy with how I look, and working on my core in the gym helped with the back pain, so it's not worth the scarring, for me.


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    #53
    efb
    Closed Accounts Posts: 35,514 ✭✭✭✭efb


    No
    Wow far more in favour today


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    #54
    Birneybau
    Registered Users Posts: 10,237 ✭✭✭✭Birneybau


    TheBeardedLady wrote: »
    Hoping to get my nose and teeth extended next year.

    You finally decided to become a fully fledged horse? Well done.


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    #55
    Boring username
    Closed Accounts Posts: 679 ✭✭✭Boring username


    Last year I spent 4k out of my life savings to get an appendix transplant. I feel like a new person.


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    #56
    Birneybau
    Registered Users Posts: 10,237 ✭✭✭✭Birneybau


    eternal wrote: »
    Go with it. I'd like breast reduction and will get it done when I can afford it. Can't see why there's anything to even question really.

    Nooooooo!


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    #57
    TerrorFirmer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,930 ✭✭✭✭TerrorFirmer


    Most people that have cosmetic surgery aren't people who look in the mirror and say 'I'm gorgeous, but I could be just a little bit more gorgeous'. They're people whose confidence suffers quite badly from perceived flaws. I think for those people, if it gives them peace of mind, then why not?


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    #58
    Eugene Norman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,191 ✭✭✭Eugene Norman


    No
    The problem with anti-ageing surgery and Botox is it doesn't work all that well. If I could take a pill and max out at looking 35 for life I'd do that.


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    #59
    Eugene Norman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,191 ✭✭✭Eugene Norman


    No
    efb wrote: »
    I've had brain surgery, so that part doesn't scare me. Just the philosophy of altering my body permanently for aesthetic reasons. I appreciate all the genuine feedback.

    Am I overthinking it?


    changing your squint even if you can see fine is no more or less vain than fixing teeth, which we do on the public dime. That's entirely cosmetic because people with crooked teeth can eat.


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    #60
    Captain Chaos
    Registered Users Posts: 11,174 ✭✭✭✭Captain Chaos


    No
    I'd pay to get all the baby fat sucked out of my face/cheeks. Can't get rid of it. Nearly 30 and get told I look like a 23 year old tops. It's not as great as it sounds with ladies generally going for the older man and I get 19/20 year olds hitting on me and then they become mortified when they find out my age. Then when I go chatting to women in their late 20s early 30s they think I'm a kid and get the condescending "ah sure you're only a baby why are you talking to us" lark.

    Vain yes, but it make day to day life that bit easier and in my job as I'm getting promoted regularly and the younger guys under me look older and more experienced.


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    #61
    Links234
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,944 ✭✭✭✭Links234


    No
    TerrorFirmer wrote: »
    Most people that have cosmetic surgery aren't people who look in the mirror and say 'I'm gorgeous, but I could be just a little bit more gorgeous'. They're people whose confidence suffers quite badly from perceived flaws. I think for those people, if it gives them peace of mind, then why not?

    On the flip-side a lot of the negative views of cosmetic surgery are aimed more at celebrities and the like who seem to have more money than sense and go about ruining the good looks they've had in the first place with excessive surgeries.


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