Cosmetic Surgery - The Human Barbie

Should I rush out and buy a hat?

shopaholic01 wrote: »

Should I rush out and buy a hat?

Nah.

green_screen wrote: »

I have no problem containing them.

I have a friend here with extremely large breasts. She gets terrible back pain with them now and then and used to hate them for that reason but in the last few years, she's really grown to love them and has managed to find a shop that sells bras bigger than a C cup here that aren't total granny bras (difficult in Spain). They're mesmerising. Her fella is mad about them for obvious reasons.

Breast reduction is actually available under the public healthcare here but she decided against it in the end. I would understand completely if she decided to go for it though (for the discomfort they can cause her).

Jonny Blaze wrote: »

I just think its a strange culturally normalised view that you should be expected to excise so called 'imperfections' and that no one should bat an eye at it.

The fact that it's almost a perverse inversion of what we tell people with say, eating disorders or as I mentioned before, people who self harm due to mental health issues.

These people are told that what they chose to do to themselves is harmful and that they should seek help to deal with the emotional issues that are the root cause of their destructive behaviours, whereas people with supposed physical imperfections are fully encouraged to just go and have a doctor and have potentially dangerous surgery to solve the problem, rather than being encouraged to deal with what I would surmise as being similar atypical emotional issues that are the root cause of their dissatisfaction with their appearance.

I think now Johnny you know better than that very simplistic point of view. People are of course free to choose where they choose to have elective cosmetic surgery done, and most consultations will start by having a full psychological profile of the patient done long before they ever even so much as see the inside of an operating theatre. I say "most", because the cosmetic surgery industry is unregulated in some countries where it's cheaper to have procedures done by cutting corners.

After a psychological profile is done, the consultant may recommend to the patient that they may be unsuitable for surgery and may indeed suggest counseling. The more reputable clinics will anyway.

I know you mentioned people having cosmetic surgery to pin back their ears earlier, and I would be one of those people who has long given thought to the idea of having my ears pinned back. I don't have any self esteem or psychological issues related to my physical appearance such as BDD (though there was a point in my life a few years ago where because I have a gammy hip, my right leg is effectively permanently a dead leg, and the constant pain almost drove me to the point where I considered a rope and a hacksaw because it was either my mind or the leg - one of them had to go! Fortunately I came to my senses before I went through with it), but where my ears are concerned, I was never bullied about them or any of the typical reasons you'll hear.

I was just never comfortable with them, and the only reason I haven't gotten them done yet is because after a consultation when I went about getting them done, the consultant first of all disagreed that I needed the procedure done, and second of all I wasn't comfortable with the idea that he couldn't guarantee the results would be what I expected.

My friends who have had cosmetic procedures done, the results have been positive for the most part, and I've seen a tremendous confidence boost in them and their outlook on life is much more positive, but unless I plan on breast augmentation any time soon, their experience isn't really going to affect my decision to have my ears done.

Legs.Eleven wrote: »

I have a friend here with extremely large breasts. She gets terrible back pain with them now and then and used to hate them for that reason but in the last few years, she's really grown to love them and has managed to find a shop that sells bras bigger than a C cup here that aren't total granny bras (difficult in Spain). They're mesmerising. Her fella is mad about them for obvious reasons.

Breast reduction is actually available under the public healthcare here but she decided against it in the end. I would understand completely if she decided to go for it though (for the discomfort they can cause her).

That's pretty much what happened with me. Until I started working in my teens, all I could afford were gross support bras. That, combined with the back pain made me hate them.

Now, in all my lovely, pretty bras, i love them. They look awesome in and out of clothes, and my bf is in awe of them :pac:

That's not to say that I may not consider a reduction in thr future.