Plastic Surgery

galadriel88 · 07-29-2002, 02:00 PM

What do you guys think about it? Is it worth the money & risk? What about that 60 - somehting woman who spent milions of dollars to make herself look 40-something? Whatever hapened to gracefully aging?

***azalea*** · 07-29-2002, 02:17 PM

I am against people getting plastic surgery unless it is to correct a severe malformation or to reconstruct after an accident or scarring illness (for instance, mastectomy). I think people should focus more on character than on looks. But people can do whatever they want with their own bodies, they just need to be aware of the fact that there are a lot of underskilled doctors who can really mess them up.
In the case of celebrities, I have rarely seen a case where plastic surgery has improved their looks. It usually makes them look odd, whereas before the surgery they looked fine.
One of the best charitable organizations I've heard about is one where doctors travel the world performing reconstructive surgery on people in third world countries. The one I specifically remember is one where they help women in I believe the Middle East who have been burned by vindictive men throwing acid on their faces (usually to get back at the woman's father for something or something like that). It was such a sad story and the doctors were able to help them get a new face. There's another that reconstructs third world children with cleft palates.

Faramir · 07-29-2002, 03:34 PM

I think its scary and weird and that no one should get it.

Lizra · 07-29-2002, 04:13 PM

I can't understand it at all. It's just how you look...Not who you are, or how you feel. I like my aging look, it's beautiful! It's me!

StrawberryIcecream · 07-29-2002, 04:45 PM

BRING ON THE LIPO BABY!

Mirahzi · 07-29-2002, 04:46 PM

Some people who get plastic surgery are insecure about their looks.. I suppose they just want to look nice. There's absolutely nothing wrong with wanting to look nice, as long as you don't seriously disrupt your life and/or budget to do it.

StrawberryIcecream · 07-29-2002, 04:53 PM

BRING ON THE PLASTIC!

Erawyn · 07-29-2002, 07:53 PM

i'm against it, except for medical type reasons. My great aunt has had a billion facelifts and looks ridiculous!

LuthienTinuviel · 07-29-2002, 08:26 PM

im with azalea.

look at micheal jackson. plastic surgury is cool eh?

Mirahzi · 07-29-2002, 08:32 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by LuthienTinuviel
im with azalea.

look at micheal jackson. plastic surgury is cool eh?

That's a bit of an extreme example, no?

***HOBBIT*** · 07-29-2002, 08:35 PM

Michael Jackson's nose (and whole face for that matter) = scary.

cassiopeia · 07-29-2002, 10:02 PM

I agree with azalea. People look worse in my opinion after plastic sugery. Thier skin is tight and looks fake. I wouldn't get it done. I would never have an operation unless I really needed it. Plus I would rather spend my money on something else. Michael Jackson would look so much better if he never had plastic sugery.

webwizard333 · 07-29-2002, 10:18 PM

I believe people can do what they want to give themselves more beauty, but personally I think its rediculous. It seems to me that many people either don't look noticeably different or they look fake.
I saw on the news the other night about a new treatment for cheek lifts, on the face of course

. They extracted fat from the thighs and inserted it into the cheeks among other things. I spent the next five minutes laughing at the rediculousness of it all.

StrawberryIcecream · 07-30-2002, 05:45 AM

i dont see the problem with it at all as long as it doesnt go too far.

So you dont agree with removing something like a wart or mole which is not dangerous at all, you just want it removed because it looks yucky?!

Andúril · 07-30-2002, 05:53 AM

Who cares. We're just quarks.

afro-elf · 07-30-2002, 07:55 AM

Your flesh is just as much of you as your consciousness. Why do so many people ASSUME face lift. there are many people with abnormalities. or just something they wish to chance. Go for it.

***azalea*** · 07-30-2002, 02:48 PM

Well, removing a mole is one thing, but going through surgery to have bags sewn into your breasts is just bizarre. I always imagine what people are going to think a thousand years from now when they have archeological digs in our cemetaries and find nothing of the human remains but two little silicon sacks. Weird.

StrawberryIcecream · 07-30-2002, 02:58 PM

theyre going to think 'what primitive people!'

and wonder why the hell we werent doing more!

They will because they'll all be genetically modified!

BeardofPants · 07-30-2002, 05:32 PM

Everything in moderation I say.

***gdl96*** · 07-30-2002, 08:45 PM

People can do whatever they want to their bodies.

Me? I don't feel the need to change anything by means of plastic surgery. I'm not the breast implants kind of guy.

07-29-2002, 02:00 PM	#1
galadriel88 Halfwitted Queen of Lothlorien Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Far off in a dream Posts: 1,166	Plastic Surgery What do you guys think about it? Is it worth the money & risk? What about that 60 - somehting woman who spent milions of dollars to make herself look 40-something? Whatever hapened to gracefully aging? __________________ The beuatiful mind/The beautiful heart/Doesn't deserve the pain/How can I stop the rain? -How Can I Stop the Rain? by Kessid, my new favorite band +Every good thing that comes into my life is only a reflection of the greatest gift of all; the offering of yourself, dear Son of God+ Always remember, you're uniqe, just like everybody else! "The one constant through all the years has been the Trombone. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. Its been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt and erased again, but the Trombone has marked the time. This field, this section, this band is a part of our past. It reminds us of all that once was good, and could be again. Oh, people will come . . . people will most definitely come." Last edited by galadriel88 : 07-30-2002 at 10:16 PM.

07-29-2002, 03:34 PM	#3
Faramir Elven Warrior Join Date: May 2002 Location: Ithilien Posts: 353	I think its scary and weird and that no one should get it. __________________ This is the Window of the Sunset, Henneth Annun, fairest of all the falls of Ithilien, land of many fountains."-Faramir, Chapter IV, The Two Towers ========================== FRODO LIVES!!! ========================== YODA IS DA MAN!!! ========================== I Love Jesus!

07-29-2002, 04:13 PM	#4
Lizra Domesticated Swing Babe Join Date: May 2002 Location: Reality Posts: 5,340	I can't understand it at all. It's just how you look...Not who you are, or how you feel. I like my aging look, it's beautiful! It's me! Last edited by Lizra : 07-29-2002 at 04:14 PM.

07-29-2002, 04:45 PM	#5
StrawberryIcecream Elf Lord Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: In my jeans Posts: 915	BRING ON THE LIPO BABY! __________________ www.foolofatook.com for all you pippin's out there.

07-29-2002, 04:46 PM	#6
Mirahzi Elf Lord Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 1,286	Some people who get plastic surgery are insecure about their looks.. I suppose they just want to look nice. There's absolutely nothing wrong with wanting to look nice, as long as you don't seriously disrupt your life and/or budget to do it. __________________ "For the less even as for the greater there is some deed that he may accomplish but once only; and in that deed his heart shall rest." - Fëanor Last edited by Mirahzi : 07-29-2002 at 04:48 PM.

07-29-2002, 02:17 PM	#2
*azalea* Long lost mooter Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Florida Posts: 3,342	I am against people getting plastic surgery unless it is to correct a severe malformation or to reconstruct after an accident or scarring illness (for instance, mastectomy). I think people should focus more on character than on looks. But people can do whatever they want with their own bodies, they just need to be aware of the fact that there are a lot of underskilled doctors who can really mess them up. In the case of celebrities, I have rarely seen a case where plastic surgery has improved their looks. It usually makes them look odd, whereas before the surgery they looked fine. One of the best charitable organizations I've heard about is one where doctors travel the world performing reconstructive surgery on people in third world countries. The one I specifically remember is one where they help women in I believe the Middle East who have been burned by vindictive men throwing acid on their faces (usually to get back at the woman's father for something or something like that). It was such a sad story and the doctors were able to help them get a new face. There's another that reconstructs third world children with cleft palates.

07-29-2002, 04:53 PM	#7
StrawberryIcecream Elf Lord Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: In my jeans Posts: 915	BRING ON THE PLASTIC! __________________ www.foolofatook.com for all you pippin's out there.

07-29-2002, 07:53 PM	#8
Erawyn Elven Warrior Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: america junior Posts: 320	i'm against it, except for medical type reasons. My great aunt has had a billion facelifts and looks ridiculous! __________________ peace never hurt anyone "Be not so bigoted to any custom as to worship it at the expense of Truth." Johann Georg von Zimmermann

07-29-2002, 08:26 PM	#9
LuthienTinuviel protector of orphaned rabbits Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Kalamazoo... yes, its a real place! Posts: 1,236	im with azalea. look at micheal jackson. plastic surgury is cool eh? __________________

07-29-2002, 08:35 PM	#11
*HOBBIT* Saviour of Entmoot Admiral Join Date: Nov 1999 Location: NC/NJ (no longer Same place as bmilder.) Posts: 61,986	Michael Jackson's nose (and whole face for that matter) = scary. __________________ President Emeritus (2000-2004) Private message (or email) me if you need any assistance. I am here to help! "I'm up to here with cool, ok? I'm so amazingly cool you could keep a side of meat in me for a month. I am so hip I have difficulty seeing over my pelvis" - Zaphod Beeblebrox Latest Blog Post: Just Quit Facebook? No One Cares!

07-29-2002, 10:02 PM	#12
cassiopeia Viggoholic Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Australia Posts: 1,749	I agree with azalea. People look worse in my opinion after plastic sugery. Thier skin is tight and looks fake. I wouldn't get it done. I would never have an operation unless I really needed it. Plus I would rather spend my money on something else. Michael Jackson would look so much better if he never had plastic sugery. __________________ Kids, you tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is, never try.

07-29-2002, 10:18 PM	#13
webwizard333 Elf Lord Join Date: May 2001 Location: myob Posts: 587	I believe people can do what they want to give themselves more beauty, but personally I think its rediculous. It seems to me that many people either don't look noticeably different or they look fake. I saw on the news the other night about a new treatment for cheek lifts, on the face of course . They extracted fat from the thighs and inserted it into the cheeks among other things. I spent the next five minutes laughing at the rediculousness of it all. __________________ Boo!

07-30-2002, 05:45 AM	#14
StrawberryIcecream Elf Lord Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: In my jeans Posts: 915	i dont see the problem with it at all as long as it doesnt go too far. So you dont agree with removing something like a wart or mole which is not dangerous at all, you just want it removed because it looks yucky?! __________________ www.foolofatook.com for all you pippin's out there.

07-30-2002, 05:53 AM	#15
Andúril The Original Corruptor Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 2,881	Who cares. We're just quarks.

07-30-2002, 07:55 AM	#16
afro-elf Hoplite Nomad Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 3,931	Your flesh is just as much of you as your consciousness. Why do so many people ASSUME face lift. there are many people with abnormalities. or just something they wish to chance. Go for it. __________________ About Eowyn, Does anyone know what her alias Dernhelm means? She was kown as dernhelm because of her exclaimation when she realized that the rider's headgear was heavy and obscured her sight. 'Dern Helm" Culled from Entmoot From Kirinski 57 and Wayfarer.

07-30-2002, 02:48 PM	#17
*azalea* Long lost mooter Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Florida Posts: 3,342	Well, removing a mole is one thing, but going through surgery to have bags sewn into your breasts is just bizarre. I always imagine what people are going to think a thousand years from now when they have archeological digs in our cemetaries and find nothing of the human remains but two little silicon sacks. Weird.

07-30-2002, 02:58 PM	#18
StrawberryIcecream Elf Lord Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: In my jeans Posts: 915	theyre going to think 'what primitive people!' and wonder why the hell we werent doing more! They will because they'll all be genetically modified! __________________ www.foolofatook.com for all you pippin's out there.

07-30-2002, 05:32 PM	#19
BeardofPants the Shrike Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: San Francisco, CA <3 Posts: 10,647	Everything in moderation I say. __________________ "Binary solo! 0000001! 00000011! 0000001! 00000011!" ~ The Humans are Dead, Flight of the Conchords

07-30-2002, 08:45 PM	#20
*gdl96* the greg the admin Join Date: Sep 1999 Location: NJ Posts: 2,101	People can do whatever they want to their bodies. Me? I don't feel the need to change anything by means of plastic surgery. I'm not the breast implants kind of guy.

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