Would you have cosmetic surgery?
 

Well, would you?
Whether it be a *yummy mummy make over*, an eye lift or pec implants.
What would you have done?

Do you have regular cosmetic procedures? What are they?

I often consider turning back the hands of time and getting my boobs lifted, not bigger, but lifted.

I'm vain, I have dermabrasion regularly and have had laser or pulse treatments on broken capillaries (from my snow skiing days).

A friend of mine just had some Lipodissolve, on some stubborn fat around her c.section scar....I found it amusing that they told her to watch what she ate, drink lots of water and get some serious exercise...to help things along. HA! If she did all that she would probably get rid of it anyways.

I would love to have my breasts lifted
In fact my money wish list goes:
- Pay off debts
- Treat friends & family
- Visit friends and family overseas
- Boob job

I'm also very tempted by the idea of a gastric band. Not so much plastic surgery as invasive unnecessary surgery. I wouldn't do it lightly though - I'd literally be putting my life on the line.

Oh and I'd like veneers on all my teeth.
I wouldn't want them the Hollywood Bright that glamour models have - I think it's tacky. Just whiter than they are. And a little more uniform.

The one thing I would love to change above all else, I can't. I want new feet please. I don't want ones that blister and bleed if you even show them a new shoe. I don't want ones which are so toxic they eat the inside of shoes. Bad feet.

I used to weigh 450ish pounds (I'm ~6'7"). I dropped to 220 pounds in about 2 years, with diet and exercise. Let's just say I had a ton of stretched, saggy skin.

I had excess skin removed from my waist and chest. The skin was removed in two operations, and now I have a scars: one that goes all the way around my waist, a scar around each nipple and under each pec.

I have veneers on my front teeth (upper and lower) but they were done on the NHS whilst unemployed and cost me nothing. I think they're probably the only cosmetic surgery I would choose to have and be willing to pay for myself. Having porous enamel makes my teeth unusually vulnerable to decay and also means that one cup of coffee and I look like I've never brushed my teeth. The veneers have resolved that problem. They also evened my teeth up to look at, as i did have slightly uneven teeth, but I doubt I'd have even considered having anything done just to straighten them. Just wouldn't have occurred to me.

I occassionally get little white swellings that don't go away, sometimes for a few years (then they mysteriously go) I had a cluster of them right near my eye and was making enquiries with my doctor about having them removed when they mysteriously vanished (after three years). I'd have that kind of cosmetic surgery. Oh and of course I dye my hair from time to time....not surgery but a cosmetic change.

Other than that, no, I wouldn't have any cosmetic sugery. I was slightly self-conscious about having no cleavage for years. I've reconciled myself with my body and it no longer bothers me. At no point during the time I was bothered by it would I have gone under the knife for it. I also have a bump on my nose that I think is well ugly, but I would never have a nose job.

Basically anything that actually alters your basic form does not appeal to me and the closer to actual surgery (anaesthetics and scalpels) that the procedure gets the more uneasy I am about it. I don't see much of a 'moral' distinction between what I am prepared to do (enamels and spot removal) and the full on cosmetic surgical procedures (reshaping or augmenting body parts). I would be very uneasy about anything that fundamentally altered my form. I think that's why I was ok with veneers.....my teeth are still the same under there. The idea of altering the shape of my face appalls me even though there are parts of my face I dislike. The face in the mirror is me, I don't want to alter who I see.

No, but I can imagine certain situations where I would.

If my teeth were crooked, I'd get braces.
If I had a cleft palate, I'd want it corrected.

things like that.

I think cleft palate is more than just cosmetic, it's medically advisable.

Sure, but it looks like hell too, and I would want that fixed even if it wasn't medically necessary.

sure, if I could afford it. some kind of face lift, probably--the jaw softens with age.

Perry Winkle--do you regret the scars from the removal of your excess skin?

I think if I had something cut off, I'd keep it in a big jar. Wouldn't that be fun to show to guests?

Hey, look at what I have in this jar! Guess what that is! Sure you can touch it.

I have this little rock embedded in my cheek from a bike accident when I was 14. I have not had it removed but I like to creep people out by making them feel it.

I'm thinking of having the bags under my eyes "adjusted." They are pretty bad and make me look almost my age - :P

Anyone know anything about this?

I think you should keep the bags. They're useful for carrying stuff.

I had a funny mole that looked like a nipple right on my cheek. I had it removed because it was a pain to shave around but I think partly because it looked like a nipple. It was even pointy. Dermatologist just scraped it off with a razor thing. I could have done it at home with a straight razor if I had known that's how you do it.

Then he cut a big mole off my back because it was suspicious. That one hurt for a while. I decided I don't like being cut.

I fantasize about losing the excess skin from my pregnancies, but I think I'm too chicken. I keep hoping to wake up and it will all be gone -and the beer belly too! Can you wear it away with sex? Cause I fantasize about that too. :D

I have a slightly crooked smile that frightens small children.

I want a nice smile. Veneers are a good idea too, I have eroded enamel on my front teeth and the addition might close up those spaces on my right side that trap food too easily. If only there was an operation to thicken hair (I have a low hair count of about 50,000). I'm not balding, it's just thin and fine...unable to hold any style at all.

I used to be deathly afraid of taking off my shirt in front of anyone because of them. Having a girlfriend that accepts it all so thoroughly stopped me from being self-conscious about them. Now I'm back to being self-conscious of other things about my body.

So, no, no regrets, beyond getting so overweight in the first place.

I really think young kids should be shown pictures or video of people who have lost a lot of weight, a sort of a driver's-ed-style scare tactic. I never would have let my weight get out of control if I had known what it would do to my body.

For me no. My wife has had breast implants, something she wishes she had done ten years ago, and had her eyes done (blephroplasty). She wants an abdominoplasty next. Whatever, it's not my body. As long as she does it for herself and not for me. Unfortunately, I have to pay for most of it, even though we get a significant discount it is still quite costly.

The one thing I would do is to have every hair below my eyebrows lasered off

eyelashes lasered? :eek:

I guess you could still have this sort of hair-do....

http://z.about.com/d/lesbianlife/1/7...nbowMohawk.jpg

I've noticed that my eyebrows don't sit where they used to sit, and I've recently thought that it'd be nice if they went back where they came from. I think it's probably partially because I don't wear sunglasses as much as I should and so I'm always squinting, particularly when I'm driving.

Also, as I lose weight my getting this 'flap' of skin on my belly which I will definitely consider having 'tucked' if it doesn't shrink back (which I don't think it will). I've already told dazza and he doesn't care although his solution was to not lose weight in the first place. I think he likes me feeling squishy and soft. Besides that, I'm pretty happy with my body, and even the brows don't bother me. I just remember what they used to look like.

No amount of plastic surgery would make me have any sex appeal. I would trade my body for duck nut's body anyday.

Ummmm yea, that is not going to go away on it's own.

Right, but scars from a tummy tuck or a boob lift are pretty major. Really tough decision there for most people.

I can't agree more. I work in a hospital and see them all the time. But for most people the scars will diminish over time, like a year or so. And if you take care of the incisions as they heal you can really help them look better. The abdominoplasty scar is most easily hidden by your clothing. I find the mastopexy (lift or reduction) scars to appear more disfiguring but the end result usually makes people really happy.

You just have to create a great backstory to explain the scars. Escaping terrorist tortures, pygmy cannibals, or some heroic exploit. ;)

I got in a fight with an industrial sized can-opener.

Saved my family from a renegade ninja warrior.

Shot in the vagina by a Japanese water fountain...

That actually hapened to Bender, on Futurama.

:lol2: @ Flint.

It was a Chinese fountain. You could tell by the angle of the scars.

:lol: at everybody!

Chinese water surgery?

I'm thinking about getting this: http://plasticsergeant.com/home/body...dures/arm-lift

I'd have plastic surgery in a NY minute.


teh workz, bro.

no plastice surgery for me, although lipo would be nice since i hate to exercise. but with risks in every kind of surgery, i think i'll exercise. good for my heart and lungs, hehe. I had braces. Actually need it rather than just for beauty sake. Hmm...I do have to dye my hair every 3 months because I have so much white hair. :(

I would get surgery if I was in the mood when the offer was made, somebody made all the decisions ahead of time, it cost me nothing, did not interfere with any plans, did not have a long recovery period, and... I guess the short answer is No. Make me taller, slimmer, even up my eyes, etc., but don't bother me with the details of when, where, and how.

What about for your two lips?

Hmm -- I am actually rather conflicted on this one. I have always, always wanted slightly larger breasts, but I am afraid that if I start with that, I will find something else to obsess over.

Overall, I am continually learning to accept my body.

That's one of the easier surgeries unless you need a lift with implants.

At one point I wanted to have my legs broken and gradually stretched through surgery so that I'd be a little bit taller.

I finally realized that stepladders are a lot cheaper and less painful.

it's not necessarily the danger that keeps me from doing it but rather the fear that this might just be an ongoing insecurity issue I have.

fair point, and welcome to The Cellar :)

thank you, much. This is really the first online community I have decided to venture into, outside of the one I've regularly posted on since late 2002.

Hiya Pimp, nice to meet ya:)

Not an unreasonable fear. Which is why people get them done. My wife wishes she would have done if 10 years earlier.

have you tried Preparation H?


No -- really

No cosmetic surgery for me. First there are the health risks.
Then I'm ok with the way my body is made. There is much room for improvement but I would get a trainer again before the knife would even an option.

thank, you.

I'm Bettina.

oooh, you live in Savannah -- basically my heaven. I live in Georgia, as well.

Where?

I just recently moved to Canton, from Kennesaw. But I am basically all over Metro Atlanta, and Savannah is probably my all-time favorite vacation spot.

And Kevin Barry's is probably my favorite bar, ever. Quiet, not too noisy, sorta feels like everyone knows you.

Bags? What bags? You don't even have carry-ons :lol:

Seriously though, having seen you IRL, you do not need any adjustments.

thanks, but ... still.

That is a pretty easy surgery, not very painful, but you do look like hell for about 2 weeks afterwards.

We love Kevin Barry's as well. We get down to River St. a few times each month. Let me know when you are coming to town and I'll buy you a beer.

I was watching John & Kate plus 8 at my sisters yesterday, and Kate was getting a tummy tuck (free of course :rolleyes:). Aside from removing skin/fat, they also put her abs back together.

I want the abs part - but no scars.

Oh heeeyylll yes!!

Everything on my body seems to be heading south or outward, so a little surgical help would be most welcome.

At the end of this month I am scheduled to have what feels to me a bit like a cosmetic (not required for survival) hysterectomy. I have significant quality of life issues, pain, discomfort, other issues about tissues that you'd probably rather not read about, but the truth is that I could survive without it. Just be miserable. After posting what I did I felt a bit dishonest not 'fessing up to planning this procedure and wanted to admit it. :o

If you are in pain, it is absolutely not cosmetic.

Besides, I'm pretty sure no one walking down the street will look at you and say, "Ugh, that woman has clearly had her uterus removed. How fake."

And, if it doesn't change your outward appearance, it can't be classified as cosmetic. Hope it helps, sweetwater. :thumb2: