Would you have cosmetic surgery? - Page 2

Perry Winkle · 06-03-2008, 12:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Cloud

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

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.

TheMercenary · 06-03-2008, 01:11 PM

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.

binky · 06-03-2008, 03:27 PM

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

monster · 06-03-2008, 03:45 PM

eyelashes lasered?

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

Aliantha · 06-03-2008, 05:22 PM

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.

skysidhe · 06-03-2008, 08:43 PM

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

TheMercenary · 06-04-2008, 10:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Aliantha

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).

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

jinx · 06-04-2008, 10:29 AM

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

TheMercenary · 06-04-2008, 10:52 AM

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Originally Posted by jinx

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.

xoxoxoBruce · 06-04-2008, 11:05 AM

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

Perry Winkle · 06-04-2008, 02:46 PM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

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.

dar512 · 06-04-2008, 03:16 PM

Saved my family from a renegade ninja warrior.

Flint · 06-04-2008, 03:25 PM

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

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Originally Posted by Perry Winkle

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

That actually hapened to Bender, on Futurama.

classicman · 06-04-2008, 03:32 PM

@ Flint.

HungLikeJesus · 06-04-2008, 03:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Flint

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

...

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

06-03-2008, 01:11 PM	#17
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	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. __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

06-03-2008, 03:27 PM	#18
binky all hollowed out Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Ridgecrest, CA Posts: 982	The one thing I would do is to have every hair below my eyebrows lasered off __________________ The meanest Mom EVER!!!!

06-03-2008, 03:45 PM	#19
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	eyelashes lasered? I guess you could still have this sort of hair-do.... __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

06-03-2008, 05:22 PM	#20
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	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. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

06-04-2008, 10:29 AM	#23
jinx Come on, cat. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: general vicinity of Philadelphia area Posts: 7,013	Right, but scars from a tummy tuck or a boob lift are pretty major. Really tough decision there for most people. __________________ Crying won't help you, praying won't do you no good.

06-03-2008, 08:43 PM	#21
skysidhe ~~Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.~~ Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 6,828	No amount of plastic surgery would make me have any sex appeal. I would trade my body for duck nut's body anyday.

06-04-2008, 11:05 AM	#25
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	You just have to create a great backstory to explain the scars. Escaping terrorist tortures, pygmy cannibals, or some heroic exploit. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

06-04-2008, 03:16 PM	#27
dar512 dar512 is now Pete Zicato Join Date: May 2003 Location: Chicago suburb Posts: 4,968	Saved my family from a renegade ninja warrior. __________________ "Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain." -- Friedrich Schiller

06-04-2008, 03:32 PM	#29
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	@ Flint. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

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