Cosmetic surgery annoys me.
Cosmetic surgery annoys me. I have to sound off somewhere so here goes.
i am sick of hearing about people spending thousands on cosmetic surgery, especially boob jobs.
The other day in the paper a woman had spent £50,000 on a boob job and it was sayin her friend had had a mastectomy but the women didnt feel gulity (how nice)
i wish i had £50,000 to spend on mycaner treatment then i may have less waiting time someone to ask when i am worried about things and down.
I can’t believe how ‘sad’ people are, its ya personality the way you treat people that makes ya the person ya are.
got noprobs with cosmetic surgery for necessary things i must add.
what do ya all think??
— £50K’s a hellava lot to spend on a boob job. How many boobs has this woman got - I assume she is a woman and not a sow with two rows of them?
My mother in law had hers done at age 65 and it cost her about £2000 each I think - about 8 years ago. She had it done because when she lay in bed they were as droopy as puppy’s ears. She paid for one and her lover paid for the other.
I was a bit sniffy and ageist about it at the time because I wondered why a 65 year old would want to bother, but having had breast reconstruction and augmentation as a result of breast cancer, I’m more sympathetic.
I think if you can afford it and want it, why not? The only danger is if you think that having it done is going to magically change your life, which it isn’t, because you are still the same person. If people feel like that they probably should see a psychiatrist, not a plastic surgeon.
I wonder whether people that have a lot of facial cosmetic surgery (lifts, botox, collagen) could end up having trouble communicating. Facial expressions play a big part in communication so if your face is so taut that you can’t actually do any facial expressions, how can other people tell how you are feeling?
The one cosmetic surgery I would definitely have done if I could afford it is dentistry because I was a child in the era when dentists got paid for fillings, not preservation so I have a gobful of metal I’d like to get rid of. I’m having to gradually anyway as the oldest fillings are starting to go.
I whole-heartedly accept that in cases of accident or disfigurement ( including cancer) surgery is necessary and desirable for personal well-being, but I agree with you, Liverbird, it is sad when people can’t accept themselves and get on with more important issues.
If I ever got started I don’t think I’d know where to stop!! - short of a whole body transplant!!
Daphne, don’t imagine life (or love) are all over at 65! At least I hope not - I’m not quite there yet! I was very proud of my boobs even at 60, and hated losing one.
I hope as many of us as possible get the chance to find out what 65 is like!
best wishes, love, Judy
Why? Whilst sitting with my mum on Monday night at the hospital after she had just had her lymph nodes removed we discussed this. She had a lumpectomy before xmas and then this on Monday and me, her and the lady in the bed next door (Masectomy that day) were trying to understand why people would put themselves through an op if they didnt have to.
I have nothing against plastic surgery as people have a choice but after seeing the ladies at the hospital and what they have been through I cant understand why people choose surgery unless they have a major disfigurement.
Also if you have implants how do you check for lumps???
Sarah x
Love at 65 - or older If I gave the impression that love is over at 65, I want to correct it because I believe (and hope) that it continues much longer. I was just a bit surprised at my mother in law having a boob job at 65.
Also I can answer the query about how you find lumps in a breast that’s had a boob job - same as any other breast - feel, ultrasound, mammogram. The implant is under the breast tissue. There is a risk that implants can obscure part of a mammogram, but radiographers can be taught techniques to minimise this.
tummy tuck I agree! I’ve had a tummy tuck as part of my DIEP reconstruction. I cannot believe that anyone would voluntarily go through this, and even part with money for it!
It has been far more uncomfortable than the reconstructed breast. This could be because I’m pretty slim, and it wasn’t easy to remove enough for a D cup boob!!
The other point is that ANY general anaesthetic carries a risk. Maybe I’m still a bit close to my own huge op, but I certainly wouldn’t consider another just for vanity’s sake!
Helen
— I had BC a few years back & had immediate reconstruction after a mastectomy. I think that the more people that have cosmetic surgery, the better as the more people surgeons get to practice on, the more techniques progress and people who need reconstructive surgery can only benefit from this.
Hi, Daphne wasn’t having a go -would have said the same thing myself years ago! Just glad to get to this age and find there’s a bit of life left in the old girl! By the way, seeing your nice photo on your profile prompted me to put one on. I’m a bit squashed though, but at least I look a bit thinner!
all the best
love, Judy
Just read your earlier post on cosmetic surgery, Daphne, and definitely agree - breast recon. is not cosmetic!
Hope this on only gets posted once!
judy
Judy Nice photo - you definitely look like you’ve got plenty of life left in you!
Daphne x
Daphne, thank you kindly ma’m! - good job it’s not a close up - I do have a nasty lump and scar from a rhodent ulcer (basal cell carsinoma) on the edge of my nose. It’s true I would have minded much more when I was thirty - I guess you do get more philosophical as the bits start dropping off.
love, Judy
— Oh Dear… — I would love to have the bags under my eyes removed if I was rich - and if I wasn’t so scared of anaesthetics.
Sorry.
Joy xxxx
Some people are so insensitive I remember when I went back to work after my mastectomy and treatment. I worked in an office with 4 other girls and they brought up the subject of boob jobs, and one of them was saying how she wished she could have one as she was too small. It got into a big debate of which I did not join in but I remember thinking that they should be happy with what they have got, at least they haven’t got one missing. I thought what a load of bitches! It wasn’t long before I left.
Just foolish? Christineann
What lousy thing to happen. You must have felt so angry and wounded. However, perhaps they were just extraordinarily stupid and insensitive and not really bitches (which suggests they were doing it in order to make you feel bad - although if they did indeed do that then they should have been SACKED!) However, I am just a little surprised that you did not intervene to tell them to talk about something else in your presence, or even point out to them the obvious point you have stated here.
jpoet You are so right, I should have said something, I don’t know why I didn’t. They were really bitches and probably stupid aswell. It’s not the only thing that happened. When I went back to work I got moved to another department (the one with the bitches).Well the supervisor just piled on the work and made sure that I had more than enough work to do unlike the rest of them. When I complained she couldn’t see what the problem was, but I knew she was trying to push me out of a job - are we leppers because we have had breast cancer? Eventually I took voluntary redundancy. This was over 7 years ago and if it happened now I would have a case for bullying and victimisation in the workplace.
Getting a bit off topic here but I thought I would reply to your point about bullying etc.
If you leave a job because of unfair treatment it is called constructive dismissal which is tantamount to unfair dismissal. If you can prove this by evidence you would have a cause of action before the Industrial Tribunal, then and a long time before that too.