Why is plastic surgery normal?

I can pretty much guess that my position on this matter isn't normal but I wanted some feedback...
(this isn't meant to offend any recipients of plastic surgery either.)
I am a middle aged female who is opposed to plastic surgery. I too would like to be beautiful with big knockers, flat stomach, and trim thighs but if it was achieved through plastic surgery, it wouldn't be real (that is, it wouldn't be how I'd look naturally). And that's the problem as I see it, i guess: most people today tend to value what's plastic over what's natural, believe explicitly or implicitly that beauty should be valued above all else, and teach children, directly or indirectly, that individual esteem comes primarily from ones ability to physically attract another. We are cutting ourselves up to look like everyone else! What's the deal?

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Comments ( 16 )
  • Nikoa

    Wow firefly, you really got the point of what I was trying to say. Thanks for offering a such a deeply insightful comment! It's people like you who really make this world a better place.

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  • MiKeY_G

    It's not normal! It's just people who are unhappy with the way god created them which I find pretty sad.

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  • lalaaa

    I dont like my hair colour...so i change it...
    I dont like my nose...so i change it...
    It's the same thing...i totaly agree with plastic things and i dont like people that judge others...

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  • so_damn_unpretty

    im a person who is completely fpr plastic surgery. im not arguing just enlightening you with the pther persepctive. anyways self confidence is more important than people think, and when someone has absolutely no confidence it can totally fuck up your life. If someone is depressed, insecure and not happy, due to lack of confidence i think they should do whatever they have to do to get it better, plastic surgery, seeing a shrink or finding a hobbie

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  • CountryRoads

    I don't want other people deciding for me whether getting plastic surgery is right or wrong.
    If getting implants makes someone happy and confident, then they should go for it. If they want a "better" nose or face, then they should have that option.
    People have different sources of confidence and self esteem. You shouldn't judge people for wanting to love themselves.

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  • littlemissunderstood

    Personally I don't think there is something innately wrong with something because it is not natural. First of all, philosophically speaking, everything is natural. There is nothing essentially different from the way age changes your appearance to the way a scalpel does. Secondly, you wear makeup don't you? Not natural, but prettier right? Maybe not whorish makeup but a little mascara, a little concealer where you need it. What about other unnatural things, hmmm? Like, for instance, chemotherapy, blood thinners, etc. People are living and it is "real" because of these things even though they are not "natural."
    And lastly, just because someone takes measures to improve their appearance does not mean they value it above else. I bet they also take measures to improve other aspects of their life like educating themselves, or going on vacations. That doesn't mean that's all they value. Especially considering they probably do all sorts of things to improve various aspects of their lives.

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    • kelpie2722

      i agree completely!

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  • lovecrackelnails

    I think plastic surgery isn't good. Not because its not the real you but because they'll have to be cutting me every 10 years and some doctors are fake and some people's bodies don't react well to the plastic. Hpwever some people don't care about this and go ahead. I have no problem with it. And I do think it should be done if u had some kind of accident. My opinion doesn't really matter as I'm thin with big ass and boobs.

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  • kurosaki9098

    Well yeah I mean cutting yourself up to look completly fucked up is pretty pathetic but about what howaminotmyself said about burn victims is also really true. Anyways Im a guy and i just dont get why males on general have some infatuation with large breasts(i dont. No im not gay either >.>)

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  • Well i dont know what im supposed to click but i will comment... Its not normal i actually thing its really disgusting and i would find it hard to date a girl who had plastic surgery

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  • idon'tknow

    I'm pretty much opposed to plastic surgery except for reconstructive surgery (for cleft lips, damage from accidents, etc.) I wish I was prettier, but I don't think having plastic surgery would help the way I feel about myself. I would rather feel happy with who I am than get plastic surgery and still feel inadequate. It doesn't fix poor self-esteem.

    The only procedures I would get for myself - hair removal so I would never have to shave again, and teeth whitening.

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  • Plastic surgery I feel is only food when people have been in bad accidents and need like total face reconstruction n stuff like that but I don't find anything wrong with being plastic ;D

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  • babe7575

    It is sad but some people, although they can be highly intelligent believe that self esteem is related to how you look. I just don't understand what makes people think that they are entitled to having fake breasts or the like. To me, its a narcissists way of living.

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  • Who_Fan4Life

    Plastic surgery is NOT normal. Just look at Joan Rivers.

    You think THAT THING (Joan Rivers) is normal?!

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    • luckybubble

      No one is talking about people who have psychological problems in regards to their self image. This is speaking on behalf of plastic surgery which can relieve some patients of scoliosis, can help burn victims, can help fix major deformities. Stop being so judgmental against those who seek to fix something in which they feel so badly about originally, that they are willing to pay thousands in a mere attempt to fix it. You're the same type of person who would laugh at that individual with a deformity and would laugh if they fixed it with surgery. There's no pleasing people like you.

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      • Who_Fan4Life

        Nice, long reply to a comment that was made two and a half years ago lol.

        You just don't get it. The comment was a joke. A JOKE.

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