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Originally Posted by Leslie Anne
I think we're arguing two different things so there isn't going to be any meeting of the minds. I'll leave it at that.
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I think you're right.
I wouldn't say there were a lot of teens getting plastic surgery where I grew up, but I would hazard a guess that a very significant portion of the adult female population has at least had some Botox. I was insultated against it as a child/young teen because I grew up in a family of men except for my mother who doesn't think plastic surgery is wrong, but wouldn't consider it for herself unless she needed it (something that wasn't solely cosmetic). I think whatever is the norm for your area can definitely have an influence. Had I not been in my particular family situation I would probably find Botox/lipo/etc more normal than I do now.
I don't think plastic surgery itself is bad. I used to want a nosejob, ever since I saw Clueless when I was 10 or 11. Having had a horrible time recovering from a
very simple procedure, I'm no longer interested, but I still don't like my nose. If I were less of a wimp I would consider it down the road once I could afford it, but I would never want to change my face (or body) so much that I lose it. The danger is that some people can't stop there. As in the Heidis of the world. And
this show. I can understand the woman that wants her breasts to look normal. But to get a boatload of surgeries at once for one day seems like a horrible risk to me. Not only is there a danger of
dying, there's the danger that all that won't make them happy and that they'll keep going.
And that's where I agree that it's scary that young teen girls are watching shows like this. They need to understand that getting so much work done is
not the norm, and that any surgery is something to take seriously.
I used to watch The Swan out of morbid curiosity and I always wondered what the children of those women thought when their mother disappeared before there eyes (physically). Wouldn't that be confusing?