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Originally posted by LadyAKA:
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Originally posted by Poplife:
But hey, we live in a superficial world where looks mean A LOT. Humans have always done whatever it takes to get the look that they want/that's in. Make-up, corsets, wigs, weaves, perms & relaxers, hair dye, lifts for your shoes, fake nails, padded bra's, colored contacts, and plastic surgery.
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You bring up a good point about all the other things people use to make themselves look/feel better, but are these things at the same level as Plastic surgery?
I have contacts, clear - helps my stigma, I dyed my hair - will never do that again, I have a perm and can't/don't want to live without it, I did the fake nails thing but will never do that again either.
I bring these things up to say it is okay to change your looks but surgically is a different thing, you can't reverse surgery, even if you take out the breast implants your natural breast will never be the same ...see what I am saying?
- I wanna hear other comments about these things, where my Greek chat peeps at?
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I was going to comment on that. While I do not wear much make-up, never worn weave or fake nails, etc., those are very different from surgery. Those things enhance but they do not permenantly alter one's natural features nor mess with the composition of organs, tissue, muscle, etc. And as LadyAKA stated, surgery can be dangerous. I doubt that many people have died from using any of the above enhancements.
We do live in a superficial world but I don't want to cater to that if I can help it. There is nothing wrong with wanting to look good for yourself or anyone else, because you feel good when you look good. However, when it is something that consumes you to the point of wanting to alter, not just enhance, yourself, then I would say maybe it's time to look within.
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