Plastic
I want plastic surgery. It is true, having children has come at a price and when I see myself in the mirror after a shower- I’m not pleased.
I don’t hate myself, I don’t think I’m disgusting- but I do know from watching the many many shows on TV about plastic surgery that that extra skin could be taken away. I know my hips are wider and I can live with that but why have that extra skin when it wouldn’t be that difficult to free myself of it.Here I am, one of the cheapest people I know, saying I really want to spend the money on plastic surgery.
Would I regret it- probably. Would I feel awful about spending the money- yes (unless I sacrificed above and beyond in other ways to save for it). Would I hate myself during recovery for being so vain- ABSOLUTELY!
So why do I still want to do it, because 2 months later I would be able to go to the store and try on pants and not worry about the low rise ones accenting my love handles, the high rise ones accenting my tummy, etc etc. I use to have a body that looked good in clothes and shopping was something I enjoyed. Now I’m running out of jeans and TOTALLY dreading the trying on process. I can find stuff when I look hard and try on everything that might be a possibility- but you’re talking about spending like 3 hours to get maybe 3 or 4 items.
People say work out- I was and yeah there was a difference but not a significant one. Besides, people say to read your bible too and between work at work, work at home, trying to set apart time for family and all of that- the bible reading is difficult enough (and more important). There just doesn’t seem to be enough hours in the day.
So yeah, I said Bible. I am a Christian and I know better. Before I would go through with it I would look up scripture and see if there were any way to justify this procedure. I’m sure I’d find that there isn’t and that it isn’t good. In fact, I’m sure there are tons of verses talking about body mutilation and the dangers of being vain.
Still, taking a few inches off the waisteline sounds good.
If I were rich, I’d do more. I’d do as much as possible right up to the point of looking plastic. It isn’t that I think we should all look the same, it is just that I think we should look our best if looking our best makes us feel better. Happiess should come from other places but honestly, have you seen people who have just lost a lot of weight- THEY ARE HAPPY.
So what are your thoughts on plastic surgery? Love it? Hate it? Understand the appeal but wouldn't do it (that's likely where I'm at).
Do you watch the shows? I had to stop. It was making me crazy.
posted by Krit @ Tuesday, October 25, 2005
8 Comments:
I plan on have plastic surgery someday. I want a lift in the chest, a tummy tuck and maybe to round it all out a little lypo suckion (I know I totally mispelled all that but o-well). Just to make everything look as good as it could. Why spend the money and complete the job.
I do not know if I will every have the money to do all this, but maybe some day.
GASP!!!!!!! I have always been against plastic surgery...but I can't really walk a mile in your shoes because I have not had children...and I am sure that tends to wreak havoc on the female body. BUT, I still truly believe that real beauty comes from within...and in your case Krit, it is on the outside too. Women out there would KILL for your slender figure. I say try doing some intense working out (high cardio, weights) before you truly consider voluntarily getting chopped up. Sorry for being brutally honest, but I think I am obligated as a friend. :)
I LOVE honesty. And thanks for the compliment :)
I see my wanting plastic surgery as a less than ideal reflection about myself but I still want it (but I don't see myself really going through with it). Yesterday I did exercise and hope to do more and more as the kids get less demanding (and as long as there are no new episodes of my fav shows).
Still at the end of the day I find myself DRAINED. I'll try to improve my diet, I'll get my sleep routine worked out better, etc etc but...
It would be years before we'd be in a position to really consider it but like I said, my issues are more related to correcting stuff that diet and excercise can't anyway. Maybe by then I will have come around the the better way of thinking about it.
In the meantime, that's another reason I stopped watching Nip/Tick and the other shows about it. It was making me want to go work at a place and try to get a discount :)
I am totally against plastic surgery to enhance beauty. Now if you got all burned up in a fire and needed some grafting, then by all means do it. But I don't agree if you are already pretty and are just wanting to make yourself prettier. God made us the way we are and to change that in any drastic way would make him sad, don't ya think. The risks are very high also. Your mom was telling me about one of the residents that lives with your dad and that she had plastic surgery that went terribly wrong and now her life is all messed up. I'm not judging you, I would love to be thinner and prettier myself, but I would try diet/exercise for a year before committing yourself to drastic measures. What am I talking about? Diet and exercise? You already have a perfect body, what are you complaining about?!?! Jeez Krit, do you want to see me naked to make yourself feel better about your body? Hee Hee! Let me know.
Krit, you're crazy! You look amazing. I haven't even had babies yet and I don't look half as lean and toned as you.
I've always said that women were hardest on themselves when it comes to their bodies.
As for me, I KNOW i will one day get lipo from everywhere on my body if need be. That would be all. Oh, and after the babies of course.
We are often hard on ourselves. I use to be much more critical than I am now. When I as like 8 or 9 years old I would tape my nose at night in hopes that it would grow into a triangle instead of this square that I have. But now I like my nose, I can live with my eyes, my toes... My calves are fine but the rest... well it could go.
Mostly though, I would like to get that stretched out skin gone. Then I could go from wearing jeans that are a 9 or an 11 to a 7 or 8. That would be really really GREAT. I wouldn't have to worry about finding jeans that fit my legs or my waist (never both). And what about that waist- what to do with it? Do you have your pants fit everywhere but tight on the waist or wear them too big so they're not cutting in? It makes me feel sloppy no matter what.
Now I just want to wear casual no waist pants all the time- I just bought some today infact. Ahh they are so comfortable. But not all that attractive. Still after trying on 20+ pairs- I figure I earned something out of the deal. I did buy some jeans that I didn’t try on- hoping they will look better than the others (I didn’t have time to take a 4th trip to the dressing room).
I guess I want to feel better and while I'm thankful I'm not in worse shape- it just doesn't feel good or motivating to think that the part of my body I dislike the most is likely going to look that way no matter what. And that “what” is ALOT of hard work (if I commit to exercising regularly and eating right- which is time consuming and usually ends up being costly).
Thanks for the nice words of encouragement- I hope I wasn’t coming off as looking for compliments. I think about how much I dislike not being in the shape I once was and usually don’t say a word because I don’t want to come off as one of those chicks always want attention. Hey look at me, compliment me, tell me I’m special But I do like it when it works out that way just cause I have nice people in my life and I’m a needy nerd.
You are Beautiful in every single way…
Okay....I'll come clean. Becster is right. I had a nose I didn't like either when I was younger and did have a nose job when I was 16 (Becster-my parents also said the same thing your parents did but I did say something back then). But in my own defense, I had broke my nose when I was little and the bone in the inside grew wrong where I could only breathe out of one side and I had a deviated septum. So it was a necessary procedure if I wanted to stop breathing out of my mouth, but I didn't object to a little reshaping either. Okay fine you heard me now. Totally disregard all previous thoughts I said earlier. I'm a fake, a phony, a fraud. But in your case Krit, you don't need it!
Let me just say this (incase anyone is going to check this comment)- I would be deeply sad if ANYONE I cared about did any unnecessary surgery- Becster, that means you!
SMFB- you crack me up. I wouldn't have told you to get your nose done but DANG it does look good.
JT- can I get your cousin's number ? Seriously, are they hiring?
TT- if you think I look good it is likely because my only prerequisite in clothing is for it to make me look better than I actually do. So most people think I'm thinner/in better shape than I am (except for those I work with- they see me in my everyday comfortable non-flattering clothing). Even I am sometimes shocked with what I see in the mirror because I fool myself. Especially like when I bend over and the skin is there all gross. I want to get sick when I see it. I HATE that stretched out yucky loose skin. Remember, I had BIG kids. Skin isn’t meant to stretch like that. This damage isn’t you’re run of the mill damage.
On the God thing- it would make him sad, but probably not sadder than me wanting to have it done makes him. You know what I mean? If I heard my child say they wanted to go under the knife because they were vain, I would be sad too. But as far as He made us who we are- well he didn't make up with foundation on, mascara, etc etc. You know what I mean- he made us naked and probably bald. We don't walk around naked (well most of us don't all the time) so really we're deviating from what he made with any changes to our appearances but I get the gist- there's a difference between wearing a girdle and getting surgery.
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