BellaOnline Forums Beauty and Self Body Image Would you have plastic surgery done?

i've always wanted breasts implants or a lift...but i'd probaly do it if the initial sugery didnt hurt and there was no pain/side effects or health risks and if i actually had the money....

hmmmmmmmmm - I'd go for a tuck to the back of the upper arms - yes, they're like my mom's were.

If I win the lottery, I will have my breast lifted. I would love to be able to go braless around the house. I would get rid of my mom tummy without the workout. But having anything appearance altering done, no.

I would definitley have my breasts reduced. I hate them as they are very large and they have steadily increased in size over the years to their current J cup. It would be lovely to not have to always stand behind them.

When I was younger, I wanted it, but no longer. Maybe aging brings more body confidence. The ability to watch surgeries on television has made it much more real -- not like the spa visit it can seem. A recent surgery horror story described here, http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art31822.asp, might make you rethink surgery.

That's the thing with surgery - there are always risks.

Ranging from unhappy results to actually deadly (usually due to infections or blood clots)

Although I definitely wnat some work done (see my post as musicalmom) - i will ne doing some MAJOR checking out of my doctors and the procedures before I go through with it.

One problem with everyone having surgery is that normal people will look ugly so we'll all have to have surgery to "keep up."

It's already happened with breast implants. Perfectly average women feel inadequate and want to be bigger.

I'm not against plastic surgery, but I think it's growing out-of-control.

Definitely not. As I have got older I thought people can take me as I am. After all beauty is only skin deep.

I don't think so - although I wouldn't rule it out and I certainly don't find fault with women who do have work done (unless they're one of those surgery addicts who have procedure after procedure after procedure). I'm still young though - 34 - I eat healthy, work out a lot, and haven't had a child, so my body hasn't changed much. Sometimes I think I'd like to have bigger boobs...(unfortunately that part of my anatomy never changed much either)...but I'm only 5'5 and small framed so if they were too big I'd probably look like I was about to fall on my face. But I've never had any kind of surgery in my life so I'd be a little skittish - and I just don't want it bad enough. I may only be able to manage cleavage with the most hardcore push up bra, but there is something to be said for being able to sleep on my stomach and go without a bra:) I certainly wouldn't rule out surgery in the future though.

This is quite a one sided point of view to me. I know! I know! There are risks to surgery but there are also risks everytime you take a plane...you never know when it's gonna come crashing down. Definitely I would have it done. I'm really sorry for these guys that their surgery messed up but they knew the risks. Like I know them too. I'm only 26 but since I couldn't have my baby let's say in the natural way, the doctors had to resort to a caesarian so now I have an enormous scar on my tummy and it's not really something I would flaunt about. And I'm quite restricted on the clothes I wear. I had to throw away a lot of my favorites clothes because they would show off my belly but I must admit they were also a bit out of size <img src="/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />.
Anyway, I'm not gonna wait for any lottery, I've already found this surgery hospital where I can afford a scar revision ...but first I'll have to convince my husband cuz believe me or not...I never do anything without his approval...guess love really makes me stupid or something but I don't regret one bit of it... <img src="/images/graemlins/lovers.gif" alt="" />