A nip and tuck here, a lift and suck there?

Plastic surgery is pretty common today.   There’s a good chance that you know someone who has had some body part “done”.  A nip and tuck here, a lift and suck there.   At one time only celebrities went under the knife.  They took off on a  little vacation, perhaps a nice little jaunt to a secluded spa or retreat, only to return invigorated and refreshed…    looking years younger, much thinner, and boobs perkier.  Today it has become so commonplace that 18 year olds are receiving boob jobs for graduation presents.  I even recall one trip to the topless pool at Caesars Palace in Vegas. Two young women were eagerly flaunting the still fleshy pink scars below their breasts to a group of highly curious admirers.  Uhm…yuck!

Cosmetic procedures have become mainstream but nonetheless still controversial.  How many times have you commented on a woman’s overly inflated chest or her Joker mask of a face?  I believe there is a stigma still attached to the words “boob job” “face lift” and “tummy tuck” and we initially think less of a person because they’ve had “work done”.  Women have the right to make informed decisions about their bodies regardless of what other people think; we should respect their decision and not criticize them for it.

Voluntarily going under the knife is not a decision to be taken lightly.  Cosmetic surgery is a major procedure and there’s always a chance of complications.  A very petite friend of mine debated for years about whether or not to get a breast augmentation.   When we’d go to the mall  she would always refuse to go into Victoria’s Secret or any other lingerie store because she was embarrassed that she couldn’t fit into any of their bras.  She ended up going against the wishes of her husband (who thought she looked great the way she was) and having the procedure.  A few hours after she got home she noticed significant swelling in one of her breasts.  She was bleeding internally and they had to do emergency surgery to stop it.  She ended up being ok  (apparently with the exception of two noticeably mismatched scars) but she put us through a real scare.  This didn’t happen to a stripper who wanted to go up a size from her D’s (which would have been totally uncool as well).  This was a wife and mother of two who only wanted to shop in  Victoria’s Secret.

Women need to think hard about the reasons why they are considering surgery and decide if their reasoning is sound.  Physical beauty is highly relative and one should never, under any circumstances, alter their physical appearance in order to please someone else (just ask those people who’ve had to remove their former lover’s name from their chest).  It’s a nice idea to get some input from friends, a spouse, or significant other, but ultimately it is a decision for one person and one person only.  Is it worth the risk?  I don’t know…you tell me.