plastic is fantastic ?

kronas · 23-11-2003, 19:21

plastic surgery is becoming an increasing alternative for young women some as young as 11 are wanting surgery

the more alarming worry is that parents seem very willing to provide the money needed or loans are taken out by young teens in order to 'perfect' there body

in an all too increasing trend it seems women are feeling pressured in to looking 'perfect' by looking at the magazines and viewing catwalk women which seem to influence there choice in wanting alterations to there body

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/3227396.stm

i think you should be confident in yourself nobody is perfect i think naivity plays its part.........

**Russ B** · 23-11-2003, 19:22

Isn't there an operation where you have have the scars left by zits removed? Perhaps Avril would be interested

kronas · 23-11-2003, 19:25

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Isn't there an operation where you have have the scars left by zits removed? Perhaps Avril would be interested

serious discussion please russ if i wanted humor i would post something in humor

**Russ B** · 23-11-2003, 19:29

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serious discussion please russ if i wanted humor i would post something in humor

Sorry

paulyoung666 · 23-11-2003, 19:46

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Sorry

:p :p :p :p kronas told russ off , isnt it supposed to work the other way round , anyway as far as i am concerned you only need to take a look at the bride of wildenstein to see plastic surgery is a bad idea

kronas · 23-11-2003, 19:48

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anyway as far as i am concerned you only need to take a look at the bride of wildenstein to see plastic surgery is a bad idea

the report says women well teens are changing there looks to suit men for the record i hate making modifications to the human body in this way especially to just please someone i dont like it full stop

Bex · 23-11-2003, 19:51

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the report says women seem well teens are changing there looks to suit men for the record i hate making modifications to the human body

plastic surgey is a extreme version of trying to change oneself, and one which i do not agree with (unless there are medical reasons...such as reconstructive surgery) but teen gals have always tried to change their appearance for men,,,,make up etc, it is just, sadly, moving with the times

kronas · 23-11-2003, 19:54

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plastic surgey is a extreme version of trying to change oneself, and one which i do not agree with (unless there are medical reasons...such as reconstructive surgery) but teen gals have always tried to change their appearance for men,,,,make up etc, it is just, sadly, moving with the times

i look at it as just leaving the body the way it is ofcourse im happy if it was for medical reasons i think its about self confidence i dont like the way that i look but i still would not go to the extremes of going under the knife i want to be as natural as possible but thats me...........

homealone · 23-11-2003, 20:03

I think the telling point in the article, is the final one where it expresses surprise that parents will pay for their children to have plastic surgery. Any 'truly' cosmetic alterations, to reduce disfigurement, for example, would be elegible for surgery under the NHS. I don't think it's a good idea to alter anyone while they are still growing, anyway.

I'm reminded of Chimaera's sig line "You laugh at me because I'm different, I laugh at you because you're all the same" - pressure on kids to conform to an image is huge, these days, but their parents should have more sense.

**Paul M** · 23-11-2003, 20:05

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I think the telling point in the article, is the final one where it expresses surprise that parents will pay for their children to have plastic surgery. Any 'truly' cosmetic alterations, to reduce disfigurement, for example, would be elegible for surgery under the NHS. I don't think it's a good idea to alter anyone while they are still growing, anyway.

I'm reminded of Chimaera's sig line "You laugh at me because I'm different, I laugh at you because you're all the same" - pressure on kids to conform to an image is huge, these days, but their parents should have more sense.

Sadly, in my dealings with parents I have come to realise that many of them have no sense at all.

Bex · 23-11-2003, 20:07

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Sadly, in my dealings with parents I have come to realise that many of them have no sense at all.

indeed, in my experience, i have also found that sometimes the parents perpetrate the problem.....the child may feel unattractive or whatever and the parent, for some reason, builds on this......it's sad but it is a true scenerio for a lot of kids

Ramrod · 23-11-2003, 20:34

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Originally Posted by Russ D

Isn't there an operation where you have have the scars left by zits removed? Perhaps Avril would be interested

Ramrod · 23-11-2003, 20:37

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plastic surgery is becoming an increasing alternative for young women some as young as 11 are wanting surgery

I call those girls

...and as such far too young for cosmetic surgery (unless it's to correct some medically recognised defect)

kronas · 23-11-2003, 20:40

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I'm reminded of Chimaera's sig line "You laugh at me because I'm different, I laugh at you because you're all the same" - pressure on kids to conform to an image is huge, these days, but their parents should have more sense.

peer pressure is something that plays a part in making a cosmetic decision i say if someone wont accept you for who you are then snub them because you have to realise who your real freinds are

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I call those girls

yep my bad i meant to say women and girls my wording was incorrect i apologise happy now ?

:p

homealone · 23-11-2003, 21:15

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peer pressure is something that plays a part in making a cosmetic decision i say if someone wont accept you for who you are then snub them because you have to realise who your real freinds are

exactly - kids, especially, can be really cruel to each other, as someone who used to be called 'big-ears' & 'four-eyes', I had some experience of it.

"accept you for who you are" is very true - but sometimes if you don't like who you are - or how you see yourself, I can understand why some kids would consider cosmetic surgery as an alternative. That's where their parents should be explaining that they will feel very differently about it when they are older & have more insight into themselves.