Too much TV…

So as you know I’m kind of a big fan of shows like Dr. 90210 and other plastic surgery based shows. It has nothing to do with the end effect, really…I just kind of like to see how far people will go just because they have enough money to fix something they’re to lazy to do on their own.

I’m watching a show right now where a woman with the absolute oddest nose I’ve ever seen is about go under the knife to get her long awaited rhinoplasty in Washington DC. The bump on her nose looks kind of like a traffic cone is sticking out of her face. She’s been teased about it since she was 9 years old and once she started working, she realized that her nose was getting in the way of her dreams. She strives to be a physical therapist but she feels as though she won’t be taken seriously because her nose ends “two feet away from her face” (in her words, not mine). For many years her mother thought that it would go away over time and considered it to be a “typical Jewish nose”, until she hit 13 years old it wasn’t really a problem. For the past 5 years she’s done everything she could to try and hide the bump. Long bangs, hats, etc. Nothing ever worked so now she’s going under the knife and finally doing something about it.

In situations like these, I can understand why she’s doing it. The issues I have with plastic surgery are things like “Lunch-time Lypo” where you can just get a few pockets of fat removed without being knocked out. They numb the area with a ‘local’ and then go from there. Why can’t they just do some sit-ups on their lunch breaks? What happened to people WORKING towards what they deserve instead of just throwing the gold card around on useless life-threatening surgeries.

I don’t like the idea of implants because, and plenty of women can vouch for this, there’s no reason to be so top heavy when all it brings is back problems. I’m only a large C/Small D and my back is extremely messed up because of the weight in my chest. Yea, my being a large girl to begin with plays a roll but it’s my shoulders that hurt more than my lower back. It’s the weight on the TOP causing that issue. There are girls who weigh 110lbs with DD implants who look absolutely ridiculous but men will continue to drool over them. I don’t know how confident one can be when they’re hunched over because their body can’t take the weight of something they chose to have implanted in there.

Bottom line, I guess I only agree with the surgery if there’s absolutely NO other alternative. For example; Say someone who weighs about 500lbs gets Gastric Bypass surgery. Since the weight has been on your body for so long, the skin is naturally stretched. The weight dropping off so quickly really gives you no time for the skin to reform itself. Because of this your body is covered in excess skin that can not be toned. In situations like these, getting the surgery to remove the skin seems completely natural. If, while you’re under the knife, you choose to have your nose chizled out and an implant or two thrown into yourself – then obviously that’s just a waste. Why re-stretch the skin that you just went in to get rid of — you know?