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Sutures you, sir...

Ganesh

22:40 / 01.10.03

Consequent to reading a magazine article the other day, I found myself idly thinking 'mmm, only £3000-odd for abdominal liposuction, eh?'

Would you undergo cosmetic surgery?

Goodness Gracious Meme

22:44 / 01.10.03

Only to get a full-body Ganesh makeover...

gingerbop

22:52 / 01.10.03

Absolutely absolutely not.
Footage of nose-jobs make me squirm to no end, as do pics iv seen of the aftermath of liposuction- the entire stomach is deep purple and blue. Eugh. I've had a nightmare about a Leslie Ash incident happening to me, and plus im scared of needles.

But other than that, I just dont like the idea of being able to change your figure and features at the drop of a hat.

However, if I was horribly disfigured by a fire, or had two noses or 3 breasts, perhaps I'd feel differently.

Ganesh

23:00 / 01.10.03

Ahh, the confidence of youth...

gingerbop

23:30 / 01.10.03

Perhaps. But say, for example, as I grow older, my figure/wrinkles turn out rather like my mother's, which is pretty likely to happen. She's 57, and I wouldnt by any means say she so hideous to be in need of surgery. And past that age, is it really worth the hassle anyway? And if by chance it should go the other way, and i turn out like my dad- I'll go bald, so I'd buy a wig. No idea what i'd do if I began to grow a santa-style beard though...

Saint Keggers

23:34 / 01.10.03

Gain weight and hang out near the supermarket santas trying to pass yourself off as Misses Claus?

Surgery...just say no.

Spaniel

23:46 / 01.10.03

Depends what you mean by surgery. Under the current tech, no, but if we're talking loverly, and fantastical, nano-reconstruction, then you might have to consider me youth's bitch.

Watching the lines appear under my eyes is no fucking fun.

How narcististic am I?

Er, very.

Saint Keggers

23:51 / 01.10.03

Unless I can get all tht glorious surgery that cyberpunk literature has taught me will soon be available I want nothing to do with your Sawbone Mary Kays.

Baz Auckland

00:07 / 02.10.03

I'll get cosmetic surgery when we get to William Gibson-like levels of technology as well. Maybe. Maybe more like Transmetropolitan stuff like being a dolphin for a week.... The idea of usual cosmetic surgery disturbs me in some way.

We have a magazine at work called 'Elevate: the perfection of beauty' devoted to cosmetic surgeons in Toronto. The ads are pretty creepy "We complete what nature began..etc. etc."

Whisky Priestess

00:08 / 02.10.03

Yep, I'd do it if my face started bothering me. Probably would bite the diet and exercise bullet if it was a fat thing, though.

Saint Keggers

00:11 / 02.10.03

Went I get older I think I'd like to get my skin tattoed like tree bark that way the wrinkles will just enhance it. I can wander the streets content to be part of the 'local colour'.

Spaniel

00:23 / 02.10.03

I'll get cosmetic surgery when we get to William Gibson-like levels of technology as well. Maybe.

I was thinking more Ian M Banks.

I need to look like a giant squid.

With no wrinkles.

gravitybitch

02:22 / 02.10.03

I don't think so...

I have attrocious bags under my eyes some of the time, but I also wear (hard) contact lenses and tend to tug at the tissue... there's no point in trying to correct something that I'm just going to continue to "abuse."

Beyond that, I'm actually pretty happy with my body and face. I think that I would consider surgery to correct my vision (and the next generation past "Lasix" correction is probably worth doing) but that's about the limit for me.

Cailín

03:59 / 03.10.03

Hmm... I was thinking about this the other day. I had surgery (non-cosmetic) on my neck when I was a a teenager, and at the time, skin grafts and cosmetic correction for the scars were offered up to me. I declined, wanting to be rid of hospitals. But every once in a while, I wonder how bad it could really be, and how well the results might turn out. And the really funny thing is, I think I'm just about the only person who really notices the scars - I pointed them out to a friend the other day, and he said that in the 3 years he's known me, he never noticed. So, for the purposes of correcting something that's pretty minor but unnaturally occurring, I seem to be on the fence about plastic surgery. But no way in hell would I ever go in for liposuction or a boob job or anything. Too creepy for me.

Mourne Kransky

13:19 / 03.10.03

Friend of mine had a blepharectomy to remove extra skin round the eyes after ten rounds with thyrotoxicosis. I'd quite like one (well, two) of them. But then I wear glasses that disguise the eyebags at the moment and that's probably safer and cheaper.

Sax

13:21 / 03.10.03

If it was possible I'd consider having about four inches added.

Cheap. Easy. Cruel.

13:53 / 03.10.03

It would depend on the situation. When I was growing up a friend of mine got hit in the face with a baseball bat. Needless to say, it wreaked all kinds of havoc. The plastic surgeon was able to put him back together with almost no visible scars. In a situation like that, of course. Merely to have it to conform to some societal ideal? No way. If it were some nagging problem that had been bothering me all of my life, I might. I would like to think that I am beyond that sort of vanity.

Ariadne

13:59 / 03.10.03

Yuck, I doubt it.
I don't object to the idea of being made younger-looking, and I'll happily dye my hair to cover grey, but the idea of being cut open is pretty scary. So, I doubt it. If I did, I can see me doing a Mary Archer and trying to keep it quiet.

Sax

14:00 / 03.10.03

I might do liposuction because I'm a lazy bastard and like food and beer. Shall we see if we can get a two-for-one deal somewhere, Ganesh?

Tryphena Absent

14:15 / 03.10.03

If I had some strange and inhuman desire to be an actress (for me, not for acty people) I would get liposculpture and possibly botox and silcone injections in my face. Frankly I'd need the lipo, I'm far too flabby to be anywhere near the camera, please don't deny it- actresses don't have the same rules as the rest of us- you have to be thin not normal.

As it is I rather like being me. Roll on not being an actress. Woo!

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