plastic surgery - Page 3

Dravin · #21 (**permalink**) 06-30-2009, 06:01 PM

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Originally Posted by lovemykids

what are you ladies' general feelings about plastic surgery...mainly tummy tucks??

I'm curious why its limited to ladies'. Because I'm a guy and if somebody offered me a free tummy tuck (I've lost a lot of weight and have skin hanging off me I don't want) I'd probably jump on it. I probably have media induced insecurities about it though, and if I was married and my wife was, "You look fine, don't worry about it you big stud you." it might change things.

prospectmom · #22 (**permalink**) 06-30-2009, 09:35 PM

Dravin, I do not think it is Limited to females... males get them after weight loss also . I think it is more than a cosmetic thing

lovemykids · #23 (**permalink**) 06-30-2009, 09:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Dravin

I'm curious why its limited to ladies'. Because I'm a guy and if somebody offered me a free tummy tuck (I've lost a lot of weight and have skin hanging off me I don't want) I'd probably jump on it. I probably have media induced insecurities about it though, and if I was married and my wife was, "You look fine, don't worry about it you big stud you." it might change things.

Didn't mean anything by saying Ladies....just was posting on the RS and Womens Issues forum...just wanted some opinions...not trying to irritate anyone....

mightynancy · #24 (**permalink**) 06-30-2009, 11:34 PM

All I know is that if our daughter has MIL's nose (it's too soon to tell), I'm making Daddy get her a new one. She's way too pretty to have a nose like that.

On the serious side of this thread, I totally get the insecure thing...and I'm trying to bluff my way out of it. Mainly by declaring myself "flabulous"...and whenever my husband compliments me, I smile and say "I KNOW! Aren't you LUCKYYYY??" and give him a squeeze. It's not a perfect fix, but things are getting better.

Dravin · #25 (**permalink**) 07-01-2009, 09:44 AM

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Originally Posted by lovemykids

Didn't mean anything by saying Ladies....just was posting on the RS and Womens Issues forum...just wanted some opinions...not trying to irritate anyone....

You weren't irritating anyone, well at least you weren't irritating me and I'm not the type to insist we always ask questions in gender neutral language. I suppose the turn of phrase was just my way of saying it isn't limited to ladies even if that is the stereotype (just look at the billboards).

Vort · #26 (**permalink**) 07-02-2009, 06:09 PM

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Originally Posted by glow_inthe_dark_girl

I'd say go for it if you think that will make you more self confident then do it ... my friend is going to have a rhinoplasty because he thinks that would make him happier . to me is not selfish...

i want the lasik surgery (eye surgery) but my parents won't let me...

GIDGirl,

Here are a few unsolicited tips if you want to get LASIK. You don't have to believe me, of course, but please take a few hours to do some basic homework. In the end, I think you'll agree with me on these.

Do not get LASIK or any other operative procedure until you're in your mid-20s or later. Your prescription is likely to be unstable before that age, and you certainly DO NOT want to get an eye operation, only to find out five years later that you need another because your prescription has changed.
When you do get the procedure, DO NOT GET LASIK AT ALL!! Rather, get PRK, a related, slightly more uncomfortable, but far safer and less damaging procedure.

LASIK requires that your cornea (surface of the eye) be sliced open, and the corneal modification is made underneath this "flap". What the ophthalmologist won't tell you -- indeed, what some ophthalmologists seem not to know at all -- is that the corneal flap never heals, not if you live to be 100. PRK does not do the flap; rather, it does the corneal modification right on the surface of your cornea. This is slightly more uncomfortable for the first few days after the procedure, but NO FLAP IS PRODUCED. The cornea is stronger and you don't have to worry about "flap dislodgement" or infection under the flap edge.

You don't have to take my word for it. Rather, please research what I've written. If people simply refused to get LASIK and demanded PRK, we would all be much better off for it.

EDIT: This supposedly "unbiased" comparison chart highlights these differences.

Seanette · #27 (**permalink**) 07-02-2009, 06:27 PM

Personally, with my correction (ca. -8 each eye), I'm pretty sure that even if I could afford either LASIK or PRK, I wouldn't be a candidate anyway.

Vort · #28 (**permalink**) 07-02-2009, 06:32 PM

You can get PRK or LASIK with -8 diopters.

Seanette · #29 (**permalink**) 07-02-2009, 08:54 PM

But would it get me to 20/20? I've heard not, so no point in going to the trouble and expense to still be stuck wearing glasses.

Vort · #30 (**permalink**) 07-02-2009, 09:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Seanette

But would it get me to 20/20? I've heard not, so no point in going to the trouble and expense to still be stuck wearing glasses.

My understanding is that PRK/LASIK work up to +/-10 diopters. 20/20 is not guaranteed, but any more it's pretty much standard. Almost everyone can at least pass a driver's licensing test without needing glasses.