Aaaauuughh! (Bad plastic surgery)

[Kevy Baby]

Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

I'd have to see an example, I guess. Even if it does look right, and I can't tell, I still think it's kinda sad. I know BTD had something done, and if it made her happier, then of course I can't say anything against her decision.?

Since she posted about it, I have to say that BTD's surgery is completely unnoticeable. Had I not known her before, I would have never known she had anything done - I think her surgeon is to be applauded.

The other person I know is a non-LoTer, so you'll just have to trust me that her surgery looks good.

Originally Posted by Alex

I personally have twice used surgery to alter my body to better fit with my lifestyle choices.

How are those pec implants working out for you?

[Alex]

Originally Posted by Kevy Baby

How are those pec implants working out for you?

They get me an extra stage session or two per week down at The Gold Club on Howard so I can't complain.

[NickO'Time]

Men's calf implants are increasingly popular.

[Gemini Cricket]

Originally Posted by TicTocDragon

Men's calf implants are increasingly popular.

Thank goodness, the one thing I don't need to worry about...

[Kevy Baby]

Originally Posted by TicTocDragon

Men's calf implants are increasingly popular.

How about Holstein implants?

[LSPoorEeyorick]

Originally Posted by TicTocDragon

Men's calf implants are increasingly popular.

It's funny you should say that... a few years ago, by chance I landed on MTV. (I stay away from it generally.) I bumped into a documentary about young people and plastic surgery, and it focused on a buff young guy who was getting calf implants.

The sad thing is that he treated the people around him like ****; he was misogynistic and crude. And he kept saying "women just aren't attracted to me because of my legs. These implants are going to make all the difference."

Yeaaaah, honey. It's your currently-muscular-but-not-huge calves that are turning people off, not the fact that you're one of the biggest assholes I've ever seen depicted on-screen. You keep believing that the calves are the problem.

On another surgical topic - I'm on the fence about gastric bypass surgery. Sure, it's done some good things for some people. The problem is that forced behavioral changes (i.e. can't overeat because it's impossible and will hurt if I try) don't always "take" as well as chosen behavioral changes (i.e. choose not to overeat because it's good for me.) As a result, I've seen some people who've had the surgery gain a lot of weight back when their tiny available portion of stomach stretches back out to the point that they can overeat again - and without developing the "choosing" skills based on will power as opposed to, say, pain... it has not looked, to me, like a long-term solution.

Plus, I find that you can "shrink" your stomach by yourself. Eating tiny frequent meals does it naturally. So, me? I'm not planning to get one. I will keep doing my best to make good choices and stay active. And if it ever becomes clear that my will power and good choices somehow lead to additional weight gain (since I've been about the same size for six years) or if I become immobile (as in the case of my mother with her auto-immune disease) I might consider it. For now, it seems like the wrong choice for me.